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Aruling bya court inthe central Russian town ofUlyanovsk ordering astate-run Internet provider toblock access to15 websites, including those oftwo prominent national newspapers, has sparked fears ofa broader campaign ofInternet censorship inthe country.

Two ofthe blocked websites, Gazeta.ru andKomsomolskaya Pravda, are among thetop 10 news websites inRussia. Thetwo media outlets said they had not been notified ofthe court hearings or theverdict they learned about it fromtheir readers andtherefore were unable todefend themselves.

Local prosecutors said ina statement Wednesday that theruling was based onthe presence onthe websites ofarticles explaining theintricacies ofgiving abribe inRussia andhow toescape prosecution afterward.

Prosecutors emphasized that thecourt ruling had not ordered whole websites tobe blocked but only specific pages containing theillicit information. Internet provider Rostelecom made thedecision toblock thesites themselves, going beyond thecourt's instructions, they said.

Rostelecom, which is one offour Internet providers inUlyanovsk, told Vedomosti that it blocked theentire websites because it did not have thetechnical capability toblock specific pages andthat thecourt ruling did not specify particular pages totarget anyway.

Federal Mass Media Inspection Service spokesman Vladimir Pikov told thenewspaper that his agency was surprised that thewebsites were blocked, since according toa recently enacted Internet censorship law, media outlets cannot be blocked.

InJuly oflast year, President Vladimir Putin signed thecensorship bill, which allows thefederal government toset up aregistry ofblacklisted websites containing child pornography, content promoting drug use andextremism, andother resources ruled illegal inRussia.

While bribery is acriminal offense inRussia, it is not specifically mentioned inthe bill.

"We expected this tohappen," said Galina Arapova, director ofthe enter forProtection ofMedia Rights. "The legislation is so vague andlacks any technical regulation."

Intheir statement, prosecutors did not identify theweb pages that they wanted blocked. Komsomolskaya Pravda said it found asarcastic article titled "On How toGive andReceive Bribes inthe Right Way" published more than adecade ago, while Gazeta.ru was unable tofind thelikely culprit.

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According to a recent report on SocialTimes, the parent company which owns the iconic Wall Street Journal, is planning to come up with its own social networking platform.

News Corporation is describing its latest venture as a platform for like-minded people. While it sounds suspiciously similar to Linkedin, engagement topics would focus almost completely on discussions related to money and finance. The social network would obviously attract readers of the Wall Street Journal and would complement the publication.

Samuel Junghenn, one of the worlds respected social media consultants and the founder of Think Big Online Marketing, an Australian SEO company, feels that the proposed network would definitely able to cut through the clutter and make a strong name for itself in the market.

I definitely see a lot of potential in the idea. Readers of the WSJ are serious and successful professionals. They are intuitively aware of financial markets and understand how money literally makes the world go round. Its hard to imagine such people spending their time reading random tweets or liking and sharing Facebook posts.

Samuel elaborates by explaining the possible dynamics of the proposed social network. He anticipates the channel to almost exclusively attract high net worth individuals, who are extremely serious about their time and money. Such people rarely have much time for casual social interaction. They would be attracted to the social networking channel related to the Wall Street Journal because here they would able to meet and interact with like-minded people.

Samuel Junghenn, whose company offers one of the most effective seo packages across the globe and has helped thousands of companies worldwide make a name for themselves on the Internet, says that several of his clients are avid WSJ readers. They are a different breed of people. Even while discussing SEO services, they are determined to intuitively understand exactly how the whole process works. I am confident that any platform on which thousands of such dynamic individuals gather to interact and share ideas would prove to be a huge hit.

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Founded by Samuel Junghenn, Think Big is an Australian SEO company that offers a gamut of online promotional services to businesses across the globe and has helped dozens of financial agencies establish a strong online presence.

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Study finds young people are most likely to post suicidal feelings online or send a text about their concerns when they want to take their life Survey found teenagers unlikely to use suicide prevention hotlines Research flies in the face of a number of cases of teenage suicide, which pointed the finger at social media sites for facilitating suicide pacts Results call into question where prevention resources can be best directed

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PUBLISHED: 07:37 EST, 26 June 2013 | UPDATED: 07:43 EST, 26 June 2013

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Distressed adolescents are using social media and mobile technology to express their suicidal feelings and reach out for help, a study has shown.

The results bring into question current methods of support offered to adolescents who are struggling to cope with life.

During a one-month period, researchers in America identified 64 comments on MySpace which related to feelings of wanting to die.

An additional follow-up survey found that young people are also likely use text messaging to share that they are feeling this way.

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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/gfxwnl/global_enterprise) has announced the addition of the "Global Enterprise Social Networking Market 2012-2016" report to their offering.

The analysts forecast the Global Enterprise Social Networking Software market to grow at a CAGR of 51.94 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increased requirement of intranet interactivity among multiple teams in an organization. The market has also been witnessing an increased use of mobile enterprise social networking for sales activities. However, the risk of confidential information leakage could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.

The key vendors dominating this market space include Communispace Corp., IBM Corp., Jive Software Inc., and Telligent System Inc.

The other vendors mentioned in the report are Atlassain Pty Ltd., blueKiwi Software Inc., Cisco System Inc., IGLOO Software Inc., Liferay Inc., Lithium Technologies Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mzinga Inc., NewsGator Technologies Inc., Open Text Corp., Saba Software Inc., Socialtext Inc., SuccessFactors Inc., Telligent System Inc., Traction Software Inc., TWiki Inc., and Yammer, Inc.

Commenting on the report, an analyst from TechNavio's Enterprise Computing team said: Many product marketing companies make use of mobile enterprise social networking software to convey information about products and customers to mobile sales executives. As a result of the ever-increasing competition in many markets, it is becoming increasingly crucial for sales executives to make real-time decisions, which will help them not only acquire new business but also maintain good relationships with existing customers. Therefore, sales executives are required to have access to product and customer-related information even while on the move. To address this need, many enterprises are nowadays increasingly adopting enterprise social networking software. In addition, enterprise social networking software helps track the activities of sales employees on the field. Thus, the increasing use of mobile enterprise social networking software in the field of sales is expected to contribute to the growth of the Global Enterprise Social Networking market during the forecast period.

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"Although we are moving in the right direction, one wonders how long it will take humanity to attain a consciousness of ourselves as human beings first and foremost. I only hope the forces seeking to strangle us don't bring about something unfortunate before then." If that sounds clunky and expository to you, just pick out a random page out of Sakyo Komatsu's novel Virus: The Day of Resurrection(1964) and find examples of dialogue just like that. It does not matter that the speaker in this case is a concerned doctor. There is little to distinguish narrative from terrible speech in this supposed triller. Komatsu won awards in both mystery and science fiction writing in Japan, so I can only presume that something was lost in a rough translation. But the painfully slow set up indicates it might not be a language issue.

American astronauts bring an unknown virus to earth, where hapless scientists unwittingly transform it into a killer bug. The plot is loaded with resonant potential, tapping on fears of germ warfare and superbugs that are as much of a concern today as it was when the book was first released almost fifty years ago. But the execution is sorely lacking.

Komatsu takes his time moving his plot along. If only he took this time to establish character. What he does instead is to accumulate detail to a level that makes the eyes glaze over like an influenza victim. One of the first casualties of the titular crisis is stopped literally and figuratively dead in its tracks by a description of technical details of a sports car. It's the kind of thing J.G. Ballard might have pulled off. Ballard, one of the great science fiction writers, used precise, clinical language to set a chilling tone for horrific tales of the future like Crash. It doesn't work here.

According to an introduction by a young Japanese author, Virus was a cultural touchstone for Japanese readers. Originally released at a time when the nation was cranking out monster movies, the book preyed on post-atomic dread by offering the anxiety of an unstoppable influenza. But as awkward and badly written as a 1960s Japanese monster movie can be, there was a charming efficiency to them as they foretold the wrath of space or prehistoric creatures. Virus would have made a good low budget science fiction movie. At 300 pages of dull prose, it's a terribly hard slog of a cautionary tale.

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