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08 September 2008

Super-fast UK broadband will cost at least £5bn (The Guardian)

Building Britain's next generation of super-fast broadband network, which can download music in seconds and movies in minutes, will cost between £5.1bn and £28.8bn, according to the government's independent advisory group.

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Pentagon debates development of offensive cyberspace capabilities (Los Angeles Times)

The current emphasis is on intelligence gathering and defending U.S. electronic security, but some officials think the military should know how to attack other nations' computer systems.

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3/4 of Brits 'Can't Live' without the Web (PC World)

The U.K. is a nation of net-addicts, with 76 percent of Brits admitting they can't live without the web.

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Traffic Growth Isn't Using Up the Internet (BusinessWeek)

Are we running out of Internet? That's what some experts say. AT&T's top lobbyist, James Cicconi, recently warned that "we are going to be butting up against the physical capacity of the Internet by 2010." Cicconi and others say this warrants charging heavy users a premium, and he doesn't want new laws that would stop AT&T from doing so.

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Cyber Crime - Time to Stop Nigeria's Dominance (Daily Trust)

Nigeria ranks third among the cyber crime committing countries in the world, according to a 2007 internet crime report released by the Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3), which puts the country alongside the US, UK and Romania among the top ten countries where internet crimes are perpetrated.

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South Korean government looks to rein in the Net (International Herald Tribune)

The South Korean government is pursuing a series of restrictions on Internet use to prevent what the embattled administration of President Lee Myung Bak calls the spread of false information that prompts social unrest.

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Ten tomorrow! Google celebrates birthday with plan to sink Microsoft (The Guardian)

As Google prepares to blow out the 10 candles on top of its birthday cake this Sunday, founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin can be forgiven for cracking a wry smile as they reflect upon the fire they have just lit under Microsoft.

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Analysts: Google spreading itself too thin (Computerworld)

As Google enters its second decade of existence with no apparent rivals for the search-king throne, industry observers warn that the company's biggest enemy may be itself.

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Printer.com sells for $800,000

Printer.com was the biggest seller in the most recent weekly Domain Name Journal's list of reported top selling domain names, selling for US$800,000. The report says the domain name was bought by the Dutch company Treasuron.

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How to Handle 'IHateYourCompany.com' (Wall Street Journal)

With the internet becoming a haven for disgruntled fans of companies, often registering domain names such as starbucked.com and ihatestarbucks.com to boycottwalmart.org and againstthewal.com, the Wall Street Journal looks at whether companies are fighting back. The WSJ finds many are, some more aggressively than others, and uses research by FairWinds Partners, the people behind CADNA.

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ITU's Asia-Pacific Telecommunication and ICT Indicators Report focuses on broadband connectivity: Too much or too little? (International Telecommunications Union)

ITU launched its key Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Report for the Asia-Pacific region at ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008, which got under way today in Bangkok, Thailand. The Report focuses on broadband connectivity as a vehicle for content to drive development and build a knowledge-based information society.

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The second browser war: Google's new web browser (The Economist)

Google's new web browser is its most direct attack on Microsoft yet

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The meek shall inherit the web (The Economist)

Computing: In future, most new internet users will be in developing countries and will use mobile phones. Expect a wave of innovation

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Comscore Reports that the U.S. Catches Up with Western Europe in Adoption of 3G Mobile Devices (comScore)

comScore, Inc. ... reported that after a slower start, the United States has caught up with Western Europe in the adoption of 3G with 28.4 percent of American mobile subscribers having 3G devices versus 28.3 percent in the largest countries in Europe.

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CNNIC Releases the Research Report on the Consumption Behaviors of Chinese Netizens on the Olympic Media in 2008 (CNNIC)

The report shows: third-tier cities may become the main front for changing the competition pattern of the Olympic media

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07 September 2008

Hackers find way to bypass China web restrictions (Sunday Telegraph)

A group of German hackers has launched a software tool to help journalists visiting the Olympic games bypass internet restrictions put in place by the Chinese authorities.

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Google: In search of technology's new frontiers (The Times)

After ten years Google has achieved a stunning presence on the world wide web. Its ambitions are even wider

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Happy birthday, Google - now you can take on the world (The Observer)

In the old days, dates fell into one of two categories: BC and AD. Now the relevant categories are BG. and AG: Before and After Google. The critical date was 1998, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched their PageRank system for rating web pages. It was an epochal moment. No British child knows there was once a world without Google. In fact most would be astonished that people were able to get along without it.

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Google once reviled computer superpowers but domination is just what it is achieving (The Independent)

There are not many companies whose trade names have become verbs. And there must be even fewer who would view this as a cause for concern. But when Google entered the dictionary in 2006, the directors seemed furious. Instead of celebrating their status as the ultimate household name, they were found muttering darkly about "brand dilution" and the company's future.

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06 September 2008

The Internet as a tool for democracy? A survey of non-profit Internet decision-makers and Web users by Linda Jean Kenix (First Monday)

Abstract: Although research has urged scholars and practitioners to develop the Internet as a democratic tool, little research has examined how users actually use the Internet and how the Internet is conceptualized by those who create its content - particularly in the non-profit sector where questions of democracy, interconnected communication and information gathering are often central to survival. This research surveys 688 people associated with non-profit organizations in the United States to better understand their perceptions and uses of the Internet as a tool for social change.

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Google: Happy birthday and 10 years from now (The Guardian)

In the future, will we finally have flying cars? Maybe, maybe not - but Google will still definitely run the web

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British children get lessons in iPods and downloads (Daily Telegraph)

For the first time, pupils will learn about intellectual property rights in the music industry - and how it relates to downloads.

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Microsoft Works to Perfect Windows Vista (New York Times)

An advertising blitz intended to help Microsoft polish the tarnished brand of its Windows Vista operating system began this week with a head-scratcher of a commercial.

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05 September 2008

Experts call for united global action against cyber attacks (The Age)

The world has to unite against the growing menace of cyber terrorism, IT experts said Thursday, evoking a recent "cyber war" against Georgia as the latest example of the threat.

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BBC readies music downloads service (Silicon)

BBC Worldwide, Auntie's commercial arm, is developing a music download service, offering streamed for free and paid download works from its archive of music that bands have recorded for TV and radio in BBC studios.

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