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Bail rules prevent Kim Dotcom from using Internet (AP) AP - Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom made his fortune and even took his name from the Internet, but now he's barred from logging on. February 23, 2012 10:39 AM Study aims to bring Great Barrier Reef to living rooms (Reuters) Reuters - Finding Nemo is about to get a lot easier with the launch of a scientific survey that will allow anyone with access to the internet to take a virtual tour of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. February 23, 2012 8:13 AM PayPal gets new rival in offline payments race (Reuters) Reuters - PayPal, the online payments company owned by eBay Inc, just got a new rival in the race to develop a mobile payment service that can be used in physical stores. February 23, 2012 8:04 AM White House unveils plan to protect online privacy (Reuters) Reuters - The White House on Thursday proposed a "bill of rights" that would give consumers greater online privacy protection and could eventually give the government greater powers to police Internet firms such as Google Inc and Facebook. February 23, 2012 5:41 AM Obama administration seeks online privacy rules (AP) AP - The Obama administration is calling for stronger privacy protections for consumers as mobile gadgets, Internet services and other tools are able to do a better job of tracking what you do and where you go. February 23, 2012 5:13 AM KT reviewing network fees on Youtube, Internet TVs (Reuters) Reuters - South Korea's top Internet provider, KT Corp plans to charge data-heavy content providers such as Google's Youtube and Internet-enabled TV service operators to subsidize costly network upgrades, a KT executive said on Thursday. February 23, 2012 3:45 AM Adele Is First To Go Double Platinum on iTunes (Mashable) Mashable - Like many artists before her, global pop star Adele experienced a post-Grammys album sales boost, selling 730,000 copies of 21 in the past week. Unlike every other artist in history, however, Adele is the first person to sell 2 million copies of one album on iTunes in the U.S. February 22, 2012 11:05 PM Use Online RSVP Tool to Help Your Party Make A Splash (Mashable) Mashable - The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Splash February 22, 2012 10:35 PM FCC urges Internet companies to safeguard Web (Reuters) Reuters - Internet service providers need to work harder to prevent hacks, data theft and other fraud, including contacting customers whose infected computers have been hijacked by organized crime and helping them clean out viruses, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday. February 22, 2012 9:12 PM These comedy apps will put a smile on your face (Appolicious) Appolicious - Today’s most innovative comedians are not necessarily telling jokes in front of a live audience, on TV, or in the movies. A new golden age of comedy is playing out online and via mobile applications for smartphones and tablet computers. There are apps that showcase the funniest satirists on Twitter, broadcast interviews with newcomers and comedy legends, and make classic publications like The Onion and Cracked come alive. February 22, 2012 9:00 PM