News and informations about Internet

Venezuela denies plans to censor Internet (Reuters)
Reuters - Venezuela is not planning to censor the Web or to shut down social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, officials said on Monday, after President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 16-mars-2010 01:03

Broadband plan aims to boost speed, wireless (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. regulators released a blueprint for upgrading Internet access for all Americans, with Internet speeds up to 25 times the current average, expanded coverage and more airwaves for mobile services.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 16-mars-2010 01:00

Yahoo loses revenue chief to Web content start-up (Reuters)

A Yahoo! billboard is seen in New York's Time's Square January 25, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Yahoo Inc's head of North American revenue and market development is leaving the company to join private online content start-up Demand Media, becoming the latest executive to depart the Web giant's ranks.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 16-mars-2010 00:58

Google expects Android to 'flourish' in China: CFO (AFP)

The Google Nexus One smartphone. Google expects its Android mobile operating system to AFP - Google expects its Android mobile operating system to "flourish" in China, Google's chief financial officer said Monday amid a two-month standoff with Beijing over Web censorship and cyberattacks.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 16-mars-2010 00:20

Plan seeks to make US a broadband leader (AFP)

Library patrons surf the Internet in Chicago, Illinois, in 2009. US communications regulators on Monday began unveiling details of a plan designed to vault the United States into the ranks of world leaders in high-speed Internet access over the next decade.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - US regulators on Monday unveiled details of a plan designed to vault the United States into the ranks of world leaders in high-speed Internet access over the next decade.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 23:29

Google sees mobile ad rates passing PC rates (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 23:19

Will You Pay for Online News? Pew Study Says No (PC World)
PC World - The average U.S. consumer loves to read news online, but only one in five is willing to pay for it. And if your favorite news site suddenly erects a pay wall that requires subscription or pay-per-article fees, more than four of five of you would simply get your news elsewhere.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 23:14

Summary Box: FCC unveils sweeping broadband plan (AP)
AP - THE PROPOSAL: Bring high-speed Internet access to more areas of the country and make existing connections faster.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 23:06

FCC unveiling sweeping national broadband plan (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2007 file photo, A.J. Bowen of Schupp's Line Construction, Inc. works on fiber-optic installation in Norton, Vt. The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 will deliver to congress a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)AP - More corners of the country would have high-speed Internet access and existing connections would become much faster under a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy that is being unveiled Tuesday.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 23:04

Cuba criticizes US ruling on Internet access (AP)
AP - Cuba says a U.S. ruling that makes it easier for companies to provide Internet communications services on the island is meant to destabilize the country, not loosen Washington's 48-year economic embargo.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 23:01

Google Expected To Pull Plug on China Operations (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In an international Internet drama, Google seems closer to ending operations in China after threatening two months ago to pull out of the market. Google's Chinese-language search engine is the only major foreign competitor in the communist nation.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 22:48

FCC Wants 120MHz of Spectrum From TV Stations (PC World)
PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will seek to take back 120MHz of spectrum from U.S. television stations in the next five years and reallocate it to wireless broadband providers in a voluntary program that would allow the stations to share or keep spectrum auction revenues, under a national broadband plan that will be officially released Tuesday.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 22:40

Google Betting Big on Mobile, Executive Says (PC World)
PC World - Google has high hopes for the potential of the mobile market, executives said on Monday during an investor webcast.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 22:40

Twitter co-founder says Great Firewall of China will fall (AFP)

People surfing the internet at a cafe in Beijing. Twitter co-founder Evan Williams told a gathering of the technology faithful on Monday that notorious censorship firewalls in countries such as China will give way to online innovations.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Twitter co-founder Evan Williams told a gathering of the technology faithful on Monday that notorious censorship firewalls in countries such as China will give way to online innovations.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 22:34

FCC Prepares To Outline National Broadband Plan (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In what could be the final deathblow to dial-up connections, the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday will outline to Congress how it will spend $7.2 billion in stimulus funds to provide high-speed broadband Internet access to millions of Americans.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 22:17

Did Video Games Wreck 1,000 Marriages? (PC World)
PC World - Troubled home life? Blame the internet if you're using it to do work, view pornography, gamble, and of course, play computer games.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 21:59

Happy 25th Birthday 'Dot Com': A Look Back (PC World)
PC World - The Internet is filled with nostalgia on Monday as geeks all over the world celebrate the 25th anniversary of the registration of the first dot-com domain. On March 15, 1985, a small Massachusetts-based computer manufacturer Symbolics, Inc. registered Symbolics.com. It would be more than a month before the second dot-com was registered, and there wouldn't be 100 registered dot-coms until November 30, 1987.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 21:38

Twitter to Simplify Integration of 'tweets' Into Web Sites (PC World)
PC World - Twitter plans to launch a new platform that lets Web publishers display 'tweets' on their sites more broadly and easily than is possible today via the company's APIs (application programming interfaces).
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 21:20

FCC's Broadband Plan: $15.5 Billion for Deployment (PC World)
PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will recommend the deployment of a nationwide free or low-cost wireless broadband network, and it will pour at least US$15.5 billion into broadband deployment across the country over the next 10 years under a national broadband plan to be officially released Tuesday.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 20:30

Militant and hate group Internet use grows: report (Reuters)
Reuters - The use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by militant and hate groups grew by almost 20 percent in the past year, a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center found on Monday.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 20:15

Google says China talks continue, but pullout signs grow (Reuters)

A man walks in front of the Google China headquarters building in Beijing March 15, 2010. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - Google said on Monday it remained in talks with the Chinese government about censorship of its Chinese-language search portal, despite mounting signs the company could soon shut the site.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 08:09

Iran Hacks Opposition Web Sites, Arrests Cyber Activists (PC World)
PC World - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps hacked into 29 Web sites affiliated with U.S. espionage networks, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Sunday.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 07:50

High-tech event crowd urged to save the planet (AFP)

A DJ plays records at the opening night of SxSW 2010 in Austin, Texas. Techno-hip trend-setters that design online services, software, buildings and other components of modern life have been told to AFP - Techno-hip trend-setters that design online services, software, buildings and other components of modern life have been told to "get off the sidelines" and start saving the planet at a key high-tech event.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 07:18

News sites popular but few will pay: report (AFP)

The homepage of the New York Times is displayed on a laptop. A new report highlights that few news consumers who view content through the Internet click on ads and hardly any are prepared to pay for news online.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - The good news for traditional US news organizations? Their websites are popular. The bad news? Few news consumers click on ads and hardly any are prepared to pay for news online.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 06:55

U.S. to roll out major broadband policy (Reuters)

A screen shows Internet services available through an broadband-connected TiVo digital video recorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Steve MarcusReuters - U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds that could let people download a high-definition film in minutes instead of hours.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 01:34

Amazon reacts to new Colo tax, costing affiliates (AP)

In this photograph taken on Friday, March 12, 2010, Kristie McNealy, second from left, works on her laptop computer while her children, from left, 4-year-old Camden, 1-month-old Maverick, 7-year-old Riley and 2-year-old Sawyer join her at the dining room table in the family's home in the east Denver suburb of Aurora, Colo. Kristie McNealy, like other bloggers and web site coordinators in Colorado, lost a chunk of their business when Amazon.com announced that it was cutting ties with local affiliates because of a new Colorado law requiring the firm to collect state sales tax for online sales. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - Kristie McNealy blogs from her suburban Denver home about raising four children and health issues. Her husband, Rob, a floor installer, runs another Web site offering product reviews and advice on hardwood floors.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 15-mars-2010 01:02

Bloggers battle corruption in Russia (AFP)

Russian blogger Alexander Malyutin as he speaks in his office in Moscow in 2009. While the docile, state-dominated media looks the other way, a small but determined group of Russian bloggers is challenging corrupt bureaucrats, rallying public opinion and goading prosecutors into action.(AFP/File/Oxana Onipko)AFP - It started with a golden bed and African drummers and led to Russia's latest, surprising, political duel pitting tenacious bloggers against bureaucrats whose excesses went a step too far.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 14-mars-2010 23:01

Venezuelan Web site rejects Chavez's allegations (AP)
AP - A Venezuelan Web site that was accused by President Hugo Chavez of spreading false reports of killings said Sunday the government is trying to restrict criticism, but announced it had banned the visitors who posted the inaccurate rumors.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 14-mars-2010 21:13

U.S. to roll out major broadband policy (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds that could let people download a high-definition film in minutes instead of hours.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 14-mars-2010 15:05

Australia defends mandatory Internet filter (AFP)

Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet content, such as that featuring child sex abuse or advocating terrorism, after a media rights watchdog warned it may hurt free speech.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet content, such as that featuring child sex abuse or advocating terrorism, after a media rights watchdog warned it may hurt free speech.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 14-mars-2010 08:22

Venezuela's Chavez calls for internet controls (Reuters)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attends a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas in this February 25, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Jorge SilvaReuters - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet and singled out a website that he said falsely reported the murder of one of his ministers.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 14-mars-2010 04:34

SXSW: Cuban, Boxee Clash at Web TV Debate (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On the opening night of SXSW Interactive, HDNet founder Mark Cuban and Boxee founder Avner Ronan traded verbal barbs and a few well-reasoned arguments trying to answer the simple question: will Internet TV take over?
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 13-mars-2010 13:35

Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 13-mars-2010 11:34

FCC to propose 10-year Internet expansion: report (Reuters)
Reuters - The Federal Communications Commission will submit a 10-year plan to Congress on Tuesday that would establish high-speed Internet as the country's dominant means of communication, The New York Times reported in Saturday editions.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 13-mars-2010 08:13

Internet body delays decision on .XXX domain name (AFP)

A man looks at an advertisement on his laptop computer in Los Angeles in 2009. The adult entertainment industry is going to have to wait a while longer to see whether it gets its .XXX domain name.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - The adult entertainment industry is going to have to wait a while longer to see whether it gets its .XXX domain name.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 13-mars-2010 01:20

Twitter Adds Location-Sharing: I'm Eating Tacos…In Texarkana (PC World)
PC World - Twitter users can now add their current location to their tweets. The micro-blogging service on Thursday activated an optional new feature that appends geographical information to your posts.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 13-mars-2010 00:40

Reported cyberfraud losses double in 2009: FBI (Reuters)

People use computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi, north China's Shanxi province June 20, 2007. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Reported losses from Internet fraud more than doubled in 2009, with scams that falsely used the FBI's name generating the most complaints, the law enforcement agency said on Friday.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 12-mars-2010 23:41

Troyak Takedown, Security Blues, ICANN Meets (PC World)
PC World - The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, and iPad pre-orders got rolling. Oh, and the Internet was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 12-mars-2010 23:30

FCC's National Broadband Plan: What's in It? (PC World)
PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to release a national broadband plan next week that will lay out an ambitious set of goals for broadband deployment and adoption.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 12-mars-2010 23:20

HickoryTech to pay dividend of 13 cents (AP)
AP - HickoryTech Corp., which provides Internet access and other digital services, said Friday its board declared a quarterly dividend of 13 cents a share.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 12-mars-2010 22:45

Google Local Product Search: Great Idea, Needs Tweaks (PC World)
PC World - As with many new Google services, the ability to search for products at local stores is a little slow out of the gate, but the potential is there.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 12-mars-2010 22:21

FCC Broadband Speed Tests Should Also Support Enforcement (PC World)
PC World - While it's great the Federal Communications Commission is offering free broadband speed tests, it would be greater if the commission would use the data to force carriers to more accurately describe the speeds they offer and then keep their promises.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 12-mars-2010 22:15

Cybercrime surge pushes 2009 losses to 559 million dollars (AFP)

Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.



Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 12-mars-2010 21:43

Internet fraud losses doubled last year (AP)
AP - The cost of Internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI said Friday. The most common type of frauds reported were scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 12-mars-2010 21:23

Summary Box: China insists Google obey the law (AP)
AP - NO SIGNS OF COMPROMISE: China, in a dispute with Google over censoring its China-based search engine, said the company must obey its laws or "pay the consequences."
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 12-mars-2010 21:21

GDC: AFK Interactive Brings the MMO Experience to Your Phone (PC World)
PC World - Some of you World of Warcraft addicts may be familiar with Blizzard's Armory app for iPhone that lets you keep track of your character and guild, and generally blurs the line between your online and offline world. Running with that same concept is AFK Interactive, which has created a mobile development platform that will bring similar functionality to all kinds of mobile phones, including "dumb" ones.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 12-mars-2010 20:32

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