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Is broadband-access a human right?

Posted on September 27, 2010. Tags: Finland, human right, International Politics, Internet

Finland has become the first country in the world to declare that high speed internet access is a legal right. Finnish telecommunications companies will be required to provide the 5.2 million people of Finland with internet access at a speed of one megabit per second.

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Wiretapped phones, now Internet?

Posted on September 27, 2010. Tags: Freedom, Internet Censorship, Wiretaps

WASHINGTON – Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations of the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone.

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Safe to Assume Naval Power

Posted on September 06, 2010. Tags: China, Military, Navy, United States

The highly anticipated arrival of the new Chinese Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is finely upon us and (predictably) many in the US are unnecessarily fretting over this development.

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The future of journalism in the internet age

Posted on April 15, 2010.

Last week media experts John Nichols and Robert McChesney came to the Twin Cities to talk about their latest book “Death and life of American journalism”. Both authors visited the School of Journalism and Mass communication (SJMC) to lecture on the unprecedented state of the media while exploring the current journalism crisis.

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Minneapolis developer brings real estate to the iPhone

Posted on March 31, 2010. Tags: iphone

The tech savy developer Aaron Kardell, who lives in Maple Grove, designed a new application that allows home buyers to search homes for sale on the iPhone. The entrepreneur convinced Minneapolis-based TheMLSOnline.com Inc. to bring the real estate business to the mobile world.

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Big Year for Apple

Posted on January 24, 2010. Tags: Apple, Minneapolis

The Senior Research Analyst Gene Munster, from Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis, predicts an increase in sales for the Apple computer in 2010. There is also much hype and anticipation for a possible revelation of Apple’s new tablet that will transform the industry with new cutting edge technology and increase sales.

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Android Application for Job Seekers

Posted on January 20, 2010. Tags: Anthony Carranza

One of the fastest growing search engines LinkUp, based out of Minneapolis, announced the release of the free Android application for job seekers. The search engine indexes over 22,000 company websites and updates those job listings daily, according to the news release.

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First Apple store opening in Minneapolis

Posted on January 15, 2010. Tags: Minneapolis

Apple Computer Inc. has begun hiring for new location located in Uptown Minneapolis on Hennepin Ave. On the career section for the computer maker is accepting applications starting January 13, 2010.

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