The Malaysian Government is looking into implementing a filtering system to prevent Malaysian kids from being exposed to porn.

Something similar to China’s Green Dam project under a directive that took place early last month, the Malaysian Government has confirmed that they’ve tendered for an Internet filtering system for pornography.

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The British government outlined plans on Thursday to bring broadband Internet service to every home in Britain by 2012, and proposed ways to support the music industry and other media businesses by cracking down on online piracy.

The communications minister, Stephen Carter, is eager for the media, telecommunications and technology sectors to pick up part of the slack as other parts of the British economy, including financial services, decline. By 2012, the government said in a report, 20 percent of all commerce in Britain will occur online.

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Google Inc. and two nonprofit partners Wednesday launched a Web site that lets consumers test their Internet connections to reveal possible interference and traffic management by service providers.

The site, Measurement Lab, addresses a need among academics who want to gather data on how Internet connections work in practice. While the workings of the core Internet “highways” are well known and standardized, it’s difficult to find out what happens on the network of an Internet service provider, between the “highway” and the customer’s home.

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You don’t have to look far to find Mr. Claus this Christmas. Thanks to the folks at Google and NORAD, you can track Santa online right from your computer or cell phone.

How to Track Santa Online

Starting at 6:00 a.m. EST on Christmas Eve, you can follow Santa and his reindeers all the way from the North Pole to your doorstep in real-time — and this year, you have plenty of options:

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Google Inc. denied that it had reversed its stance on the issue of “Net neutrality” and dismissed a story in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal on the subject as “confused.”

Citing undisclosed sources, the newspaper reported that Google had been in talks with major cable and phone companies about getting preferential treatment for traffic to and from its sites.

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The Australian government plans to test a nationwide Web filter that would require Internet service providers to block access to thousands of sites containing illegal content, officials say.

The proposed filter is part of an $82 million cybersafety plan begun in May with the goals of protecting children and stopping adults from downloading content that is illegal to possess in Australia, like child pornography or terrorist materials.

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