India not interested in pre-screening online content
India never asked Internet companies to pre-screen objectionable content, a federal minister said in interviews with local TV channels.
View ArticleHouse panel to move forward on Stop Online Piracy Act
A U.S. House of Representatives committee has scheduled a debate and vote on controversial copyright legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act, with the bill's main sponsor offering an amendment meant to...
View ArticleTech stories of 2011: Jobs, Android and Anonymous rank in top 10
In 2011, the increasingly mobile and socially networked world of technology became more intertwined than ever with politics and the law. Patent wars shaped competition in tablets and smartphones,...
View ArticleSonic.net plans 1Gbps fiber service to San Francisco homes
Internet service provider Sonic.net unveiled an ambitious plan on Wednesday to build a fiber network that would reach most residences and small businesses in San Francisco with 1G bps Internet access.
View ArticleGo Daddy faces boycott threat from SOPA opponents
Internet domain registrar Go Daddy is facing a boycott threat after it figured in a list of supporters of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
View ArticleSandy slams mobile, wired and cable networks as far west as Michigan
Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy knocked out mobile, phone and cable service in many parts of the eastern U.S. on Monday, with about one in four cell sites affected in the hardest-hit band of the country...
View ArticleSocial analytics firm PeopleBrowsr wins temporary order against Twitter
Social media analytics service PeopleBrowsr said it has won a temporary restraining order in a California court against Twitter's decision to end its four-year old arrangement to supply data to the...
View ArticleSyrians turn to satellites as the country's Internet connection remains down
Syrians are turning to satellites to communicate as the country's Internet connections are shut down, but instances of jamming are making even that challenging. Google is also letting people who can...
View ArticleFCC eases licensing for in-flight Internet gear on aircraft
The FCC is making it easier to launch in-flight Internet services on planes in the U.S. by setting up a standard approval process for onboard systems that use satellites.
View ArticleFCC chief calls for gigabit Internet in all 50 US states by 2015
Cities around the U.S. will have gigabit-speed Internet access by 2015 if the FCC's wishes come true.
View ArticleCuba turns on submarine internet cable, but just for one-way traffic
A change in Internet traffic patterns over the past week suggests that Cuba may have turned on a fibre-optic submarine cable that links it to the global Internet via Venezuela, according to Internet...
View ArticlePirate Bay quits Sweden to relieve pressure on bandwidth provider
The Pirate Bay has opened two new gateways to its internal network in order to shield its current Internet provider, the Swedish Pirate Party, which had been threatened with legal action if it did not...
View ArticleGoogle adds another city to fiber service rollout
Google has added Olathe in Kansas to the cities where it will roll out its high-speed broadband network called Google Fiber.
View ArticleSony ISP launches world's fastest home Internet, 2Gbps
A Sony-backed ISP in Japan has launched a 2Gbps Internet service, which it said is the world's fastest for home use.
View ArticleGoogle plans to set up gigabit-speed fiber in Provo, Utah
Google is acquiring iProvo, a fiber-optic network owned by the city of Provo, Utah, as part of a plan to introduce its high-speed broadband network called Google Fiber there.
View ArticleDowndetector.com scours Twittersphere to detect service outages faster
A Dutch startup has launched a service that studies data from social networks to quickly identify online service outages -- sometimes, it says, before the service providers know about the outages...
View ArticleMicrosoft extends revenue per search agreement with Yahoo
Microsoft has extended a search revenue guarantee agreement with Yahoo for one more year, amid reports that the Internet company is trying to break its 10-year agreement with Microsoft.
View ArticleFrance should soften Internet 'three strikes' law, says gov't report
France should stop cutting off the Internet access of those accused of illicit file sharing, and close down the agency that polices online copyright breaches, according to a government-commissioned...
View ArticleGoogle to boost speed, cut data use on mobile devices
Google has shown off new features that can reduce data consumption and improve Web performance on Android-powered mobile devices, drawing partly from capabilities already supported in the Chrome...
View ArticleGoogle pursuing broad wireless project for emerging markets, report says
Google has reportedly launched an expansive effort to bring wireless networks and affordable computing to emerging markets such as sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, moves that could bring the...
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