And that’s why their students with access to the University’s 1 Gigabit per second network, are ‘only’ allowed to upload 50 Gigabytes per week
Stanford University does have a network that achieves similar speeds, but that has been set up by Google, the University argues. This network has been built by the students themselves.
Dutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2751450/internet-campus-twente-snelste-wereld.html
WikiLeaks has not said where it got the e-mails. Anonymous, an amorphous group of hackers worldwide, is claiming on Twitter and on other social media that they gave it to the site. Numerous media outlets such as the Washington Post and Wired are reporting the partnership.
http://www.local10.com/news/WikiLeaks-Anonymous-A-powerful-partnership/-/1717324/9140224/-/15mtxqn/-/
Today, the media is significantly more hesitant to publish scoops that deal with Anon activity. Unless a journalist is willing to deeply embed herself into the underground culture of Anonymous (a process that would take months of serious research and relationship building), she really has no way of confirming the validity of any Anonymous attack until it’s been reported by the victim.
http://www.alternet.org/media/154320/wikileaks_2.0%3A_how_julian_assange’s_partnership_with_anonymous_could_change_the_landscape_of_hacktivism/
Previously:
What journalists around the world have failed to narrate is the tale of a network that increasingly challenges, bypasses and outcompetes the global corporate-government complex. Although the idea of two parallel worlds sets the stage, it is really the oversimplification of a fuzzy, ambiguous and entangled field.
http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/a-tale-of-two-worlds-2
Google has pledged cash prizes totaling $1 million to people who successfully hack its Chrome browser at next week’s CanSecWest security conference.
Secondly, Google was withdrawing as a sponsor of the Pwn2Own contest after discovering rule changes allowing hackers to collect prizes without always revealing the full details of the vulnerabilities to browser makers.
The device, which can run either Ubuntu or Android 4.0, has a dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a Mali 400MP GPU that allows it to decode high-definition video.
It has a USB plug on one side, which is used to power the system, and an HDMI plug on the other side, which allows it to be plugged into a display. It also has built-in WiFi and Bluetooth radios for connectivity and supporting input devices. The system can boot standalone and operate as a complete computer when plugged into a display.
More:
State run monopoly now fully protected. No issues in relation to innovation, no issues in relation to freedom of information or censorship. No online protests announced as of yet
Supreme Court argues that the most important ground for blocking is the prevention of gambling addiction (Dutch whistleblower: State-owned Holland Casino causes massive gambling addiction: http://vrritti.com/2012/01/26/dutch-whistleblower-state-owned-holland-casino-causes-massive-gambling-addiction/ )
The Supreme Court also argues that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has previously determined that States are allowed to implement such a ban which, according to the ECJ, is not necessarily in conflict with the right to free movement of goods within the EU.
This court case, which dealt with a conflict between Dutch State run monopoly Lotto and the British Ladbrokes, started 10 years ago.
Dutch language article and verdict:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2751248/buitenlandse-goksites-in-nederland-zwart.html
http://www.rechtspraak.nl/Actualiteiten/Nieuws/Pages/Internet-en-telefoon-taboe-voor-Ladbrokes.aspx
How piracy built the U.S. publishing industry
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57386069-261/how-piracy-built-the-u.s-publishing-industry/
Previously:
Piracy and Privateering in the Golden Age – Netherlands
http://vrritti.com/2012/01/28/piracy-and-privateering-in-the-golden-age-netherlands/
It has now announced that it no longer supports the Research Works Act. That’s the bill — for which Elsevier was a major backer — that would bar the government from requiring open and free access (after a period of time) to government-funded research
Of course, there are some politicians who really do want to do the right thing, and it’s time to help them out
