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'The King's Speech' emerges mighty at SAG awards

Sweeping two major honors at the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) awards, The King's Speech is quickly emerging as a force to reckon with for The Social Network and other best movie contenders at the Oscars.

China blocks Egypt searches on micro-blogs

China blocked the word Egypt from micro-blog searches in a sign that the Chinese government is concerned that protests calling for political reform in the country could spill into China's internet space.
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Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Syria Still Up

Egypt has officially cut off Internet access to the country, marking the first time in the history of the Internet when a nation-state has gone dark. Other nations, though, seem reluctant to follow suit.

Remembering 25th Year of Fallen Explorer Challenger

The space shuttle disaster is being remembered this year on its 25th anniversary. The service of Challenger, which was the first orbiter to launch and land at night on mission STS-8, ended in a tragedy on Jan. 28, 1986.

Internet goes dark in Egypt

Egypt appears to have blocked all access to internet in the midst of anti-government demonstrations. US-based Web site Renesys said it has observed virtually simultaneous withdrawal of all routes to Egyptian networks in the Internet's global routing table, just after mid night, local time.
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Top ten blocked sites by business houses in 2010

A study from DNS-resolution service OpenDNS, 2010 Report on Web Content Filtering and Phishing details the sites companies were most likely to be blocked last year, be it social networking websites or sites that have a reputation for fostering procrastination.
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LinkedIn's IPO to test appetite for Facebook

LinkedIn Corp announced plans to go public this year in what could be a test of investor appetite for social networking websites ahead of a highly anticipated Facebook offering.
Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin speaks at a Tea Party Express rally.

Sarah Palin slams Obama's State of the Union speech

Sarah Palin has blasted President Obama’s State of the Union address in a lengthy diatribe of Facebook that some analysts believe is an attempt by the former governor of Alaska to establish herself as a Republican candidate for the White House in 2012.

Years-old Conficker Worm Still A Threat

A computer worm that first appeared more than two years ago is still a threat, even though security experts were successful in mitigating possible damage.

ElBaradei to return as Egypt unrest enters third day

Egyptian police fought protesters in two cities in eastern Egypt on Thursday and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei headed back to the country to join demonstrators trying to oust President Hosni Mubarak.
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Mandela hospitalized, doctors say for respiratory trouble

Former South African President Nelson Mandela was flown from Cape Town to Milipark Hospital early this week where apparently Routine tests were being conducted but a beeline of his relatives from grandchildren to great-grandchildren raised eye brows about the health of the 92-year-old anti-apartheid hero.

Egypt unrest enters third day, ElBaradei to return

Egyptian police fought protesters in two cities in eastern Egypt on Thursday and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei headed back to the country to join demonstrators trying to oust President Hosni Mubarak.

Internet A Battlefield In Egypt

The internet has become a venue for battles between the Egyptian government and protesters, through social networking sites such as Facebook and the home pages of groups such as Anonymous.

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