Inside the US-Anglo-French Plan to Civilize the Internet

Get ready for international Internet regulation; top leaders from the US, UK, and France are making increasingly public statements about their plans to draft new rules that will make the ‘Net more secure and will crack down on copyright infringers.

In a speech back on February 4, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague sounded a dire warning about the state of the ‘Net.

The intelligence reports I see as Foreign Secretary show that just one criminal computer programme can harvest over thirty gigabytes of stolen passwords and credit card details from over a hundred countries in a matter of days, causing millions of pounds worth of fraud…

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Internet Routing Blasts Into Space

A radiation-proof Cisco router was sent into space today aboard an Intelsat satellite with the goal to set up military communications from space.

The router/satellite combo are a key part of the US Department of Defense’s Internet Routing In Space (IRIS) project, which aims to route IP voice, video and data traffic between satellites in space in much the same way packets are moved on the ground, reducing delays, saving on capacity and offering greater network flexibility, Cisco stated.

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The Internet Still Confuses Rupert Murdoch

You can always count on Rupert Murdoch, the cantankerous News Corp. chairman, for a good laugh and he didn’t disappoint this week during an interview on Sky News Australia in which he boldly stated his sites would pull out of Google Search. In fact, he once again accused search engines of outright stealing his content.

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Get Connected to the Internet Quickly with Instant-On Operating Systems

You just sat down in a coffee shop with a few minutes to spare before your next appointment, which makes it a good opportunity to jump online and check e-mail or take care of other business. So you turn on your laptop and wait for Windows to start up …

… and wait, and wait, and wait.

From a cold start, it can easily be five minutes or more before Windows loads, you’ve logged in and have network connectivity, and the system has settled down enough for you to start using it. That’s a long time to wait in any scenario, but when you have a limited window of opportunity to get online, the delay can seem excruciating.

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Fifty Things the Internet is Killing

The Internet has been touted as one of the most useful tool for the last two decades, and has had a huge impact on our lives, but along with its benefits, the World Wide Web has also had some negative impacts on people.

While tasks that once took days can be completed in seconds, traditions and skills that emerged over centuries have become redundant.

The Telegraph has compiled a list of 50 things that are in the process of being killed off by the web and other tools of modern communication, from products and business models to life experiences and habits.

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