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+<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot:
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+* A federal district court has [struck down][3] the Child Online Protection Act of 1998 -- signed into law by President Bill Clinton -- saying that it violates the First Amendment and is not the most effective way to keep children from adult websites due to the current state of web filtering software. 27B Stroke 6 [has more][4].
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+[3]: http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_BLOCKING?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "U.S. Judge Blocks 1998 Online Porn Law"
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+[4]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/court_strikes_d.html "Court Strikes Down Internet Censorship Law Intended to Protect Kids"
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+* Oh the search engine wars. The analyst firm comScore says [Google's share of U.S. web searches grew][1] to almost 50 percent in February. Google's closest rival in web search, Yahoo, had just over 28 percent of the U.S. market, while Microsoft's share dipped to down to about 10 percent.
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+[1]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070321/wr_nm/google_search_dc "Google share gains quicken in U.S. search market"
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+* The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has [started a "notice of inquiry"][2] into the question of whether or not high-speed Internet providers like AT&amp;T and Comcast should be barred from charging extra fees to guarantee access to the Internet -- AKA net neutrality. The FCC's glacial pace has irritated some, Democratic commissioner Michael Copps said, "I want an FCC that unconditionally states its preference for nondiscrimination on the Internet." So do I. Plus I want a pony.
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+[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-03-22T214200Z_01_N22240577_RTRUKOC_0_US-FCC-NETNEUTRALITY.xml&src=rss "U.S. FCC to examine future of Internet access"
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+* The EFF is [suing Viacom][5] claiming that the media giant is misusing copyright law by forcing YouTube to remove a parody video of The Colbert Report. Viacom denies the accusation and says it does not object to the video being on YouTube.
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+[5]: http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6169765.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news "Viacom sued over Colbert parody on YouTube" \ No newline at end of file