The US House of Representatives definitively rejected the concept of Net neutrality on Thursday, dealing a bitter blow to Internet companies like Amazon.com, eBay and Google that had engaged in a last-minute lobbying campaign to support it. More: continued here
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Royal Mail comes under fire for stopping deliveries to a North Yorkshire village on health and safety grounds. More: continued here
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