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		<title>AT&amp;T-mobile: The Next Ma Bell of the Telecom Industry?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Allured</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what Arstechnica is calling “Mega-Merger Mania”, the wireless industry has been a hot topic in the news for the past week.  AT&#38;T announced on March 20th their agreement with Deutsche Telekom to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 billion.  Though the acquisition still faces the hurdle of the government’s anti-trust review, which could take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Plan to &#8220;Win the Future&#8221; with Wireless</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Allured</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 2011 state of the union, Obama began to hint at his plan to “win the future”, which is being called the Wireless Innovations Infrastructure Initiative.  Revealing his plan in more detail at Northern Michigan University on February 10th, the president’s aim is to build out the nation’s high-speed wireless network. What is it? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Fuels Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Allured</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The role of the internet and social networking websites in the recent uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt is extraordinary.  Despite governmental efforts to shut down communication in both countries, people were able to get the word out about their bloody struggles for democratic leadership, leading to a whole new understanding of the value of websites like Facebook. The Tunisian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carry On, Folks&#8230; Pope Benedict OKs Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Allured</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has been holding out on joining the social network craze until the Church gave their official approval can now proceed in a “respectful”, “honest”, and “responsible” manner. In his Message for the 45th World Day of Social Communications, Pope Benedict XVI wrote of the “emergence of the internet as a network for communication” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comcast&#8217;s Media Empire to be Joined by NBC Universal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Allured</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the FCC and the Department of Justice announced the approval of the Comcast and NBC Universal merger, a deal that will be closed by the end of the month. Four of five FCC Commissioners approved the merger, Michael Copps being the only opposing voice. What will Comcast own? US-leading cable network 234 NBC affiliate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Net Neutrality, Part 2-What does it mean for you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Allured</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The net neutrality debate continues, but my focus has shifted to explain what it means for consumers as we move forward with our internet dependency. In an article by Chloe Albanesius from pcmag.com, it is suggested that the net neutrality rules seem like tech talk that will not affect our daily lives, but they will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Net Neutrality, Part 1-What is it and how are people reacting?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Allured</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FCC approved net neutrality rules on December 21st. Not much surprise there, but the details have been hotly debated ever since. Here&#8217;s an overview that I&#8217;ve adapted from an arstechnica article by Matthew Lasar in which the FCC&#8217;s net neutrality Order was called &#8220;net neutrality (lite)&#8221;: They are &#8220;basic rules of the road to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Allured</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well hello everyone, it&#8217;s been a while! I&#8217;ve got lots to catch up on&#8230; I started my new program (Internships in Francophone Europe) 3 weeks ago, and it&#8217;s much more intense than my old program was. Every day, we start at 9 am with a 3 and 1/2 hour lecture on french history/society/culture. The morning [...]]]></description>
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