IDG News Service - India has asked Internet service providers to block certain websites and restricted users from sending bulk SMSes for two weeks after threatening content caused panic across the country, official sources said. About 156 ...
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It's urgent for the U.S. Senate to pass a cybersecurity bill now stalled because of opposition from several lawmakers, officials from the U.S. White House said Wednesday. Four White House officials called on the Senate to pass the revised ...
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The government is to publish details of its controversial plans to make it easier for security and police services to spy on e-mails, phone calls and internet activity. The Queen's Speech in May revealed that the government would go ahead ...
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In 2001, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan's dominant telecom provider, got a shock. It had just started DSL broadband Internet service and was taking its first steps toward reaping the benefits of an ambitious and costly plan to string ...
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Google Fiber broadband service in Kansas City will cost US$70 per month for 1Gbps Internet access and $120 per month for that service plus TV, the company said Thursday. Even residents who don't want to pay for the fast service will ...
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to end debate on a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, pushing action on the bill into September and potentially killing it. The Senate voted 52-46 to end debate and move toward a final vote on the revised ...
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Monday, 9 July, was supposed to be 'Internet Doomsday' when the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was to shut down servers associated with the DNSChanger malware. As a result, computers infected with this threat were to be cut off ...
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Enterprises that use Internet services in Asia for branch office connectivity continue to report latency issues. We outline what enterprises must do to minimize Internet latency and optimize application performance. Common mistakes ...
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The New York Court of Appeals carved out a rather large exception when it ruled that a man could not be accused of certain child pornography charges because he did not "possess" the images - he'd viewed them online. And in early 2011, the ...
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One of the biggest business challenges today is that of organizing the information overload created by a demanding modern workplace. Spokane, Washington-based Imprezzio, Inc. recently published a white paper on methods for solving these ...
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission says it will act by the end of the year on a White House-appointed panel's recommendation to have federal agencies share 100MHz of spectrum with commercial users. The FCC will take steps this ...
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Google has blocked access in India to a YouTube film trailer that mocks the Prophet Muhammad, claiming it was meeting a valid legal process, the company said on Friday. Earlier a source at the Internet Service Providers Association of ...
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McCusker & Company, a leading worldwide provider of extended warranty services, today announced that it has been granted a service contract provider license from the Puerto Rico Office of the Insurance Commissioner. "This is a key ...
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According to a recent report from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), some 19 million Americans live in rural areas where broadband Internet access is either unavailable or delivered at speeds that fall well below targeted goals. ...
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As many as 300,000 PCs and Macs will drop off the Internet in about 65 hours unless their owners heed last-minute calls to scrub their machines of malware. According to a group of security experts formed to combat DNSChanger, between a ...
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