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Kremlin May Forge a Separate 2.0 Peace

Moscow mulling the creation of a Russian-only computer network

(Newser) - The Kremlin is going 2.0 by extending its reach into cyberspace, where dissidents have found refuge from the government’s tight censorship. While Putin allies mount pro-government websites and snatch up existing independent outlets, Moscow is considering the creation of a separate Russian network. “The attractiveness of the...

Insider Trading May Have Net Variant

Agency investigates claims of shady profits from domain names

(Newser) - Someone call Michael Milken: Insider trading trailblazers may have found a new perch online. ICANN is investigating a poaching practice it's calling “front running,” in which buyers with inside information grab desirable domain names before others can register them. Speculation on the shadowy URL snatchers runs to viruses...

Doubts Arise About Web Traffic Tracking

Huge gaps in audience estimates are stunting advertising growth

(Newser) - If you think the internet makes tracking audience numbers any easier, think again. Media companies sometimes report millions more online visitors to their sites than tracking companies like Nielsen—because they use different measurements—and the gap makes online advertisers queasy. It's preventing the industry from growing as quickly as...

China Blocking Users From US Search Engines

Some speculate it's retaliation for giving Dalai Lama the Congressional Medal

(Newser) - Chinese searchers trying to visit Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Live Search are being redirected to the Chinese search engine Baidu, according to tech news sources. Speculation has it that the Chinese government is blocking the American engines because officials are angry that the US awarded the Dalai Lama the Congressional...

Net to House World's Top Library
Net to House World's Top Library
Oct 18, 2007 11:56 AM CDT

Net to House World's Top Library

UN unveils plan for 'intellectual cathedral'

(Newser) - If the World Digital Library works out as planned, it’ll make Alexandria look like a Buck-a-Book. The UN project hopes to collect primary sources from around the world in every medium, digitize them, and offer them online, free, in seven languages. “What they are doing is building an...

Scaling the Great Firewall of China
Scaling the Great Firewall of China
Oct 16, 2007 3:09 PM CDT

Scaling the Great Firewall of China

Group publishes guide to avoiding Internet censorship

(Newser) - Citizen’s Lab is coming to the rescue of righteous Iranian bloggers and Korean porn seekers alike, with “Everyone’s Guide to Internet Censorship,” a free PDF detailing dozens of ways laypeople can get around online censorship. More than 25 countries censor sites, says Ars Technica, from China’...

Online Jihad Seeks Western Converts
Online Jihad Seeks Western Converts
Oct 15, 2007 4:00 PM CDT

Online Jihad Seeks Western Converts

Turning Iraq footage into hip-hop videos is one recruiting tool

(Newser) - Jihadists have long used the internet to spread their message, but now a growing number of Western-based extremists are tapping into a Western audience by giving the message a pop-culture twist, the Times reports. They act as middlemen, translating newsletters and relaying videos from militant Islamic leaders; they also turn...

Justin.tv All Me All the Time
Justin.tv All Me All the Time
Oct 14, 2007 1:07 PM CDT

Justin.tv All Me All the Time

Extending the livecasting of daily existence from one man to many

(Newser) - In most pix of Justin Kan a small camera is perched above his left ear. He’s a livecaster who co-founded Justin.tv, for people like him who have the tools, and the desire, to broadcast their every waking moment on the Web. The NY Times reports that the founders...

Translating 'Dot Com' into Cyrillic
Translating 'Dot Com' into Cyrillic
Oct 11, 2007 11:25 PM CDT

Translating 'Dot Com' into Cyrillic

Domain names in non-Roman alphabet to be tested by Net managers

(Newser) - On Monday the Internet's global reach will extend further when it tests non-Roman character domain names. For years, non-English speakers have petitioned the US and companies controlling the Internet for domain names in their native language, the BBC reports. But ICANN, the nonprofit corporation which allocates domains, has been afraid...

Businesses Line Up for .Asia Domain Rush

Governments also get first dibs on coveted new address suffix

(Newser) - The regional internet domain .asia has opened for registration; businesses and governments will get first crack at trademarked and other protected names. The public will come rushing in to scoop up what’s left of the suffix in February 2008. The second regional domain—.eu began selling in April 2006—...

Hackers Add Smut to Govt. Sites
Hackers Add Smut to Govt. Sites
Oct 7, 2007 5:50 PM CDT

Hackers Add Smut to Govt. Sites

They hit California especially hard, and not easy fixes are in sight

(Newser) - Hackers are wreaking havoc on government websites, and the problem isn't going away anytime soon, PC World reports. Last week, people who visited government sites in California and elsewhere were redirected to porn. The feds began pulling the plug on all of California's sites but reversed course when state officials...

Monasteries Get Wired
Monasteries
Get Wired
Sep 28, 2007 5:00 PM CDT

Monasteries Get Wired

No vocal cords needed to sell truffles or recruit brethren on the net

(Newser) - Buddhist monks in Burma aren't the only religious brethren getting the word out on the internet these days: many American monasteries are so wired they not only correspond via email and sell-hand-crafted products over the internet, they use it to recruit new brothers. One web site, VocationsPlacement.org, matches religious...

Germany Opens Trial Against 'Cyber-Jihadist'

In groundbreaking case, Iraqi accused of inciting terror online

(Newser) - Deutsche Welle reports on a landmark trial in Germany, where an Iraqi-born Kurd has been accused of using the internet as a terror weapon. Prosecutors charge that over the 18 months German intelligence monitored his internet use, he posted material intended to incite terrorist attacks. The lead prosecutor has accused...

Parents Fret but Won't Curb Kids' Web Surfing

Poll says large majority have had 'issues' with what they encounter

(Newser) - A new study of parents with children who use the Internet finds that 71% had at least one incident involving inappropriate content in the last year. But with most saying the web helps their children in school, and only 30% citing problems with overuse, parents are stepping up monitoring efforts...

Municipal Wi-Fi Dreams Persist
Municipal Wi-Fi Dreams Persist
Sep 25, 2007 5:44 PM CDT

Municipal Wi-Fi Dreams Persist

Philadelphia, others survive after similar 'Internet everywhere' schemes fail

(Newser) - Citywide Wi-Fi isn't a dead horse. Despite the negative press that followed San Francisco's squashed wireless plan, other cities' networks are actually seeing signs of success because they articulated how it will be used and how it will benefit people, reports CNET. Corpus Christi's Wi-Fi initially allowed utility workers to...

'Gotcha' Site TMZ Goes to TV
'Gotcha' Site TMZ Goes to TV
Sep 23, 2007 4:42 PM CDT

'Gotcha' Site TMZ Goes to TV

Zero to 60 gossip site ups ante

(Newser) - TMZ, the celebrity gossip site that specializes in the self-destructive antics of starlets and B-list celebs, is taking its exuberantly trashy act to TV. No surprise: its 9 million unique visitors in June make it the No. 1 entertainment news site. The surprise, Radar says, is that a major media...

Gabbers Can Make (Mostly) Free Calls With New Gadgets

Each connects home phones to the 'Net

(Newser) - Gabbers have a couple of new options if they want to use the 'Net to make free (or cheaper) phone calls. Each is a box that connects to a home phone and a computer to route calls through cyberspace. One is a modest and low-cost, the other a chic machine...

Rural America Gets Wired
Rural America
Gets Wired
Sep 19, 2007 7:39 AM CDT

Rural America Gets Wired

US has paid providers $1B to bring broadband to remote areas; progress is uneven

(Newser) - Measured by President Bush's goal—to give every America access to broadband this year—it's not a success. But the effort to wire rural America has made impressive progress, the Economist reports. The US government has given more than $1 billion to internet providers in distant markets in an effort...

Airline to Offer Internet Access
Airline to Offer Internet Access
Sep 19, 2007 5:17 AM CDT

Airline to Offer Internet Access

Alaska jet will have Wi-Fi hot spots for phones, laptops

(Newser) - Alaska Airlines will become the first US carrier to offer  satellite-based Wi-Fi internet access to passengers, reports AP. The airline will install the wireless service on one 737 jet next spring with a view to outfitting the entire 114-plane fleet. American Airlines announced plans for internet access on some of...

Mozilla Invests Millions to Amp Up Thunderbird

App might take off like Firefox, unless users prefer webmail

(Newser) - The makers of Firefox are spending $3 million to amp up their old email program, Thunderbird, CNET reports. Mozilla Foundation hopes to repeat the success it had with Firefox, a browser that nabbed a notable market share. Yet Thunderbird may have a tough flight ahead of it: Many users prefer...

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