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FCC eases restrictions on Internet use on flights Dec 29th 2012, 02:57 Federal officials inched closer to allowing the Internet aboard more flights, one of the last places generally off limits to the Web. The Federal Communications Commission on Friday approved an application process for airlines to obtain broadband Internet licenses aboard their planes. Previously, airlines were granted permission on an ad hoc basis. Read full article >> Prices spike at public universities, except in Maryland Dec 28th 2012, 22:58 Steep declines in public funding for higher education over the past five years have forced most state universities across the country to jack up tuition and fees. Not in Maryland. The posted price of attending the University of Maryland and other state universities has risen 2 percent for in-state students since 2007 after adjusting for inflation — the lowest rate of increase in the nation for four-year public institutions, the College Board said in a recent report. Read full article >> Think you're giving up social media? Think again. Dec 28th 2012, 11:08 Nicki Minaj did it once. Alec Baldwin does it often and poorly. And chances are, after heavy days of sonogram photos and rhubarb pies cast in "Lo-Fi" light, you've considered ending it all, too. Deleting yourself — or what the most morbid among us call "digital suicide" — is the attempt to go off the grid, to grab control of your persona, time or sanity. The departure is often announced with confident, dramatic flourish. But experts say that more often than not, deserters sulk back to newsfeeds and streams, proving: No, we could never be through with Facebook or Twitter, just as Ella could never be through with love. Read full article >>

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