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The Internet has shifted under our feet

Missing dot drops Sweden off the Internet; US lawmakers investigate telecom 'traffic pumping'
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The Internet has shifted under our feet

The way traffic moves over the Internet has changed radically in the last five years, according to a new report, and few people have realized it. Read full story

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Missing dot drops Sweden off the Internet
What was essentially a typo last night resulted in the temporary disappearance from the Internet of almost a million Web sites in Sweden -- every address with a .se top-level down name.

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October 15, 2009

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Missing dot drops Sweden off the Internet
  2. Google to send detailed information about hacked Web sites
  3. 802.11n price wars already underway
  4. IE, GDI flaws good place for IT to start Patch Tuesday cleanup
  5. Developer ups iPhone app to $40 after complaints about price
  6. Human race on the verge of a massive upgrade
  7. Cisco buying wireless wunderkind Starent
  8. Sidekick implosion: Was it sabotage?
  9. Microsoft delivers massive Patch Tuesday, fixes 34 flaws
  10. House decommissions last mainframe, saves $730k

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