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| FCC plan calls for 'minimal' public safety fee for all broadband users |
| Posted by: Shaun |
| Story Author: computerworld.com |
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| Funds would go toward a new $16B nationwide wireless emergency response network. The FCC's National Broadband Plan, released today, calls for a new "minimal" fee on all U.S. broadband users to help pay for a new $16 billion nationwide emergency response wireless network. Public safety officials have pleaded for such an interoperable network to aid their response to disasters and potential attacks since firefighters and police could not communicate effectively during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the response following Hurricane Katrina. "If we don't get the funding, this network won't be possible and following 9/11 and Katrina, we need the funding," said Charles Werner, chief of the Charlottesville, Va., fire department and chairman of the executive committee of Safecom, a public safety communications organization that works with the Department of Homeland Security. |
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| Original URL (new window): http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9171719/FCC_plan_calls_for_minimal_public_safety_fee_for_all_broadband_users |
| Date Posted: Mar,16 2010 - 04:22 pm |
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| FBI Goes Undercover On Social Networks |
| Posted by: Shaun |
| Story Author: informationweek.com |
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| Investigators may be using fake identities to track criminals online, if a confidential FBI presentation is any indication. The Federal Bureau of Investigations may use fake identities on social networks to investigate criminal activities, according to a redacted FBI document acquired by digital rights advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation. Specifically, the 33-page confidential presentation says undercover operations are helpful for communicating with suspects and targets of crime, gaining access to private information, and mapping social networks. However, the presentation expresses concern that undercover use may be complicated by the court's decision in the trial of Lori Drew, who was acquitted of cyber-bullying a girl who later committed suicide, and that violations of terms of service by not using their own name can render access unauthorized. |
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| Original URL (new window): http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223900114 |
| Date Posted: Mar,16 2010 - 04:19 pm |
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| Sorry, Google: Facebook Tops In Web Site Visits |
| Posted by: Shaun |
| Story Author: crn.com |
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| Facebook's heavily criticized redesigns and privacy feature changes apparently have done nothing to hurt the social networking site's growth. In fact, it's possible the media scrutiny and publicity may have actually helped Facebook which, according to Web metrics firm HitWise, has now surpassed Google in the category of site visits. According to HitWise, Facebook reached what it called "an important milestone" for the week of March 13, when the social networking site became the most visited Web site in the U.S., edging out Google for the week. HitWise reported Facebook previously had reached the No. 1 rank for U.S. site traffic on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and a few other days. But Facebook had never kept the top spot for the full week until now. Comparatively, Facebook accounted for 7.07 percent of all U.S. Internet visits last week, while Google came in just below that number at 7.03 percent. |
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| Original URL (new window): http://www.crn.com/software/223900100;jsessionid=HDO1GZCJAZY3LQE1GHRSKH4ATMY32JVN |
| Date Posted: Mar,16 2010 - 04:17 pm |
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| Nexus Technologies Pleads Guilty in Vietnam Bribery |
| Posted by: Shaun |
| Story Author: businessweek.com |
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| March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Nexus Technologies Inc., a Philadelphia-based export company, and three employees pleaded guilty to bribing Vietnamese government officials in exchange for contracts with agencies and companies. Nexus President and owner Nam Nguyen, 54, of Houston and Vietnam, along with his siblings Kim Nguyen and An Nguyen of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Timothy Savage. Nexus and the Nguyens were charged in a superseding indictment on Oct. 30 with conspiracy and violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Travel Act in connection with bribes and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Michael Levy in Philadelphia said in a statement. |
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| Original URL (new window): http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-16/google-phone-selling-at-slower-pace-than-first-iphone-update1-.html |
| Date Posted: Mar,16 2010 - 04:16 pm |
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| Internet Explorer 9: An Early Look |
| Posted by: Shaun |
| Story Author: pcmag.com |
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| We finally got to take an early version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser engine out for a spin. In early testing, IE9 impresses. Speed and standards. Those two words sum up the goals of Microsoft's just-released Platform Preview of its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser. I have to stress that there's a good reason for calling it a "platform preview" rather than a "beta"—the code you can download from ie.microsoft.com/testdrive is not a full browser program by a long shot—there's no Back button, let alone bookmark manager, history feature, toolbars, or any of the other features we've come to expect in modern Web browsers. So this hands on will be shorter than most, simply because there's not much in the way of "user interface" or other goodies to talk about. But there's still plenty to look at in terms of performance and standards support. And, from what we can see so far, it looks like Microsoft is on the right track. |
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| Original URL (new window): http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361444,00.asp |
| Date Posted: Mar,16 2010 - 04:15 pm |
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| Dotcom web address celebrates silver 25 yr anniversary |
| Posted by: Shaun |
| Story Author: bbc.co.uk |
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| The internet celebrates a landmark event on the 15 March - the 25th birthday of the day the first dotcom name was registered. In March 1985, Symbolics computers of Cambridge, Massachusetts entered the history books with an internet address ending in dotcom. That same year another five companies jumped on a very slow bandwagon. It took until 1997, well into the internet boom, before the one millionth dotcom was registered. "This birthday is really significant because what we are celebrating here is the internet and dotcom is a good, well known placeholder for the rest of the internet," said Mark Mclaughlin, chief executive officer of Verisign the company that is responsible for looking after the dotcom domain. "Who would have guessed 25 years ago where the internet would be today. This really was a groundbreaking event," he said. |
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| Original URL (new window): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8567414.stm |
| Date Posted: Mar,15 2010 - 09:55 pm |
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| Microsoft Sees 'Sizeable' Launch For Windows Mobile 7 |
| Posted by: Shaun |
| Story Author: wsj.com |
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| Expect a blitz of hype and the launch of several smartphones running on Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows Mobile 7 software during the holiday selling season. There will be a short window ahead of the shopping period when multiple carriers will launch Windows Mobile Phone 7 Series handsets from a number of different manufacturers, according to Aaron Woodman, director of mobile communications for Microsoft. Microsoft will work with its handset and carrier partners to heavily market the devices. He declined to comment on how many phones would launch. Given the increased competition in the smartphone market, they know to be loud. |
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| Original URL (new window): http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100315-711279.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesAsia |
| Date Posted: Mar,15 2010 - 09:53 pm |
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| The Trouble With Twitter's @anywhere Service |
| Posted by: Shaun |
| Story Author: pcworld.com |
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| Twitter CEO Evan Williams announced Monday that the company plans to introduce a new platform called "@anywhere." The new service will allow Twitter users to connect to their Twitter accounts through third-party Websites such as The New York Times and eBay -- similar to the way Facebook Connect allows Facebook users to sign into other Websites using their Facebook accounts. The announcement was made at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. The @anywhere platform will allow Twitter users to interact with Twitter even when they are not on the Twitter Website -- they'll be able to, say, follow their favorite columnist from The New York Times, or Tweet about a particularly great deal on eBay, without ever having to leave the third-party's site. |
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| Original URL (new window): http://www.pcworld.com/article/191575/the_trouble_with_twitters_anywhere_service.html |
| Date Posted: Mar,15 2010 - 09:51 pm |
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