Egyptian Updates: A Blackout, a Briefing, a Biden

Following up on Brian's post from earlier today, reports now have it that the Egyptian authorities are attempting to cut off all Internet and SMS access in the country. As Evgeny Morozov notes, this isn't exactly a risk-free strategy for Cairo. Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, Jillian York has a very interesting post on how Egypt's protesters have been using the Net thus far.

Also, Joe Biden is an ass.