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                    [Title] => AT&T, DirecTV complete merger
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Even as TV watchers increasingly go online, AT&T has become the country’s biggest traditional TV provider with its $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV.

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Internet outages can disrupt emergency services, business transactions and basic communication. Here are few things to know about the nation's Internet infrastructure and its vulnerabilities.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-28 01:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20141218/Cyber-Security-lock-hacking.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1433242 [Title] => How to deal with shallowness on the Internet [Summary] =>

‘The Atlantic’ recently coined the term ‘attention policing.’ That’s when someone waxes sanctimonious over other people’s social media frivolity.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115326 [AuthorName] => Alex Almario [SectionName] => Supreme [SectionUrl] => supreme [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1376417 [Title] => Marriott fined $600,000 for jamming guests' Wi-Fi [Summary] =>

Marriott International will pay the government a $600,000 fine for jamming conference attendees' own Wi-Fi networks at one of its hotels, forcing them instead to pay as much as $1,000 each to use the hotel's own connection.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-04 04:02:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1739602 [AuthorName] => Scott Mayerowitz [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1291200 [Title] => Comcast, Time to reshape future of US pay TV [Summary] =>

Comcast Corp’s proposed $45.2-billion takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc could face close scrutiny from US antitrust regulators because of the deal’s potential to reshape the country’s pay TV and broadband markets.

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Rules against making cellphone calls during airline flights are "outdated," and it's time to change them, federal regulators said Thursday, drawing immediate howls of protest from flight attendants, airline officials and others.

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Rules against making cellphone calls during airline flights are "outdated," and it's time to change them, federal regulators said Thursday, drawing immediate howls of protest from flight attendants, airline officials and others.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-22 16:27:33 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390945 [AuthorName] => Joan Lowy and Scott Mayerowitz [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5215/ruif.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1247844 [Title] => Smart tests new signal booster for home use [Summary] =>

Smart Communications Inc. is testing a device to address dead spots and improve mobile reception inside homes and offices.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 956947 [Title] => US moving toward easing electronic device use [Summary] =>

The U.S. government is moving toward easing restrictions on airline passengers using electronic devices to listen to music, play games, read books, watch movies and work during taxiing, takeoffs and landings.

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CBS is asking stars not to bare too much skin at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.

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