control of the net
Hollywood ready for DVD burning
News Soon, people will be able to copy a digital movie onto a specially made DVD under rule changes expected to be adopted by the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA), the group that produces the technology designed to prevent DVDs from being copied. [11 Aug 2006]
On the Stability of Adaptive Service Level Agreements
White Paper The authors pay special attention to the case where the monitoring of certain aspects of Service Level Agreements is used to alter future policy dynamically, according to a control feedback scheme. Hence the authors conclude that automated control... [09 Aug 2006]
Has US online gambling had its chips?
News It's also intended to aid the political fortunes of Republicans who are worried about losing control of the House of Representatives in the November election. Net gambling "is a scourge on our society", said representative Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia... [12 Jul 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Fat cat telcos are killing the net
Comment The reality is that all the necessary control can be realised from the periphery of the net. The net neutrality debate gives the old school the opportunity to resume control, to create a two-tier net, to grab more of the money and to restore their... [07 Jul 2006]
Windows flaw attack-code hits the net
News Microsoft said: "An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of the affected system. The attack code takes advantage of a flawed Windows routing and remote access component for which Microsoft released a... [27 Jun 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Net neutrality
Cheat Sheet An aggressive catfight about who should control the internet or at least the US portion of it is taking place in Washington. The internet is like no other mass medium because it is so chaotic and few companies can exert control over content and the... [16 Jun 2006]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News The settlement, approved by Icann's board by a 9-5 vote, ended a legal spat that started with VeriSign's controversial move to take control of all unassigned dot-com and dot-net domain names in 2003. A dispute over the cost of internet domain names... [08 Jun 2006]
eBay asks users to weigh into net neutrality debate
News Whitman wrote: "The telephone and cable companies in control of internet access are trying to use their enormous political muscle to dramatically change the internet. The concept of net neutrality, which generally means that all internet sites must... [02 Jun 2006]
Is BitTorrent moving into the mainstream?
News BitTorrent has yet to prove it can safeguard video distributed over the net, offer studio executives the kind of distribution control they want and appeal to mainstream internet users. To send movies across the internet on a wide scale... [10 May 2006]
Webcasting ejected from broadcasting treaty
News The Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations, which proposes to give broadcasters 50 years of control over the content of their broadcasts, was initially proposed to cover broadcasts over television and the internet. [09 May 2006]
Your perimeters are "porous", companies told
News Would you put your trading, or process control network on the internet? You can control data flow and use between the different zones. Bleech replied that organisations' supervisory control and data acquisition systems (Scadas) are already... [28 Apr 2006]
Denver Health Relies on Blue Coat to Prevent Spyware From Infecting 3,200 PCs
White Paper Denver Health solved their spyware problem with Blue Coat's preventive gateway anti-spyware solution, which combines the Blue Coat Proxy SG and Proxy AV appliances to stop "drive-by" spyware installations, control downloads and installations from... [14 Apr 2006]
Icann tests global domain names
News Experts are concerned the move could cause a division in the control of domains on the internet - and lead China to break away from Icann, which would undermine the global unity of DNS, the network of servers that resolves domain name requests. [17 Mar 2006]
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News Last year, several countries objected to Icann's power over the internet, because it is ultimately under the control of the US government. China has created three of its own top-level domains that will use the domain names dot-cn, dot-com and dot... [02 Mar 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Heavyweight delete
Comment The net result was a pair of dead 250MB drives, one with a mechanical failure and the second with a faulty control circuit. The shopping was completed online and on the run as business refused to slow down 'til the eve of Christmas. [03 Jan 2006]
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