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Headlines for December 9th, 2009 through December 10th, 2009

Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources

• Feds Go Global To Fight Cybercrime Overseas" – Concerned about the rise in this type of sophisticated computer attack from abroad, the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service are beefing up their international cybercrime enforcement, sending agents who specialize in the threats overseas to specifically deal with digital perils."
• Study: You’ll wolf down 34GB of data today – "A study released Wednesday from the University of California, San Diego, reports that the average American consumes a whopping 34GB of data and 100,000 words of information per day."
• Amazon Disc+ on Demand: Buy a DVD, watch it instantly – "With Amazon’s Disc+ on Demand, when you buy a DVD or Blu-ray movie, you will be able to stream it instantly via Amazon On Demand. Pretty awesome huh?"
• Facebook’s New Privacy Settings: 5 Things You Should Know – "The new settings are supposed to make it easier and simpler to control your information, but the changes are drawing a mix of criticism and praise from privacy watchdogs such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU), and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)."
• AT&T’s Data Crackdown: I’m Calling a Bluff – "AT&T is huffing and puffing about limiting the data consumption of smartphone users and educating them on the meaning of a megabyte. Yet we know nothing about the carrier's actual plans."
• Magazine Publishers Take On The Internet – "Some of the nation's largest magazine publishers have joined forces to launch a digital initiative they hope will restore their appeal—and profits—in the Internet age.

  Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp, and Time Inc. said they plan to jointly develop a common software standard that will be used as the basis for delivering highly interactive versions of their products to a range of digital devices, such as e-readers, smartphones and laptops."

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