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Definition: blackout
A complete loss of power. See brownout.
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Wikipedia expands through classroom assignments
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Blackout! SOPA protests hit the Web (images)
High-profile Internet companies and organizations including Google, Wikipedia, and the EFF bring down a veil of darkness to underscore their worries about the controversial legislation.
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How to use Google or Google Chrome to view Wikipedia articles during the SOPA blackout
Here are a couple of ways you can access Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia confirms site blackout to protest SOPA anti-piracy bill
The English version of Wikipedia will go offline on Wednesday for 24 hours to protest the SOPA anti-piracy bill.
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Geeks 1, Congress 0: Controversial anti-piracy bill SOPA 'shelved'
SOPA is not dead, just badly wounded. But the collective support from one online community alone shows that democracy can, and indeed does work.
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Hate SOPA and want to join the Jan. 18 blackout? There's a WordPress plugin for that
Joining the Internet blackout movement on January 18th in protest of SOPA/PIPA can be as easy as downloading and installing a small plugin on your site!
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Don't expect Facebook to go dark for SOPA
Facebook has signed a letter that states it is against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Still, don't expect the social networking giant to participate in a joint blackout of Internet services.
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Would a Wikipedia blackout be such a bad thing?
If Wikipedia shut its doors temporarily in protest at upcoming U.S. anti-piracy legislation, how could it affect the web as we know it?
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China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?
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Silicon Valley goes dark again
Here in California, we're famous for our Tech Industry and our rolling blackouts. In an area that's supposedly one of the technology leaders of the world, we can't seem to get reliable...
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China's Internet crackdown: Anonymous, political intrigue and blackouts
Chinese authorities continue their crackdown of online 'rumors'. Is now the right time to launch an attack on the Great Firewall?
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Anonymous is not taking down the Internet
Despite popular reports, the hacktivist group Anonymous is not hacking, killing, or taking down the Internet today via DDoS attacks on root DNS servers. The Internet will remain completely functional.
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Anonymous launches 'Operation Global Blackout', aims to DDoS the Root Internet servers
The Anonymous hacktivist movement is planning to launch a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) on the Internet's root DNS servers, using a Reflective DNS Amplification DDoS tool.
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Wikipedia expands through classroom assignments
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How did the SOPA web blackout protest affect you?
Did the blackout spur you to take any action?
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Making the best of a bad situation - SOPA mocking memes
Censorship acts like SOPA have rocked the foundations of the Internet community, and now thanks to Wednesday's blackout collaboration more people are aware of the dangers of this legislation....
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Facebook not part of SOPA blackout, but users still protest
Facebook may not be participating in the SOPA blackout today, but the service's users are still doing their best to partake in the protest on the social network by changing their profile picture.
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Blackout! SOPA protests hit the Web (images)
High-profile Internet companies and organizations including Google, Wikipedia, and the EFF bring down a veil of darkness to underscore their worries about the controversial legislation.
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