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Mike 50 69 Phiald...	What they are saying: "The Internet, Social Media and Mubarak's ..." 2/11/2011 8:04:02 PM
	....Anyone in the technology industry not captivated by recent events in North Africa and the Middle East needs to consider a change in career. First in Tunisia and then in Egypt, Internet-connected mobile devices and social networking sites were reportedly leveraged by protesters to effectively exchange information with one another and offer insights regarding events in their countries to a spellbound world.Events in Cairo are also rattling windows far away from the Middle East. In Washington, D.C., co-authors of the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, which would allow a sitting U.S. president to shut down the Internet if it came under attack, called a press conference to insist the legislation was in no way similar to the actions of the Mubarak government. Considering the news from Tunisia, where 24-year president Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali hightailed it after weeks of street protests, it is no surprise that Egypt's rulers decided to pursue the quick and dirty way of controlling disruptive information: strangling it at the source. Absolutism is a common choice among autocrats. But as any engineer can tell you, quick and dirty typically does not produce effective or long-lasting results. READ the DETAILS at: ecommercetimes.com/story/71809.html Visit: http://www.easyservicesnetwork.com
	Mike TaylorAdvertising/Marketing Associate and General Articles Writer.
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