Archive for 2011/05/18

Dutch government to investigate use of Deep Packet Inspection by providers but will not act against bandwidth management, nor blocking of services

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering, New Business Models, Public Policy

Dutch language news articles:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2517284/onderzoek-aftappen-providers.html
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2517280/kabinet-grijpt-niet-in-afknijpen-mobiele-diensten.html

Sony: PSN back, but no system is 100 percent secure

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20063764-260.html

Microsoft’s ‘silent’ web ad

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/microsofts-silent-web-ad/12839

Private investors will make a killing from LinkedIn IPO

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/private-investors-will-make-a-killing-from-linkedin-ipo/1809

Customer satisfaction: We’re not thrilled with wireless, telephone and TV carriers

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/customer-satisfaction-were-not-thrilled-with-wireless-telephone-and-tv-carriers/48937

Brussels eyes end to roaming surcharges

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Public Policy

http://www.euractiv.com/en/albania/brussels-eyes-roaming-surcharges-news-504845

Majority of Dutch MPs against use of internet filtering technologies to fight distribution of online child abuse images

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering, Public Policy

Dutch language news article: http://www.nu.nl/internet/2517775/kamermeerderheid-internetfilter.html

Facebook simulated entire data center prior to launch

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/17/facebook_data_center_simulation/

Senate has more questions for Apple, Google, Facebook on privacy

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness, Google, Privacy / Data Protection

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/05/senate-has-more-questions-for-apple-google-facebook-on-privacy.ars

US warns: hack us, and we might bomb you

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Public Policy

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/us-warns-of-military-response-to-severe-cyberattacks.ars

Netflix now “the king” of North American Internet traffic – now streams 29.7 percent of all peak time wired network download traffic in North America

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/netflix-now-owns-almost-30-percent-of-north-american-fixed-internet-traffic.ars

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos hinted that his company will present its own tablet computer very soon

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://www.futureofcopyright.com/nc/home/blog-post/2011/05/18/amazon-about-to-launch-their-own-tablet-computer.html

Criminal Damage at O2 Operations Centre Knocks South East UK Services Offline

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness, Network Security

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/05/17/criminal-damage-at-o2-operations-centre-knocks-south-east-uk-services-offline.html

Council of Europe Seeks to BAN WiFi Wireless Networks and Mobiles in Schools

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/05/16/council-of-europe-seeks-to-ban-wifi-wireless-networks-and-mobiles-in-schools.html

Sandvine reveals that BitTorrent traffic is on the rise globally

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness, Illegal File Sharing

http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-traffic-surges-after-limewire-shutdown-110517/

“Authorities have already started several criminal investigations into movie streaming sites in recent months”

Posted: 2011/05/18 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing

http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-bill-to-criminalize-illicit-movie-music-streaming-110517/