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Today the internet access seems something normal. We are used to the fast internet connection, to check email or read the latest news. Many of us would feel lost without it. It's not the same throughout the world. Africa, for example, continues to be a continent with many difficulties in the access to the web. So now it's born a new project that hopes to increase the spread of Internet in the South of the World.

Internet is not a place where everything is allowed and although nothing can be prohibited on the Web, "there are laws that codify behaviors and create obligations"  which, if are not obeyed, lead to criminal liability. These were the words used by Judge Oscar Magi to justify the sentence that the court in Milan has imposed, on February 24th, on three Google managers.

Probably this morning, after waking up, you turned on the "computer", yout took a look at your "emails" or you started "chatting" with a friend. You will probably subscribe a "newsletter", and as true fans of the network, you will update your "blog". So, in a few minutes, you will have to do with English words (computer, email, chat, blog, newsletter) that have entered in every language. But French people, you know, don't really like talking another language. And they never really liked the English words in their vocabulary.

In provincia di Treviso, ieri, è apparsa una notizia particolare, sintomatica dei tempi in cui viviamo. Un ragazzo di diciassette anni si è iscritto, su Facebook, a un gruppo che promuoveva il suicidio. Dopo poco tempo lo stesso ragazzo si è effettivamente tolto la vita. Subito dopo gli amici del giovane hanno iniziato a tempestare il suddetto gruppo di insulti e improperi. Cerchiamo di analizzare la situazione.

Il rapporto tra Google e la Cina è stato complicato fin dall’inizio, quando il colosso di internet per essere autorizzato a operare sul mercato cinese ha accettato di filtrare alcune ricerche. In pratica dal sito sparivano magicamente siti o termini tabù per il regime, come Tibet o Xinjiang. Ma ora il tempo del collaborazionismo con la censura di regime potrebbe essere finito. Perché Google minaccia di abbandonare la Cina.

In the trial of the former member of Forza Italia, Gaspare Giudice (now defunct), he has been convicted of Mafia association and he was considered the "political brain" of the clan who protected the fugitive Bernardo Provenzano. Nino Mandalà has always proclaimed his innocence despite being involved in business contracts and financial speculation very close to Mafia. In July of this year he was released from prison and he decided to open a blog.

For those who never filled a box with their belongings, for those who never had to remove photos or sheets from a wall, for those who have never had to leave a workplace that has become like a house, the closure of Gourmet, the bible of food and wine magazines in the world, means absolutely nothing.

Sono nati a Fidenza nel 1994 e da allora i Gruppi di acquisto solidale (Gas) sono cresciuti fino ad essere 600, almeno quelli censiti su internet. Molti altri non sono registrati e il numero reale, quindi, è molto più alto. Ora per i gruppi già attivi e per quelli che ancora devono partire, c’è un nuovo sito che potrebbe aiutarli: Equalway.org.

Less than three days and then there will be the debut of the new operating system Windows 7. No predictions, until now, on sales and the satisfaction of users. Microsoft, after the flop of Windows Vista, prefers to be cautious. This time, however, the new system could really make life easier.

You are curious about Twitter, but you have not tried yet because you believe that your written English is not up to it? You can understand it perfectly, it would be perfect if someone would translate it. Maybe it's time to do it. Twitter is looking for someone who will translate it into French, Italian, German and Spanish. So it put an ad on the blog site.