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IBM warns standards bodies to shape up
News In the wake of ISO's approval of Microsoft's OOXML, IBM has joined calls for standard-body reform, threatening to bow out of standards work.
Tags: Standards, XML, IBM Corp., Google Inc., India, Office Open XML, Open Source, Standards, Standards Body, intellectual property
U.N. says its plans are misunderstood
Insight Policy adviser of ITU claims the U.N. agency's role is to drive technical standards, not enforce regulations.
Tags: Domain names, Government
A battle for the soul of the Internet
Insight Tucows CEO Elliot Noss warns of a threat to cyberspace if international politics are allowed to trump sober judgment.
Tags: Domain names
US govt eases restrictions on US telecom firms in Cuba
News The White House announces a shift in policy toward Cuba to allow for greater telecommunications links to the communist country.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Networking technology, Mobile/Wireless, Satellite, Telecommunications, Cell Phone, Cuba, Cable, phone, White House
Bush talks with international bloggers
News In recognition of Human Rights Day, President Bush speaks in support of using blogs to promote democracy.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Politics, Blogger, Democracy, U.S. Department Of State, Video, Belarus, Burma, Cuba
Cuba: We're forced to 'finance' the Internet
News Debate erupts at United Nations summit over Cuba's Net connection, including why it's expensive and whether it's censored.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, International governments
Final deadline looms in OOXML vote
News The Microsoft-backed document format is still short of the two-thirds majority vote required by the Saturday deadline to make it an ISO standard.
Tags: XML, Open source
China and U.S. lead in Internet attacks
News A new study from Akamai shows that more than 30 percent of all Internet attacks originate from China and the United States.
Tags: Network security, Web sites, Data security, PC security, Security Management, India, Akamai Technologies Inc., Attack, Internet Attack, Mbps
White House urged to use Internet as human rights soapbox
News The Bush administration should consider reaching out to other nations to encourage use of the Internet as a tool for promoting US interests and improving human rights conditions abroad, a report issued publicly Friday asserts.
Debate swirls around domain name power
News Attendees at U.N. summit discuss how U.S. authority to yank country codes could be lessened.
Tags: Domain names, Regulations
Freedom on the global Internet still a pipe dream
News commentaryThe latest global survey by Reporters without Borders concludes that the Internet increasingly is the target of surveillance and restrictions.
Tags: Web sites, Blogger, North Korea, Vietnam, Borders Books & Music, Cell Phone, Syria, Government, China, Internet
India or China--who will prevail?
Insight China versus India: which one is destined to rule the 21st century?
U.N. summit revives concerns about Net control
News Diplomats head to Athens for a summit that will resume a long-simmering debate about the United States' role on the Internet.
Tags: Domain names
Enemies of the Internet named
News Reporters Without Borders has called on IT managers to talk to companies that deal with repressive regimes.
Tags: Web sites
Microsoft staff defend staff censorship
News However, the software giant faces fresh criticism that it is helping to 'institutionalize' censorship in China.
Tags: Web sites, Regulations
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