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03 September 2010
Nigerian scam tops list of decade's online cons (CNET)
We've all received e-mails from deposed Nigerian princes asking for help in getting lots of money out of their country. But that's just one of several scams that made Panda Security's list of the most frequent online cons of a decade.
FCC asks for public comment on net neutrality proposals (BBC News)
American net users are being asked to help decide what ISPs can do to the web traffic flowing over their networks.
02 September 2010
China Will Require ID for Mobile Phone Numbers; Noncompliance Means No Service (New York Times)
The Chinese government on Wednesday began to require cellphone users to furnish identification when buying SIM cards, a move officials cast as an effort to rein in burgeoning cellphone spam, pornography and fraud schemes.
Blackberry loses more ground to Apple and Android (Computerworld)
In a continuing trend, more businesses are shifting loyalties from Blackberry to iPhones and Android devices as the relative newcomers make inroads into the corporate world. Three-quarters of the 200 businesses surveyed in the United States and the U.K in the study reported that their employees are choosing other than Blackberry, Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. reported to Bloomberg. The number was 83 percent for U.S. companies.
NZ Police: Google committed no crime with Wi-Fi data grab (New Zealand Herald)
Police have found no evidence Google committed a criminal offence by gathering personal wireless internet data during its street view operation in New Zealand.
Will Russia's Bloggers Survive Censorship Push? (Der Spiegel)
With so many of their media sources controlled by the state or government-friendly oligarchs, Russians have turned to their bloggers to keep informed and give voice to their grievances and concerns. But many of those in power are now seeking to impose rigid limits on online freedom.
Cisco, Itron to jointly design US smart energy grid communications (IT World)
Networking giant Cisco today announced an alliance with Itron, a Liberty Lake, Wash.-based utility metering technology company, to develop secure Internet Protocol (IP) communications technology for so-called smart energy grids that connect wired and wireless networks.
01 September 2010
Is ICANN Handling Too Many Policy Issues? (ICANN Blog)
Responding to a Domain Name Wire article on whether there is "policy overload" at ICANN and whether they are "handling too many policy efforts at once", David Olive responds on the ICANN Blog saying the answer with a definitive "no".
Only in Japan, Real Men Go to a Hotel With Virtual Girlfriends (Wall Street Journal)
This resort town, once popular with honeymooners, is turning to a new breed of romance seekers -- virtual sweethearts.
India to Have 237 Million Web Surfers in 2015 (Wall Street Journal)
The number of Internet users in India is expected to triple in the next five years, according to a report from the Boston Consulting Group Wednesday but making money from them isn't going to be easy.
Opinion: Google's Earth (New York Times)
"I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions," said the search giant's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, in a recent and controversial interview. "They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next." Do we really desire Google to tell us what we should be doing next? I believe that we do, though with some rather complicated qualifiers.
Internet access in emerging markets to double by 2015 (Network World)
The number of people with Internet access in Brazil, Russia, China, India and Indonesia will double by 2015, management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group said in a report released Wednesday.
To Win Over Users, Gadgets Have to Be Touchable (New York Times)
Whoever said technology was dehumanizing was wrong. On screens everywhere -- cellphones, e-readers, A.T.M.'s -- as Diana Ross sang, we just want to reach out and touch.
Sony Ericsson Says China Is Embracing Smartphones (Wall Street Journal)
Sony Ericsson Chief Executive Bert Nordberg said Tuesday that he expects smartphone use in China to expand to half of all mobile-phone users in the country within five years, as the company joins other global handset makers in shifting its focus to higher-end devices.
Huge Spamming Botnet Injured but Still Alive (PC World)
A botnet responsible for a significant amount of spam has been crippled but may reconstitute itself in a matter of weeks, according to vendor M86 Security.
1 in 3 Internet Users Think All Websites Are Equally Dangerous (ReadWriteWeb)
A third of all Internet users thinks that virtually every website poses a potential security threat. According to a new survey by German online security firm Avira, consumers are becoming increasingly aware of potential security issues online, but it looks like for quite a large population of Web surfers, this has turned into something akin to paranoia. Less than 5% of respondents suspect that big portals are especially vulnerable, while 27% (rightly) think warez sites pose major security risks, and 34.5% think that all websites are equally dangerous.
ASA to regulate UK social media marketing (The Guardian)
Marketing messages that appear on company websites and social media services such as Facebook and Twitter are to be subject to the same regulations as adverts that appear on television, newspapers or other media.
Australian state government minister quits over accessing adult websites (ABC News)
Premier Kristina Keneally has announced ports and waterways minister Paul McLeay has resigned after he admitted using his parliamentary computer to visit gambling and adult websites.
31 August 2010
Google and Skype could be hit by India data curbs (BBC News)
India has toughened its scrutiny of telecoms firms with a directive demanding "access to everything".
Pentagon considers preemptive strikes as part of cyber-defense strategy (Washington Post)
The Pentagon is contemplating an aggressive approach to defending its computer systems that includes preemptive actions such as knocking out parts of an adversary's computer network overseas - but it is still wrestling with how to pursue the strategy legally.
iPod hits a sour note as apps take over (The Guardian)
The invitation to Apple's event on Wednesday at the Yerba Buena centre in San Francisco shows an acoustic guitar, with a soundhole in the shape of the Apple logo. Seasoned watchers of the company know that this is the time of year when the iPod gets a refresh, yet there's a shadow over the digital music player that turned Apple from an also-ran computer company into a force in the technology world.
Blackberry gets 60-day India ban reprieve (BBC News)
India has said it will delay a ban on Blackberry devices for 60 days while it reviews proposals from the gadget's maker, Research in Motion.
Android-based Galaxy S may be taking advantage of an Apple backlash (Computerworld)
Shipments of Samsung Mobile's Galaxy S Android smartphone reached 1 million units in the U.S. 45 days after it first became available, the company announced Monday.
Google renews licensing deal with AP for news content (Network World)
After months of negotiations, Google has renewed the content licensing deal that allows it to publish full-text news articles from the Associated Press on Google sites such as Google News.
Telstra becomes first to offer HSPA at 42Mbps (Network World)
Australian mobile network operator Telstra has become the first operator to launch a mobile broadband service using HSPA at 42Mbps (bits per second), it said on Monday.
