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Archive for 2011/06/27
Google gets most requests for user data from U.S.
Posted: 2011/06/27 in Education / Awareness, Google, Stats / reportsMicrosoft to test white-space spectrum for wireless – Consortium test this week will investigate how unused TV spectrum could be tapped for new wireless broadband networks, according a Financial Times report
Posted: 2011/06/27 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech Evolutionhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20074527-94/microsoft-to-test-white-space-spectrum-for-wireless/
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UPD Microsoft and BT Trial White Space Wireless Broadband Tech in Cambridge UK
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/06/27/microsoft-and-bt-to-trial-white-space-wireless-broadband-tech-in-cambridge-uk.html
“We want to improve accountability and make sure that the public are able to make informed judgements about the decisions made on their behalf. So if taxpayers’ money is being spent on speed cameras then it is right that information about their effectiveness is available to the public.”
Posted: 2011/06/27 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reportsRhode Island is pushing forward with a broadly written law (for the children, of course!), which would let police get names and other identifying information from service providers for online speech that they find to be “offensive” or harassing, without requiring that it go through a judge for a warrant first
Posted: 2011/06/27 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, LegislationPrince: “We made money [online] before piracy was real crazy. Nobody’s making money now except phone companies, Apple and Google. I’m supposed to go to the White House to talk about copyright protection. It’s like the gold rush out there. Or a carjacking. There’s no boundaries.”
Posted: 2011/06/27 in Education / AwarenessChronic-Dev Team member Joshua Hill reportedly found out about Hotz’s unexpected career move after the hacker backed out of an upcoming iPad 2 hacking challenge because of his status as an employee of the social network
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/27/hotz_joins_facebook/
Russian payment processing boss held over DDoS-for-hire plot
Posted: 2011/06/27 in Cybercrime, Education / AwarenessLulzSec calls it quits, claims 50 days of mayhem was all it wanted
Posted: 2011/06/27 in Cybercrime, Education / AwarenessMPA are back at the High Court again as they attempt to force BT to use their child abuse filter to block Newzbin2
Posted: 2011/06/27 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering, LitigationSee also
Film Industry Takes UK ISP BT to Court in Effort to Block a Newsgroup Website
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/06/27/film-industry-takes-uk-isp-bt-to-court-in-effort-to-block-a-newsgroup-website.html