CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s government will build a A$43 billion ($31 billion) high-speed broadband network, leading a new private-public company, after rejecting bids by companies that it said failed to offer value for money. In a surprise move, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday the government would ask private companies to join the country’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘internet’
Australia to Invest $31 Billion into a New Broadband Internet
Posted: 7th April 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: Australia, bradband, governemnt, internet, investment, network, speed
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Conficker’s April Fool, but May Still Activate
Posted: 1st April 2009 by Veritas in Science | TechnologyTags: april, computer, conficker, Conficker Worm, internet, virus, web, worm
Malicious software that has infected millions of computers across the globe failed to wreak havoc on Wednesday as some feared, but researchers warned the powerful Conficker worm could still strike. Also known as Downadup or Kido, Conficker turns infected PCs into slaves that respond to commands sent from a remote server that effectively controls an [...]
Rockefeller Attacks Internet as Security Threat
Posted: 25th March 2009 by Veritas in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: government, internet, rockerfeller, web
According to the great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller, nephew of banker David Rockefeller, and former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller the internet represents a serious threat to national security. Rockefeller is not alone in this assessment. His belief that the internet is the “number one national hazard” to national security is shared by the [...]
Sexting Carries a Heavy Burden, Another Suicide
Posted: 23rd March 2009 by Veritas in LifestyleTags: internet, jessie logan, laws, Sex, sexting, suicide, texting
Jessica Logan’s nude cell-phone photo – meant for her boyfriend’s eyes only – was sent to hundreds of teenagers last year in at least seven Greater Cincinnati high schools. The 18-year-old Sycamore High School senior was then bombarded with taunts: slut, porn queen, whore. On July 3, Jessie hanged herself in her bedroom. She was [...]
Space Station Video Now Live on Internet… Mostly
Posted: 12th March 2009 by The Dude in Science | TechnologyTags: astronauts, communication, internet, live, NASA, privacy, space, station, video
WASHINGTON — NASA has started beaming live video from just outside the International Space Station, but there’s a catch: The online feeds are available only when the station’s crew is asleep or off duty. That’s because NASA has only four communications links for sending data to Earth and wants to have all of them free [...]
Experiments Bring Internet and Cell Phones to Remote African Villages
Posted: 2nd February 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Politics, Science | TechnologyTags: Africa, cell phones, google, internet, remote, village
When Internet connections arrive in small towns like Entasopia, Kenya, they put new tools into the hands of people hungry to use them, and for some there, that has had wide repercussions. Continue Here
Google Will Try to Identify Internet Blockers
Posted: 29th January 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Science | TechnologyTags: blocker, Cerf, google, internet, ISP, PC, provider, service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Google Inc on Wednesday unveiled a plan aimed at eventually letting computer users determine whether providers like Comcast Corp are inappropriately blocking or slowing their work online. The scheme is the latest bid in the debate over network neutrality, which pits content companies like Google against some Internet service providers. Google will [...]
Online Video of Inauguration Sets Records
Posted: 21st January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Science | TechnologyTags: cubicle, inauguration, internet, Obama, streaming, video
Millions of cubicle dwellers across the country helped set records for Internet traffic on Tuesday as they watched online video of the inauguration ceremonies — or at least tried to. The overwhelming demand meant that some Web sites and data networks had trouble keeping up, forcing many people to turn to less cutting-edge forms of [...]