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Cuba now has high-speed access to the Internet, but it is far from reaching the vast majority of the public.

A German court has effectively ruled in favor of the Internet and one’s right to access it on an uninterrupted basis.

Coffeehouses and cafes with public Internet access will not be affected by the coming Six-Strikes anti-piracy scheme, but not all businesses will be subject to the same clemency.

The Six Strikes campaign by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) to combat online piracy, long-awaited, is coming in weeks.

The FCC's plans to unleash Wi-Fi spectrum, plus the $5 billion tussle for Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR), show spectrum is valuable.

Kansas City is the envy of America right now.

An $8.5 billion dividend by Verizon Wireless helps co-owner Vodafone, which could sell out to Verizon Communications.

It's getting ever easier to access the Internet, the UN finds, and that growth could greatly help developing countries.

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Wednesday were SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc, Infinera Corporation, Sanmina-SCI Corporation, Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc and Glu Mobile. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were Ericsson, NXP Semiconductors N.V., NetSpend Holdings Inc, KIT digital Inc and Air Methods Corporation.

From Charlie Sheen's public unraveling to Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comment, the most recognizable pop-culture trends in recent years have come from the real-life folly of the public sphere. That's a far shift, media experts say, from the days when a one-size-fits-all monoculture was produced on Hollywood sound stages and back lots.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will commence evaluation of the mobile broadband speed to help customers know if they are getting value for money.

Many people may think that Apple's victory could be the end of the epic Apple v. Samsung patent-infringement lawsuit, but it's not. According to a new report, Samsung would immediately file a lawsuit against Apple after the release of the iPhone 5 if the handset features 4G LTE technology.

While the second-quarter earnings season is coming to a close, investors will still see a trickle of companies reporting results next week. They include Heinz, Joy Global, Pandora Media, Splunk, and Tiffany.

The Internet opens and connects you to new worlds of possibilities and opportunities anywhere, anytime.In South Africa, the Internet is a make or break in many situations these days with limited access and expensive rates that abounds just to receive the best Internet connection.

The speed of broadband connections is steadily on the rise, Akamai's Q1 2012 "State of the Internet" report has stated. The broadband speed is now 2.6 Mbps in comparison to 2.3 Mbps registered last quarter.

Consider: at New York’s Stuyvesant H.S., one of the best in the country, more than 80 students are ensnared in a cheating probe of a city language exam administered last month. Cellphone accounts are intercepted by cops. Is anything electronic immune?

China?s Lenovo Group (Pink: LNVGY), the No. 2 PC maker, announced a no-contract broadband service for its ThinkPad Classic and ThinkPad Edge laptops for customers in the U.S. and nine European countries.

Joining the four major US carriers, the nation's sixth largest carrier U.S. Cellular has announced that it will launch the latest Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone in July with preorders beginning June 12.

On Wednesday, ABC news anchor Robin Roberts say down with President Barack Obama for an historic interview. For the first time, Obama affirmed his evolved position on one of America?s most controversial issues. Read the full transcript here, courtesy of ABC.

The U.S. Postal Service said it is abandoning for now its plan to close thousands of post offices in rural locations and will instead keep them operating with shorter opening hours.

Mexican business-tycoon Carlos Slim Helú's mobile telecommunications company América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: AMX) made an unsolicited bid to raise its stake in Dutch mobile phone company Koninklijke KPN N.V. (Amsterdam: KPN) by $3.4 billion, KPN announced Tuesday.