1:08 PM
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ISPs have defended their right to operate a two-speed internet, at a key debate into the future of the web.The debate was organised by the government, which is keen to see the principles of a free and equal net maintained.ISPs are increasingly looking to prioritise some traffic on their networks and block some.After the meeting the BBC called for the creation of a broadband content group to represent content providers.
It, along with content providers such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Skype, is growing increasingly concerned about how the issue of net neutrality is being dealt with.Net neutrality - the principle that all net traffic should...
11:00 AM
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The sudden drop in activity of a major spam producer looks to be the result of the largest co-ordinated attack on spammers.At 15:30 GMT on 16 March, a network of spam-producing computers, known as Rustock, suddenly stopped.It also appears that the infrastructure needed to control the spam network has been disrupted.Security researchers said that would make it the largest ever take down of a cyber crime network.In 2010, the Rustock botnet - a collection of infected machines - was the most prolific producer of spam on the internet, at its peak accounting for nearly half of all spam sent globally - some 200 billion messages a day.Prolific spammerThe...
11:15 AM
Mahateer
Julian Assange: (Founder of wikileaks)
Things will be different after Wikileaks, but not in ways we might expect, says regular commentator Bill Thompson.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may not be Time Magazine Person of the Year for 2010 - that distinction has gone to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg - but he has certainly managed to dominate the global conversation over the past few weeks.
The reverberations of Wikileaks publication of so many confidential and secret documents will be felt for many years, and he has attracted a large band of supporters, but the support for Assange is as much about his personal situation as it is...
10:01 AM
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As Friday's earthquake in Japan demonstrates, natural disasters happen. And when they do, the first two things to go down are electricity and telephone services. The massive earthquake in Japan was a perfect example. Power was cut for millions of people, which meant that TVs and radios were useless for getting emergency instructions. And phone lines were overwhelmed by people trying to call each other. To keep the lines available for emergency crews, the Japanese carriers placed restrictions on 80% of the voice traffic. When most people tried to call, the lines were dead. That's why smartphones are so useful during an emergency....
3:17 AM
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Google has launched a version of its Person Finder service for people caught up in the Japanese earthquake.The website acts as a directory and message board so people can look for lost loved ones or post a note saying they are safe.It is designed to be embedded on websites and social network pages to reach as wide an audience as possible.The system has proved useful after other disasters that have stopped people getting in direct touch. Victim logIn its first few hours, the Japan quake Person Finder had logged more than 4,000 records. The extent of the damage caused by the Japanese earthquake is not yet known but its magnitude and the widespread...
8:45 AM
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Aliens exist, and we have proof.That astonishingly awesome claim comes from Dr. Richard B. Hoover, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, who says he has found conclusive evidence of alien life — fossils of bacteria found in an extremely rare class of meteorite called CI1 carbonaceous chondrites. (There are only nine such meteorites on planet Earth.) Hoover’s findings were published late Friday night in the Journal of Cosmology, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.“I interpret it as indicating that life is more broadly distributed than restricted strictly to the planet earth,” Hoover, who has spent more than 10 years studying...
12:27 PM
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In what is being termed as pure Wall street Gordon Gecko tactics, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has decided to make an offer of $150 billion to buy out Facebook. Inside sources within the kingdom suggest that he is very upset with Mark Zukerberg for allowing the revolt to get out of control. In a personal meeting between Mark Zuckerberg and King Abdullah on Jan 25, 2011, Zuckerberg had promised that he would not allow any revolt pages to be formed on Facebook even while he allowed Egypt and Libya revolt pages to be formed. But little did King Abdullah know Zuckerberg. Had he seen the movie “Social Network”, he would have been better advised...
12:06 PM
Mahateer
The Second Life Mobile is a transparent concept phone, designed to help us with our battery problems. It switches between an AMOLED display and E-ink, depending on the battery charge left.The phone’s transparency also increases as the battery charge goes down, giving us a good idea of the charge left. The functionality may still be just a concept, but I’d love to use something like this. ...
10:08 AM
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Sony has been given permission to obtain details of people who downloaded files needed to hack the PlayStation 3.
A judge in San Francisco granted the electronics giant a subpoena that would allow it to see a list of IP addresses.
The software, used to crack the PS3's operating system, was posted on the website of George Hotz, who is also known as Geohot.
Sony is suing Mr Hotz, claiming his hacks breach copyright laws, and could allow users to play pirated games.
Court documents, obtained by Wired magazine, show that the company successfully petitioned to obtain IP addresses from the web-hosting company Bluehost.
The details could be used...
8:12 AM
Mahateer
The government is pushing ahead with the second wave of funding for super-fast broadband across the UK.
It comes despite the fact that no firms or technologies have yet been chosen for original pilot areas earmarked to test how to roll out next-generation broadband to remote areas.
New bids are now being invited for a further £50m.
The government has pledged to make the UK the best place for super-fast broadband in Europe by 2015.
The £50m will be made available to local authorities around the UK.
"This is very much a locally-driven process and we encourage bids from all local people with plans for improving broadband in their local...
9:59 AM
Mahateer
UK researchers have demonstrated the highest-resolution optical microscope ever - aided by tiny glass beads.
The microscope imaged objects down to just 50 billionths of a metre to yield a never-before-seen, direct glimpse into the "nanoscopic" world.
The team says the method could even be used to view individual viruses.
Their technique, reported in Nature Communications, makes use of "evanescent waves", emitted very near an object and usually lost altogether.
Instead, the beads gather the light and re-focus it, channelling it into a standard microscope.
This allowed researchers to see with their own eyes a level of detail that...
9:55 AM
Mahateer
Ofcom is seeking to stop internet service providers from advertising unrealistic broadband speeds.
Currently most ISPs advertise services as 'up to' a certain speed - for instance, 20Mbps (megabits per second).
But Ofcom's latest research finds that very few consumers actually get these headline speeds.
"There is a substantial gap between advertised speeds and the actual speeds people get in their homes," Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards told the BBC.
"The chances of someone receiving the advertised headline speed are fairly remote," he said.
"We would like to see clearer information provided to consumers which more accurately reflects...
12:13 PM
Mahateer
European customs officers have been told to seize all shipments of PlayStation 3s (PS3), following a patent row between Sony and LG.
LG has won a 10-day import ban on the games consoles from the civil court of justice in the Hague.
The long-running dispute between the two tech firms centres around the playback facility for Blu-Ray discs.
Custom officials in Holland have already seized tens of thousands of PS3s, according to reports.
Experts say that the ban, if extended, could affect the stock available in shops within three weeks.
LG claims that Sony PS3s infringe a number of patents relating to the playback of Blu-Ray discs.
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