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Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs (AP)

AP - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

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Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses (AP)

AP - This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

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Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs (AP)

AP - Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs ? to identify criminals using text messages.

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Study says many dial-up users don't want broadband (AP)

AP - A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access.

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Daily Debrief: Celebrating America's independence, questioning our own online (CNET)

CNET - A day before the United States celebrates its independence, we continue to question our individual freedoms online. In Thursday's Daily Debrief, CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber and I discuss a federal judge's recent ruling in the ongoing Google-Viacom lawsuit that orders Google to turn over YouTube user activity. This will include videos watched, IP addresses, and usernames as part of an ongoing copyright infringement case.

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