Archive for 2011/05/11

The Threat of Data Theft to American Consumers

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports

http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/Media/file/Hearings/CTCP/050411/Spafford.pdf

KPN will not block VOIP…will only ask more money for it

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness

Dutch language news article: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/74360/kpn-maakt-mobiel-internet-duurder-en-ziet-af-van-chatheffing-update.html

KPN subsidiaries Telfort and XS4ALL introducing…television

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness

Dutch language news article: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/74357/kpn-telfort-en-xs4all-gaan-tripleplay-pakketten-aanbieden.html

Google’s been grasping at ubiquity long before today, but this year’s I/O lineup—so far focusing on mobile, music, and home automation (!)—signals a renewed vigor, an aggressive land grab that’s been coming ever since Larry Page took the reins

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Google

http://uk.gizmodo.com/5800498/google-versus-the-world

Hacker Group Raids Fox.com, Targets FBI

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/05/10/hacker-group-raids-fox-com-targets-fbi/

The NSA Collects a Library of Congress Worth of Data Every Six Hours

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reports

http://uk.gizmodo.com/5800512/the-nsa-collects-a-library-of-congress-worth-of-data-every-six-hours

Copyright and patent are not carefully calibrated mechanisms for encouraging innovation in modern economies but as ill-suited contraptions

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Copyright, Education / Awareness

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110425/03293914025/anachronism-todays-patent-copyright-laws.shtml

Google: Major Labels Got In The Way Of Cool Features In Google Music

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110510/10442414228/google-major-labels-got-way-cool-features-google-music.shtml

Son Of COICA: PROTECT IP Act Will Allow For Broad Censorship Powers, Even Granted To Copyright Holders

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Legislation

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110510/13285714230/son-coica-protect-ip-act-will-allow-broad-censorship-powers-including-copyright-holders.shtml

VeriSign to censor domains using a totally untested “rapid suspension” system?

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Future Developments?, New Business Models

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110510/14020114231/ip-lobbyists-want-to-require-domain-censorship-capabilities-included-net.shtml

I’ve never had so many “music” related companies all ask me (variations on) the same question: “Do you know any good technology people who might want to come work for us.”

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech Evolution

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110510/01272914224/music-industry-is-desperate-few-good-technologists.shtml

YouTube comes clean: Content rental is king

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models

VOD and IPTV players quiver

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/10/youtube_vod_service/

Akamai, Riverbed join forces to juice clouds

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, The Cloud

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/10/akamai_riverbed_cloud_optimizer/

IP Address Leads Police To World’s Unluckiest File-Sharer

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing

http://torrentfreak.com/ip-address-leads-police-to-worlds-unluckiest-file-sharer-110510/

ACS:Law Pleads Poverty, Gets Tiny Fine For Data Breach

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Jurisprudence, Litigation

http://torrentfreak.com/acslaw-pleads-poverty-gets-tiny-fine-for-data-breach-110510/

DOJ wants wireless providers to store user info

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public Policy

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20061472-281.html

See also:

http://torrentfreak.com/23322-expendables-downloaders-accused-in-bittorrents-biggest-lawsuit-110510/

Google took a surprise $500 million charge in its first quarter to cover potential charges related to resolving an investigation by the Department of Justice

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Google, Public Policy

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20061640-93.html

The Silicon Valley of 2011, flush with easy money and full of “hacker” energy, has an insatiable hunger for engineering talent, with colorful war stories emerging from the hiring process

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20059439-36.html

Over 23,000 IP addresses cited in BitTorrent suit

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20061366-17.html

Activision: 50 percent of our revenue is digital

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Stats / reports

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20061410-17.html

Search bodies in 3D with new anatomy site

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution

http://news.cnet.com/search-bodies-in-3d-with-new-anatomy-site/8301-17938_105-20061423-1.html

Anonymous: Group didn’t hack Sony, but members may have

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20061518-260.html

Another reason Microsoft wants Skype: Advertisers, advertisers, advertisers

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Online advertising

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/another-reason-microsoft-wants-skype-advertisers-advertisers-advertisers/9415

Google brings movie rentals to Android Market

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/google-brings-movie-rentals-to-android-market/24518

See also:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/google-io-music-movies-and-more-android/2938

Google beats Amazon to the Android movie space

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/google-beats-amazon-to-the-android-movie-space/4708

Google Movies play perfectly on the BlackBerry PlayBook too

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Google

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/google-movies-play-perfectly-on-the-blackberry-playbook-too/4713

Google to Hollywood: We’ll do music with or without you

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Google

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/google-to-hollywood-well-do-music-with-or-without-you/2942

7.5 million Facebook users are below the minimum age

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/75-million-facebook-users-are-below-the-minimum-age/1434

Google Music won’t allow users to store illegal songs

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Google

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/google-music-wont-allow-users-to-store-illegal-songs/24538

Facebook apps have been accidentally leaking user data for years

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-apps-have-been-accidentally-leaking-user-data-for-years/1448

Facebook applications leak users’ personal data to third parties

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/facebook-applications-leak-users-personal-data-to-third-parties/9906

Google defends mobile privacy standards at Senate hearing

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/google-defends-mobile-privacy-standards-at-senate-hearing/48575

35.3% of UK respondents feel discouraged from switching ISP because they fear the potential for service downtime

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/05/09/fear-of-downtime-and-penalty-fees-prevent-uk-internet-users-from-switching-isp.html

DEFRA Warns of Threat to UK WiFi and Fibre Optic Networks by Climate Change

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Future Developments?

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/05/10/defra-warns-of-threat-to-uk-wifi-and-fibre-optic-networks-by-climate-change.html

Ofcom Investigates Unexpectedly High UK Broadband Data and Phone Bills

Posted: 2011/05/11 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/05/10/ofcom-investigates-unexpectedly-high-uk-broadband-data-and-phone-bills.html

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