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Android phones get Opera Mini 5 beta

All those Android smartphone owners who have been wondering when they can ditch the outmoded Opera Mini 4.2 browser in favor of the latest beta can now unfold their pouts, stop that kicking, and remove their pounding fists from the floor. Opera Mini 5 beta for Android has arrived. On Thursday, Opera Software pushed out the Android version of its …

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What’s in a title? For broadband, it’s Oz vs. Kansas

Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes’ bio below. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. In 1996, Congress passed the landmark Telecommunications Act. The last major reform of communications law, the 1996 act ended Judge Harold Greene’s 10-year effort to run America’s telecommunications industry from his judicial chambers after the forced …

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