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Alright you Week in Review readers, this week is filled to the brim with internet news, so what better way to end your week right than drinking this tall glass of information.  First, the “Six Strikes” company is no longer a company, Google gave us more toys to play with, and the internet is no place for crazy people, or the perfect place.  Grab a glass of your favorite end-of-the-week drink and read the news.

This Week in Review we get break into a barrel full of internet news.  First, a bill on capitol hill has passed the Senate that would impose a sales tax on internet sales, then we look at what Google has been playing around with this week, and finally an entire country is without internet for 19 hours. 

This Week in Review we look at some interesting news from around the internet.  First, we are now able to quantify happiness thanks to the internet, then we look at some legal news involving Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat, and finally we look at Google’s newest hire.

This Week in Review is chock full of informational technology.  First, we look at what governments are trying to keep you from seeing, then we look at some important doodles on the internet, and finally we look at a few different memes that have popped up on social media over the past week for known, and unknown, reasons.

This Week in Review focuses on the power of the internet and how it’s adapting to our changing world.  First, we highlight services by Google to help people find people after the Boston Marathon bombing, next we look at a bill that is being proposed that would eliminate your privacy online, and finally we look at how Twitter is targeting you.

First, the Boston Marathon bombing was a horrible attack on a crowd of innocent people which caused destruction and panic.  Our hearts go out to the victims of the attack, the runners of the marathon, and the entire city of Boston.

This Week in Review is filled with delicious technology and a peak at the future.  First, we look at the impact Google Glass is already having on society, next we look towards the first shots taken in the war against robots with mighty human science, and finally we look at Google Fiber arriving in Austin and how the rest of us are now jealous.  Let’s get started.

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Welcome to this Week in Review.  We’ve got a lot to cover so hold on to your mouse, touch screen, or track pad, keep your arms and legs inside the Week in Review, and hang on for your life.  First up we have the brand new, world shattering announcement from Facebook, new projections from Twitter show they are rolling in ad revenue, and finally we didn’t make it through April Fool’s day unscathed and we have the websites to prove it. 

This Week in Review is dripping with sweet, sciencey goodness.  First we look at a cyber war raging across Western Europe.  Then, Google goes on vacation in a radioactive hotspot and shares their pictures, and we also look at some exciting news from the edge of the solar system.

A major internet war, the largest one to date so far, is making headline news and taking no prisoners.  The attack started earlier this week and is believed to be directed by Cyberbunker, a web hosting location known for hosting spam sites, towards Spamhaus, a group dedicated to fighting spam on the internet.  Spam is a serious problem, as it takes up a lot of valuable space, speed, and resources while being a nuisance to users.  The attack is being showcased as the largest internet attack to date.  This is a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack, which means a lot of information is being directed towards Spamhaus from multiple sources.  The attack is so large that internet service is being slowed to a crawl in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe.  How much information is being slung around?  It’s estimated that roughly 300 Gigabytes per second is traveling around and being concentrated on this one patch of Earth.  To give you an idea of the scope of this attack, 300 Gigabytes is roughly 400 full length movies.  Per second.  That works out to be more than a million movies worth of data moving around every hour and the attack has been going on for days.

For this Week in Review we look at interesting aspects of the internet that –gasp- are not covered in cat photos!  While cats still inhabit most of the internet, these are some examples of how amazing the internet really is.  Then we look at penguins and responses to cyber warfare attacks, so strap yourself in and prepare your mind-brain for an informational booster shot.