Archive for 2010/10/19

Intel investing billions in U.S. manufacturing, creating thousands of jobs

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

Intel said today that it is investing between $6 billion and $8 billion on next-generation manufacturing technology in its U.S facilities, a move that not only supports up to 1,000 new high-tech jobs but will also create 6,000-8,000 construction jobs for a new development fabrication plant in Oregon that will support deployment of 22-nanometer technology.

Today’s announcement reflects the next tranche of the continued advancement of Moore’s Law and a further commitment to invest in the future of Intel and America. The most immediate impact of our multi-billion-dollar investment will be the thousands of jobs associated with building a new fab and upgrading four others, and the high-wage, high-tech manufacturing jobs that follow.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/intel-investing-billions-in-us-manufacturing-creating-thousands-of-jobs/40681?tag=content;selector-blogs

Microsoft nukes Zeus malware from 275,000 Windows machines

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/microsoft-nukes-zeus-malware-from-275000-windows-machines/7481?tag=content;search-results-rivers

Verizon Wireless steps toward tiered data pricing

Posted: 2010/10/19 in New Business Models

Customers will be charged 10 cents for every MB that is consumed during the month over the 150MB limit. Unlike AT&T, which also moved to tiered pricing earlier this year, Verizon Wireless will still keep the $30 a month unlimited data plan it currently offers.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20020083-266.html

Universities pen harsh words to note-selling site

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20017000-93.html

The Most Popular Phone in the World

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

The lesson, basically, is that a company won’t do well in the developing world simply by hawking cheap, out-of-date hardware after it’s become obsolete in places like America. Companies like Nokia, LG and Samsung spend a lot of time and money developing new phones that you and I might consider old-fashioned or odd, and with good reason: Emerging markets are huge.

http://gizmodo.com/5634258/the-most-popular-phone-in-the-world

The Piracy Lawsuit That Could Ground The CIA’s Deadly Predator Drones

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, Litigation

On December 7, 2010, Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Margaret Hinkle is expected to issue a decision on a complicated contract and intellectual property-related lawsuit that could ground the CIA’s Predator drones.

http://gizmodo.com/5667145/the-lawsuit-that-could-ground-the-cias-deadly-predator-drones

Which Ebook Store Has the Best Books? Let the Leatherbound.me Website Tell You

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://gizmodo.com/5666756/which-ebook-store-has-the-best-books-let-the-leatheroundme-website-tell-you

Apple Sells 14.1 Million iPhones and More iPads Than Macs

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://gizmodo.com/5667042/apple-sells-more-ipads-than-macs-on-the-way-to-record-20-billion-revenue

How to Stream Media without Buying Any More Gear

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness

Feds to Telecoms: Stop Upgrading so We Can Wiretap More Easily

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Uncategorized

http://gizmodo.com/5667592/feds-to-telecoms-stop-upgrading-so-we-can-wiretap-more-easily

One Politician’s Incredibly Unfortunate Tweet

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy

http://gizmodo.com/5668013/one-politicians-incredibly-unfortunate-tweet

UK ISP Star Predicts Average Fibre Optic Broadband Speeds of 21Mbps

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Bandwidth Management, Education / Awareness, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution
Business ISP Star UK, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to businesses, has conducted some analysis of what we can expect to see from average download and upload speeds on new fibre optic broadband connections. Apparently 21Mbps (Megabits per second) will be about average for downloading and 9Mbps for uploads.

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It would have been nice to see some more detail on precisely how Star reached its conclusion and which fibre optic technology they were referring too; there are a number of different types (e.g. BT 40Mb FTTC and 110Mb FTTP). However many FTTH equipped countries with plenty of 100Mbps capable connectivity rarely reach above an average of 20Mbps, so 21Mbps is probably a fair bet.

Prosecutor Takes Down Torrent Site, Industry Group Sets Terms For Truce

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing

Following a complaint from a group representing local music and movie companies, prosecutors ordered the takedown of Moldova’s biggest torrent site last week.

http://torrentfreak.com/prosecutor-takes-down-torrent-site-industry-group-ready-for-truce-101019/

Why Haven’t Any Movie Studios Become The ‘Fan Friendly’ Studio?

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness

I don’t understand why some movie studio doesn’t decide to become the Good Guys of the industry. Get rid of all those annoyances, all the lawyer-driven absurdities, and market the heck out of it. Be like the breath-of-fresh air new airline (as JetBlue was in its day) or cellphone company (like T-Mobile, the only company that drops your monthly rate after you’ve repaid the subsidy on your phone). Dare to be different — and win a lot of customer loyalty as a result.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101012/01075211376/why-haven-t-any-movie-studios-become-the-fan-friendly-studio.shtml

The battle over ACTA

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Tech Evolution

The battle over ACTA may not be the equivalent of the fight for civil rights in the 1960’s, but the relative success in changing the terms of the agreement that was a top U.S. priority demonstrates the power of digital advocacy and the potential for weak ties and loosely organized groups to come together to influence global policy.

http://www.p2pnet.net/story/44768

Fraudsters ‘copying online banking security’

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

Online security systems designed to protect the confidential bank details of millions of people are being copied by fraudsters, experts say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11571873

Top cyber crime cop lied under oath, says judge

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, Litigation

Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie, of the Met’s high-profile Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), falsely claimed that conversations she had with a whistleblower never took place, an employment tribunal heard.

“Miss McMurdie sat there and she told us lies,” employment judge Sandra Pontac charged. “She told us that none of it happened.”

The allegation, made by Pontac during a hearing last week to set damages, attended by The Register, leaves McMurdie open to potential prosecution for perjury, according to Ministry of Justice guidance.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/19/pceu_tribunal/

Google’s Street View broke Canadian privacy laws – Spain: Street View spies a €2.4m fine

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

Password-slurping operation was work of one (creative) engineer’s code

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/19/street_view_canada/

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The Spanish Agencia de Protección de Datos (Data Protection Agency) is demanding Street View be brought to book over its clandestine Wi-Fi slurping activities.

The agency has requested a Madrid judge consider whether Google is guilty of two counts of “collecting and storing data without the owner’s consent”, and two counts of “recording protected data without legal permission and without the owner’s agreement”.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/19/street_view_spain/

Calming Tweets can help track stock market’s next moves

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/10/calming-tweets-can-help-track-stock-markets-next-moves.ars

Facebook app breach gets the attention of Congress

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

Two members of Congress are concerned about Facebook’s latest privacy headache in the form of third-party apps transmitting user data. They wrote a joint letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, demanding that he answer their questions about how much Facebook knew and what the company is doing to fix it.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/10/facebook-app-breach-gets-the-attention-of-congress.ars

Steve Jobs drops by Apple earnings call to take jabs at competition

Posted: 2010/10/19 in Education / Awareness, Mobile tech

Apple CEO Steve Jobs took time during the company’s quarterly earnings call to point out that many competitors in the mobile space “don’t get it.”

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/10/steve-jobs-drops-by-apple-earnings-call-to-take-jabs-at-competition.ars