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Internet to become literate by 2023

complaints should be sent to big@phall.usIncredible new developments in the world of computing suggest that it might actually be possible to spell things correctly and feature real punctuation in email addresses and URLs later this century.

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Posted: Jan 20th, 2012
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Taliban commander hails success of internet roll-out for teenagers

Qari Ahmadullah, 47, a district commander and community outreach worker in Kandahar province, has hailed the success of a pilot scheme to supply local teenagers with laptops and access to the internet.

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Posted: Jan 16th, 2012
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Christmas Day 2011 ‘busiest day in history’ for internet

Retailers up and down the internet have reported a busy Christmas Day as people looked for another way to avoid prolonged contact with loved ones. It is thought that in the modern world of ever decreasing attention spans, most people can tolerate 1 hour 30 minutes of interaction with humans before needing to check Facebook and Twitter, and spend money they haven’t got online.

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Posted: Dec 26th, 2011
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Single mother apologises for crashing entire internet with Bieber tweet

A young single mother from Hounslow, West London has apologised after yesterday’s mass internet disruption, blamed on a tweet she posted early yesterday morning claiming that Justin Bieber was gay.

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Posted: Dec 15th, 2011
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Porn site taken offline after hackers flood it with Sesame Street videos

YouPorn, the adult video site, was off line for several hours last night after hackers uploaded multiple clips of Sesame Street to the bongo file-sharing site.

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Posted: Oct 18th, 2011
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