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  • 2012-12-26

    The Sophisticated Business Operations of Cyber-Crime

    Cyber-crime is fast becoming a shadow enterprise that mirrors the commercial world more and more. A recent year-end study that looked at what the cyber-crime has become highlights managerial hierarchies, bonuses...
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  • 2012-12-24

    To Host or Not To Host

    Web hosting providers may sometimes wonder exactly what content they are hosting and what it would take to drop a paying customer. One example to follow may be Black Lotus Communications, a web hosting company t...
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    2012-12-21

    EU Funding for Urban Broadband

    Much like the technology expansion programs of the 20th century that brought electrical power and basic telephone service to rural areas, a new program has been proposed for the European Union that will bring st...
  • 2012-12-19

    FTC Warnings to Data Brokers

    With all the uproar over the last few months about the collection and analysis of data about individuals visiting such web sites as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, it is interesting to note that the US Federal ...
  • 2012-12-18

    Bypassing Credit Blockades

    A new web site has been set up by the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) that will allow contributions to be made to those other web sites that have been denied access to the world's financial systems for var...
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    2012-12-17

    New CEO for GoDaddy

    The new Chief Executive Officer at GoDaddy, the world's largest web hosting provider, comes with a dual background. Not only is Blake Irving a veteran at managing computer technologies, he is also a long-time cu...
  • 2012-12-12

    Controversial Proposal Withdrawn at ITU Conference

    A proposal at the current World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai to change control of the Internet from its current structure has been withdrawn before fully being scrutinized. Thou...
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    2012-12-11

    Overseas Data Subject to US Control?

    In the past, people only cared about the point-of-presence of an Internet business when it meant whether or not they would have to pay sales tax when buying a product online. Now, however, the question has gone ...
  • 2012-12-07

    What's Up With The ITU?

    This month, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations will meet in Dubai for the World Congress on International Telecommunications (WCIT), the main purpose being to discuss the world...
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    2012-12-05

    Syria's On-and-Off Internet

    The civil rebellion in Syria appears to have an effect on web site and Internet access for both sides in the conflict. Much like the governments of Libya and Egypt did in 2011, the Syrian government last Thursda...

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