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Jordan's Internet minister on piracy, open source, outsourcing
Insight newsmaker Bassem Al Rousan talks about his plan to transform a resource-poor Middle Eastern country into a home for software, hardware, and Internet companies.
Tags: Open source, Piracy, Government, Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, Tax, telecommunications, Lebanon, Outsourcing
Root servers: The real Net power
Insight Unknown to many. 13 organizations, some of which are not in the United States, control the root servers that guide traffic to various top-level domains.
Tags: Web sites, 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
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
An open document standard for China
Blogs Currently Microsoft is driving a big campaign to get its latest document format Office Open XML (OOXML) approved as an I...
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
Will the U.N. run the Internet?
News An international political spat is brewing over whether the United Nations will seize control of the heart of 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
U.S. Senator: Keep U.N. away from the Internet
News The United Nations has no place controlling the Internet, says a U.S. Senate resolution introduced before a summit next month.
Tags: Domain names
Net censorship on the rise
News Survey by OpenNet Initiative finds 25 out of 41 administrations block or filter Internet content, compared to just a few five years ago.
Tags: Web sites, Government
SCO suit now seeks US$3 billion from IBM
News SCO Group has upped the ante in an amendment to its suit against IBM, seeking more than US$3 billion in damages for alleged copying of proprietary Unix intellectual property into Linux.
Silverlake eyes Middle East, Eastern Europe banking sector
News Silverlake System Sdn Bhd, a local banking and financial software solutions provider, plans to expand its market this year with a keen focus on the Middle Eastern and eastern European markets.
