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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
ODF guerillas rally for document freedom
News Open Document Format supporters across the world have tried to raise awareness about the implications of formats no longer being supported by proprietary software.
Tags: XML, Open source
Philippines: Mobile TV still in limbo
News Local carrier Smart Communications has not earned any revenue from its mobile TV service because the government has yet to issue policy guidelines on the technology.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile platforms/communications, Regulations, TVs, Mobile, Mobile TV, TV, Philippines, phone, cable television
Deploying the wisdom of the crowds against badware
Techguide Professors John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain say this might be the best chance to create a more accountable Internet.
Yahoo's delicate dance in Vietnam
News Search firm is expanding in the Asian country but is taking pains to avoid being drawn into government efforts to curb citizens' use of the Web.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Government, Vietnam, Borders Books & Music, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Singapore, Berkman Center, China
Google tries to break IPv6 logjam by own example
News It argues there now are financial reasons to adopt the next-generation Internet standard. And Google itself could profit from the more democratized network.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Google Inc., Server, network, Internet, IPv6, IPv4, VoIP/IP telephony
Google's digital book future hangs in the balance
News Google Book Search has the potential to unlock the musty archives of the world's libraries but will it overcome antitrust obstacles and other opposition?
Tags: Search, Web services, Author, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, Class Action, 3D, Amazon.com Inc., Alexandria
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
Should YouTube play the censor and sentinel?
News Video-sharing site is embroiled in a heated debate over freedom of speech and how to handle potential criminal activity.
Tags: Web 2.0
China: No longer a spam haven
News The country, a haven for spammers, wakes up to the problem and blocks 127 servers identified as the sources of high volumes of unsolicited e-mail.
IRC operators may out-hack Fizzer
News Administrators of Internet relay chat networks believe they might be able to eradicate the Fizzer virus, but the methods may run them afoul of cybercrime laws.
Microsoft proposes age-limited digital playgrounds
News Company envisions offline identity authenticators creating digital credentials that could prove you are who you say you are on the Internet as part of its Trustworthy Computing initiative.
Tags: Privacy, Security, Microsoft Corp., Children, Identity, Open Source, Scott Charney, Digital Identity, RSA Security Inc., Environment
Antivirus insecurity at Black Hat confab
News Security industry event to focus on exploiting holes in antivirus, database and device driver software to break into computers.
Tags: PC security, Viruses and worms, Security Management, Security implementation/standards
Greeting card virus licensed to spread
News Security experts say there's something fishy about software licenses that let sneaky programs off the hook.
GameSpy warns security researcher
News Online-gaming service provider GameSpy acknowledged this week that it had sent an Italian hacker a cease-and-desist letter requesting that he remove advisories and utilities that highlight vulnerabilities in the company's products.
