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1:40 AM ET, January 31, 2011

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Frederic Lardinois / NewsGrange:
Why One Egyptian ISP is Still Online  —  For all intents and purposes, Egypt is currently cut off from the Internet.  Even today, though, the Noor Group's DSL service in Egypt remains available (though it experienced some downtime earlier today).  Why is Noor, which has about an 8% market share in Egypt …
Discussion: ITProPortal, ReadWriteWeb and GigaOM
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Andrew McLaughlin / The Huffington Post:
An Open Letter to Dr. Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt … Dear Tarek:  —  The news anchors are reporting that Egypt's Cabinet has just submitted its resignation, and a new Prime Minister has been appointed.  As Egypt's Minister of Communications …
Discussion: ISOC Monthly Newsletter, Thanks:jarredt
Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:   Microsoft shifts some work out of Egypt
Dan Kaplan / The Quora Review:
Sorry, Scoble, Quora is not your playground  —  “This used to be my playground.  This used to be my childhood dream.  This used be the place I ran to...whenever I was in need.”  -Madonna  —  So Robert Scoble, it seems you don't like the heat.  In the bygone days of what feels like ten minutes ago …
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Mark Essel / Victus Spiritus:
How about a question and answer plugin for blogs?
Discussion: TeleRead
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google Searches for Mobile-App Experts  —  Engineers, Product Managers Are Needed as More Development Is Brought in House to Counter Apple  —  Google Inc. plans to hire dozens of software developers to create applications for smartphones and other mobile devices, people familiar with the matter said …
Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:
Apple's Wozniak confirms white iPhone 4 camera issues, showers more love on Android  —  Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak confirmed today that early white iPhone 4 parts caused issues with its camera, which led to multiple delays and its near-mythical status among gadget hounds.
Discussion: Engadget, Neowin.net and MacStories
Edward Moyer / CNET News:
WikiLeaks founder Assange talks to ‘60 Minutes’  —  In an exclusive interview with “60 Minutes” tonight, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange discussed his relationship with sources (a crucial legal issue, as the U.S. considers taking court action against Assange), WikiLeaks' vulnerability to government shut down …
Sandy Brundage / Palo Alto Online:
Facebook scoops up Menlo Park properties  —  City finalizing paperwork for Sun campus sale  —  As rumors swirled about social-networking giant Facebook buying the former Sun Microsystems campus in Menlo Park, the company quietly bought 22 acres of business property near the campus.
Discussion: Mercury News, SAI and Forbes
Verne G. Kopytoff / New York Times:
At Flickr, Fending Off Rumors and Facebook  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Speculation in technology circles that Yahoo might close or sell Flickr, its photo-sharing service, prompted an emphatic denial this month.  —  “Is Yahoo committed to Flickr?”  Blake Irving, Yahoo's product chief, wrote in a message on Twitter.
Jeff Valvano / 9 to 5 Mac:
Analyst on iPad 2: 3 versions, iPod touch cameras, 1024 x 768 display  —  Ming-Chi Kuo of Concord Securities released a note to investors today detailing his ideas on the iPad 2′s components.  The analyst seems to agree with 9to5mac's findings in the SDK and is claiming the iPad 2 …
Agence France Presse:
Cyber raids threaten British, US stock markets: report  —  LONDON (AFP) - Stock exchanges in Britain and the United States have enlisted the help of the security services after finding out they were the victims of cyber attacks, The Times newspaper reported Monday.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
Learning from our Mistakes: The Failure of OpenID, AtomPub and XML on the Web  —  I've now been working and blogging about web technology long enough to see technologies that we once thought were the best thing since sliced bread turn out to be rather poor solutions to the problem or even worse …
Discussion: OakLeaf Systems
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
100,000 P2P Users Sued in US Mass Lawsuits  —  Check out TorrentFreak's new News Bits feed! .  —  Mass P2P lawsuits have been filed all across the United States in recent months, especially by companies dealing with adult content.  They have embraced this new revenue stream by the dozen and new studios are joining every month.
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Sarah Devlin / Mediaite:
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