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      Georgetown U. Joins edX to Offer Free Courses Online - The Ticker -
The Chronicle of Higher
Education<https://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/georgetown-u-joins-edx-to-offer-free-courses-online>
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*chronicle.com* - A nonprofit venture, edX was launched by Harvard
University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this past spring.
Other partner institutions include the University of California at
Berkel...       Automatically Ranking the Credibility of Tweets During
Major Events<http://irevolution.net/2012/12/10/ranking-credibility-of-tweets/>
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irevolution.net* - In their study, “Credibility Ranking of Tweets during
High Impact Events,” authors Aditi Gupta and Ponnurangam Kumaraguru
“analyzed the credibility of information in corresponding to fourteen high
...       Russia, China, Saudi Arabia Call For Worldwide DNS
Restrictions<http://www.fastcompany.com/3003846/russia-china-saudi-arabia-call-worldwide-dns-restrictions>
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*www.fastcompany.com* - At the ongoing International Telecommunications
Union conference in Dubai, bureaucrats from 193 countries are rewriting the
obscure UN legislation that oversees how the Internet works. The
conferen...       China party chief stresses reform, censors relax grasp on
internet - chicagotribune.com<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-china-politicsbre8b90av-20121210,0,2562809.story>
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*www.chicagotribune.com* - China's newly appointed leader Xi attends
meeting with foreign experts at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
(POOL New Reuters, REUTERS / December 5, 2012)       As the GAC’s World
Turns: European Commission Names gTLD
Applications<http://www.gtldstrategy.com/policy-updates/as-the-gac%e2%80%99s-world-turns>
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*www.gtldstrategy.com* - As we mentioned in our last post, GAC Early
Warnings came out late last Tuesday night. In total, 39 GAC member
countries issued 242 Early Warnings on 143 unique gTLD strings. Then this
week, certai...         Education    Hunting for Georgian Black Swans with
big data - Net Prophet Net Prophet - New media and tech developments across
Central Europe and Eurasia from Transitions
Online<http://netprophet.tol.org/2012/12/06/hunting-georgian-black-swan-with-big-data/>
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high-speed data network open to researchers -
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the 'Silicon Valley of India' is bridging the digital divide -
CNN.com<http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/tech/bangalore-india-internet-access/index.html>
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Rights Day 2012<http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Day2012/Pages/HRD2012.aspx>
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Accused of Robbing Bank and Bragging About It on YouTube -
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EULA Demands 7000 Years a Day From Humankind -
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Would-Be Internet Regulators Need Deleting -
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Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing to use Google Plus's Hangout feature -
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CEO Hastings Faces SEC Action Over Facebook Post -
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McAfee Collapses At Guatemala Detention Center -
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Rebels Build Homemade Tank, PlayStation Controller for
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