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TwitterGoogle Inc. denied that it had reversed its stance on the issue of “Net neutrality” and dismissed a story in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal on the subject as “confused.” Citing undisclosed sources, the newspaper reported that Google had been in talks with major cable and phone companies about getting preferential treatment for [...]
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Australia to Test Internet Filter to Block Banned Content
Posted by scamboy on December 15th, 2008
The Australian government plans to test a nationwide Web filter that would require Internet service providers to block access to thousands of sites containing illegal content, officials say. The proposed filter is part of an $82 million cybersafety plan begun in May with the goals of protecting children and stopping adults from downloading content that [...]
Internet collaboration still in infancy: Wikipedia founder
Posted by scamboy on November 2nd, 2008
The age of public collaboration over the Internet is still only in its infancy, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told AFP in an interview. The 42-year-old web guru, in an effort to show Wikipedia’s impact thus far, referenced a recent trip to a slum in India where he “met this young man on the street who [...]
Newspapers’ Web Revenue Is Stalling
Posted by scamboy on October 13th, 2008
Newspapers, already facing a grim economic forecast, are digesting another piece of bad news: the growth in online advertising they saw as their salvation has slowed to a crawl. In the last few years, newspaper companies have been rapidly expanding their Web presence — adding blogs, photo slide shows and podcasts — in the belief [...]
PC into TiVo TV recorder
Posted by scamboy on September 30th, 2008
TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box. The kit will cost $199 when it goes on sale Oct. 15, and includes a remote and a TV tuner that [...]
Malaysian Government breaks promise not to censor the web
Posted by scamboy on September 14th, 2008
On Aug 28, all 21 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country have been ordered by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to block the controversial Malaysia Today website. The decision that came from MCMC was against the MSC Malaysia 10 Point Bill of Guarantees. This Bill Of Guarantee is a promise from the [...]
Asia leads mobile growth, but lags on Internet
Posted by scamboy on September 4th, 2008
Asia will continue to deliver strong growth in the mobile phone market due to sustained demand from China and India, the world’s two biggest markets of such services, industry officials said. But, even if Asia is the world’s largest broadband market in terms of absolute numbers, it lags the United States and Europe in overall [...]
