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News In the report, Sommer and Hosein wrote that the devices used for deep packet inspection, known as 'black boxes', will have to collect large amounts of traffic associated with each internet user, discard... [18 Jun 2009]
Gov't denies mass surveillance tech
News Clayton said that 'black boxes' used for deep packet inspection had already been placed on content service provider (CSP) networks. Lots of black boxes have been rolled... [06 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.12.08
Round-Up More Than's spokesman said: "We advise people to sift through their CDs, even those forgotten boxes of vinyl in the loft, and create an inventory just in case the worst should happen. With those words ringing in its ears... [05 Dec 2008]
Are you an Oxbridge grade techie?
News Tidy Boxes: You are given 10 boxes, each large enough to contain exactly 10 wooden building blocks, and a total of 100 blocks in 10 different colours. There may not be the same number in each colour, so... [22 Oct 2008]
Ditched pay-as-you-drive insurance set for revival?
News A spokesman for Norwich Union said it had taken the decision to "pause" the service this summer as it is unwilling to continue subsidising the telematics 'black boxes'. Insurance giant Norwich Union... [06 Oct 2008]
Hacking Embedded Linux Based Home Appliances
White Paper However, even bigger problem can be the fact that embedded systems are perceived as black boxes which are very hard to hack, contrary to an "Open" PC. Embedded Linux is an interesting phenomenon. With... [01 Oct 2008]
Automated Rule-Based Diagnosis Through a Distributed Monitor System
White Paper It is desirable to consider applications as black-boxes for the diagnostic process. In today's world where distributed systems form many of the critical infrastructures, dependability outages are... [11 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The one-box generation
Comment They don't posses the collection of boxes dedicated to one media alone. In my home there are boxes, lots of boxes. My oldest children can remember black-and-white TV but... [26 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: My changing TV habits
Comment At the present rate of migration our new home will be dominated by IPTV within five years and I'll be wondering what to do with all that old coax and a lot of boxes. I now envisage a computer at every TV point along with... [30 Apr 2007]
Controversial green plans could cripple your car
News Proposed 'black boxes' which could be installed in all UK vehicles as part of road-charging plans may also be linked to a mechanism within car engines which would disable the vehicle if it exceeded a... [01 Apr 2007]
Pay-as-you-drive 'black box' cars proposed
News The government is proposing to fit cars with 'black boxes' to track motorists for a national pay-per-mile road charging scheme in cities and on major trunk roads. As part of any national scheme, cars... [07 Aug 2006]
Google Video Store goes live online
News And, rather than still images from videos to click on for a sample clip, many thumbnail images and preview boxes feature only plain screens with the name of the show - or a blank black box. The company... [11 Jan 2006]
Kazaa ordered to block 3,000 keywords
News Justice Wilcox also ordered in a hearing yesterday that dialogue boxes appear on the Kazaa website "to place maximum pressure on KMD [Kazaa Media Desktop] users to obtain the updated release". You put a... [25 Nov 2005]
Drivers back road-charging black box plans
News Those in favour said the black boxes would help the emergency services to locate vehicles in an accident and a quarter backed ideas such as insurers discounting premiums based on data collected by the... [15 Jun 2005]
Leader: Boom and bust - here we go again...?
Leader The mood in the twinned camps of the investment and start-up communities is one of cautious optimism but we shouldn't allow ourselves to think simply ticking check boxes next to a list of 'must not repeat' mistakes is... [02 Mar 2004]
