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  • Local people who also read the print edition are the largest group using newspaper Web sites. But the most loyal, most satisfied and most upscale readers are signing in from outside the circulation area.

  • The Senate Commerce Committee has voted unanimously to pass the Local Community Radio Act, legislation that would open the public airwaves to hundreds of new Low Power FM radio stations in communities across the country. The bill will now move to the full Senate.

  • FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will be the next guest for Digg Dialogg. From Nov. 19-24, you can submit and Digg questions; the top ones will be asked in the Dialogg. This is an especially timely interview given the FCC's recent statement in support of Net Neutrality as well as their work to make broadband universally accessible.

  • The FBI explained how its anti-cyber crime task force works at a Congressional hearing, and outlined the Bureau's latest accomplishments. But nobody thinks the United States is prepared to stop a really bad attack through cyberspace on our financial or physical networks.

  • The Senate Commerce Committee wasted no time passing the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), its version of the satellite reauthorization bill. The bill extends satellite operators' license to carry distant out-of-market network TV station signals for viewers who can't received a viewable signal from their in-market station.

  • In the first major step toward making millions of videos on YouTube accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired people, Google unveiled new technologies that will automatically bring text captions to many videos on the site.

  • Big Brother is watching: That is the message corporations routinely send their employees about using email. But recent cases have shown that employees sometimes have more privacy rights than they might expect when it comes to the corporate email server.

  • If it cannot defeat Verizon in the court or in the court of public opinion, perhaps it's time AT&T took the high road, quit, and stopped the teary-eyed back-and-forth. It should focus on bolstering its 3G network and preparing for the onslaught of 4G, instead of dwelling in past missteps and slights.

  • The debate over Droid versus iPhone rages on, but lots more Android surprises are on the way. Get ready for the Google Phone. It's no longer a myth, it's real.

  • News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has been making a lot of noise recently about how he's going to slap paywalls on the Web sites belonging to his media companies. But that didn't stop Digg CEO Jay Adelson from telling FOX Business that users probably won't play ball.

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