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ITU: S'pore has lowest ICT cost
News Singapore offers world's lowest rates for making mobile phone calls and surfing the Web, finds International Telecommunication Union (ITU) study.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Outsourcing, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Broadband, mobile telephony
S'pore R&D spend pushes forward
News The country's overall spending on research and development last year hit an "unprecedented" high of US$4.3 billion, according to government agency.
Tags: R&D, Singapore, Japan, public sector, Finland, Korea, Germany, Sweden, U.S., agency
Swedish antipiracy law: Traffic down, ISP rebels
News Internet traffic in Sweden dropped by almost half after an antipiracy law took effect, but a loophole could take the teeth out of the law.
Tags: Piracy, Web sites, Audio Book, Law, Antipiracy Law, European Union, IP, IPRED, Netnod, Bahnhof
Hollywood hunts The Pirate Bay; site down again
News Sources say lawyers in Sweden working for copyright owners are tracking down whoever provides bandwidth to The Pirate Bay and then forcing them to cut off service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Digital rights management (DRM), Site, Blackout, Web 2.0, Web sites, BitTorrent, attorney, Ukraine
Pirate Bay bidder loses chairman
News Magnus Bergman has filed documents to end his affiliation with Global Gaming Factory X, the company attempting to acquire The Pirate Bay.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Digital media, P2P, financial health, Stock, liquidity, Digital media, stock exchange, chairman
Would-be Pirate Bay buyer loses control of assets
News Swedish court sides with a former business partner of Hans Pandeya, CEO of Global Gaming. There is enough evidence to show that Pandeya owes him about US$400,000, the court finds.
Tags: Web 2.0, payment, Sweden, Python, asset, Holy Grail, acquisition, Web 2.0, car
Insiders question label deal for Pirate Bay bidder
News Just as the press began eying Global Gaming Factory with suspicion, it came up with funding, a potential record deal and potential buyers. How much of that was real?
Tags: Web 2.0, BitTorrent, EMI Group Plc., Grokster Ltd., Investor, Stock, entertainment, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sweden, Internet Cafe
Labels pressure Global Gaming for Pirate Bay money
News Trade group says that if Global Gaming acquires The Pirate Bay, it has asked Swedish authorities to order the company to pay the music industry instead of Pirate Bay founders.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, computer, general counsel, copyright law, co-founder, Sweden, File-sharing, founder, record company
Pirate Bay says appeal is filed
News In a blog post, Pirate Bay operators say the site will live on. Also, they tell those seeking to raise money to help the defendants pay the fines to stop such efforts.
Tags: Piracy, Peer to peer, Fan, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, Google Inc., Search Engine, entertainment, Pirate Bay, copyright law
4G race gaining speed, data says
News Twenty-six operators are committed to the Long Term Evolution 4G standard, according to research released by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association. The number indicates growing momentum for the standard.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile, Cell Phone, Sales, CenturyTel, Rogers Wireless, phone, 4G, Sweden, network
Next up for Pirate Bay defendants: Italian trial?
News Having been found guilty of making copyright-protected files accessible for illegal file sharing, the four Pirate Bay men could face prosecution in Italy, lawyers in that country say.
Tags: Piracy, Lawsuits, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, prosecutor, International Data Group, Internet Service, copyright law, Sweden, File-sharing
Biggest-ever Internet piracy bust claimed in Sweden
News Server seized south of Stockholm contained 65 terabytes of digital data consisting of films, TV series, computer programs and the music equivalent of 16,000 movies.
Tags: Music, Bust, Internet piracy, computer software, computer, Pirate Bay, Server, antipiracy, Sweden, File-sharing
Swedish ISPs vow to erase users' traffic data
News In more fallout from a Swedish antipiracy law that went into effect April 1, some of the country's ISPs say they will erase IP data to protect their customers' privacy.
Tags: Lawsuits, Piracy, Privacy, Traffic Data, Safe Harbor, IP, computer, Sweden, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider
First commercial 4G base station being tested in Sweden
News Swedish mobile operator is among those building next-generation networks for mobile broadband with 4G technology--a concept some observers have criticized.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, 3G (Third Generation), Verizon Communications Inc., Base Station, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Telecommunications, Broadband, 3G, 4G
Pirate Bay: In search of an unbiased judge
News The judge tapped to investigate whether the judge in the high-profile Pirate Bay case in Sweden was biased, has been removed for potential bias. Now, the judge replacing her could face the same fate.
Tags: Piracy, Lawsuits, Verdict, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Warner Music Group Corp., Internet provider, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, copyright law, Sweden
