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Hungary protesters throw computer parts at government buildings in fight against internet tax

Three days after urging Prime Minister Viktor Orban to withdraw a proposed tax equal to roughly 60 U.S. cents for every gigabyte uploaded or downloaded in the country, more than 10,000 protesters returned to Budapest and set up similar demonstrations in several cities throughout the country.

The demonstrations began Sunday in response to Orban’s budget proposal for 2015, which included a tax imposed on Internet service providers (ISPs) reportedly based on an older, similar tax on telephone services. Though Orban and the conservative Fidesz political party said the tax money collected would help fund new broadband services in rural parts of the country, protesters argue that the ISPs will only pass the additional cost onto customers.

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Network World Colin Neagle

Why throw early and catch late?

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This Q&A is part of a weekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 100+ Q&A sites.

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There are many well-known best practices about exception handling in isolation. I know the “do’s and don’ts” well enough, but things get complicated when it comes to best practices or patterns in larger environments. “Throw early, catch late” — I’ve heard many times and it still confuses me.

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Hackers throw 25 malware variants at Apple Mac OS X

HACKERS ARE ATTACKING Apple Mac OS X systems with 25 varieties of malware, some of which are being used in targeted attacks, warns security firm F-Secure. F-Secure reported uncovering the malware variants in its Threat Report H1 2014, claiming it …
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