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Amazon Inks Deal With Viacom, Sprint Announces iPhone-led Q4 Highs And Lows, Japan Targets 30% Cut In Rare Earth Use

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The Future Of The Internet's Here. And It's Creepy

Two new studies are offering a sneak peak into the future of the Internet: 24/7 digital surveillance of citizens is about to become affordable for repressive regimes worldwide. Do NOT text a friend about this. READ MORE›

Microsoft Reveals Xbox Update, U.S. Court Rejects Apple's Request For Galaxy Tab Ban, Syria Bans iPhones

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Facebook Buys Gowalla, Zynga Targets $1 Billion IPO, Groupon Investigated For Ad Code Breach

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U.S. State Department Takes On Syria... Via Facebook

American Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford just fled the country after threats to his safety were made. For the past two months, the American Embassy in Damascus has been using Facebook to criticize the Syrian government and to offer a free space for dissidents.READ MORE›

The Syrian War Crowdsourcing Experiment

Amnesty International USA and the Standby Task Force have launched an ambitious campaign to crowdsource analysis of Syrian satellite imagery for military movements, demonstrations, and checkpoints. So far, volunteers have tagged more than 2,000 potential troublespots. Is DIY intelligence analysis the future of human rights work?READ MORE›

Comcast's Low-Income Net, Groupon's Accounts, New York Times Social Experiment, Tech In London Riots, Coder Hiring Made Easy

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Syrians Upload Ramadan Massacre Footage Onto YouTube With Pen Cameras And Smuggled Tech

After Syrian troops began shelling civilian targets in the city of Hama, brave activists used smuggled phones and sympathetic allies abroad to upload grainy, graphic warfare footage onto YouTube.READ MORE›

Unpacking The Secret $2 Million Internet In A Suitcase

The U.S. government's newest tool for global information sharing could have big implications in Libya, Egypt, Syria, and beyond. So how exactly does this technology work?READ MORE›

Syria Follows The Pattern, Shuts Its Internet Down

In what's becoming a predictable move, Syria has shut down Internet access in an attempt to quash the organization of a national uprising, and to stop the flow of images of events to the outside world.READ MORE›

YouTube Video Of A Tortured, Murdered 13-Year-Old Is Syria's Modern Emmett Till Moment [Update]

Emboldened by the Arab Spring and social media, Syrian protesters are taking to the streets over smuggled YouTube videos that appear to show a 13-year-old boy who was physically and sexually tortured while in government custody.READ MORE›

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Syria's Facebook Wars

Facebook shut down the Syrian military's official page, and Syrian Facebook users began encountering a primitive certificate-forging scam seemingly carried out by the government. See what happens when cyberwarfare comes to the formerly friendly Facebook. READ MORE›

The Secret Weapons Of Syrian Protesters: Pen Cameras

Protesters have developed a novel way of smuggling information to the outside world: trading in their mobile camera phones for small, discreet pen cameras.READ MORE›

Behind The Mystery Of Spam Tweets Clogging Syrian Protesters' Streams

Syrian democracy activists on Twitter have found themselves threatened and spammed by mystery accounts. Now one prominent opposition figure claims the Syrian government may be involved.READ MORE›

Iran Tech Expo Features Nuclear Might, Doubts, Concerns

Rockets, satellites, nanotechnology, and aerospace advancements will also be on display this weekend in Syria. A Nobel Laureate's take: "Iran is like the fire underneath the ashes."READ MORE›

Will Syria's Revolution Be Organized... on Facebook?

Tunisia has been overthrown. Egypt is tottering. Now Facebook pages are calling for protests to begin in Syria later this week.READ MORE›