Wikio - Internet

Steve Cisler - first Internet librarian (The Real Paul Jones)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:22:10 GMT

I just heard via twitter that an old net.friend had died. I met Steve Cisler at INET 93 when he was working for Apple as their digital libraries guy. Steve saw the Internet as a great place for public libraries even then. He had been involved in WAIS, Gopher and other projects already having helped [...]

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The Internet thrives on dark energy (Cnet)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:01:00 GMT

Jonathan Zittrain shared his views on the future of the Internet at the Berkman Center for Society and Internet event on the Harvard Law School campus.

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Internet Threat Level Increases (Security Watch)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:21:42 GMT

The SANS Internet Storm Center has raised its Infocon status to yellow. The yellow status indicates that the ISC is “currently tracking a significant new threat. The impact is either unknown or expected to be minor to the infrastructure. However, local impact could be significant. Users are advised to take immediate specific action to contain the [...]

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Fido’s offering a cell phone service that uses internet connectivity when you're at home (Unvarnished - Travis Smith)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:16:30 GMT

http://fido.ca/portal/en/packages/fidouno.shtml#four It's called Fido UNO. But it only works with one Nokia phone right now. Call me when the iPhone does this, and I'll switch.

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Reasons Why I Love The Internet #2437 (The Underachiever Life)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:09:25 GMT

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Korea: Korean internet site attacked by Chinese hackers (Afrigator)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:35:27 GMT

... of our country has been backward and our country is just famous for having the fast speed of the Internet.[] If it is information that we cant take back anymore, there should be other methods to prevent other crimes or to protect individual information. And we should catch these betrayers of our country at all means and punish them in front of all other people in order to set a good example...

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Anonymous internet angst (Musings of a Highly Trained Monkey)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:21:00 GMT

... course, by people who don't know me. But that's totally beside the point. How many people on the internet hate you ?

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Study: Cox, Comcast Internet Subscribers Blocked (Wired)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:00 GMT

It sure looks like Cox and Comcast are blocking file-sharing connections. The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Saarbruecken, Germany surveyed 8,175 Internet users around the world and found conclusive evidence of the practice at only three ISPs, including StarHub in Singapore.

Source : Wired (subscribe)

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Travelzoo to Present at Goldman Sachs 9th Annual Internet Conference (Business Wire)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:24:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO), a global Internet media company, will present at the Goldman Sachs Ninth Annual Internet Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, May

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Wireless Patient Devices at Risk from Internet Use (NewsFactor Network)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:11:48 GMT

Losing the audio feed during "Monday Night Football" may seem like a crisis for some sports fan, but it's nothing compared to losing the signal that monitors a critically ill hospital patient. The technical glitches share a potential source: the proposed use of unoccupied TV airwaves for high-speed Internet service across the country. While television networks and wireless microphone users have...

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'Worst Person on the Internet' Finally Indicted (Radar)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:57:07 GMT

Radar 's "Worst Person on the Internet" Finally Indicted" width="102" height="110" align="left" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /> Bad news for Lori Drew, aka Radar's "Worst Person on the Internet," aka the Missouri mother who used a fake MySpace account to cyber-bully a teenage girl into hanging herself because the poor kid thought she corresponding with an older guy crush old and

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Browse Internet on your Mobile using Opera Mini (Madhur Kapoor's Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:31:59 GMT

When i started using Internet on my phone, i used the crappy in built browser. Then i was introduced to Opera Mini browser and my browsing experience has been entirely different ever since. Opera recently released a new version Opera Mini 4.1. It has a lot of wonderful features such as More Speed : You [...]

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Google King of the Internet Hill (Research Recap)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:22:32 GMT

As if Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang didn't have enough to worry about, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has now overtaken Yahoo (NYSE: YHOO) as the most-visited website property, according to comScore. April saw Google Sites attain the number one spot in the Top 50 U.S. Properties ranking for the first time in its history with a total audience [...]

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The Notion: Internet Gurus Flock to Harvard Conference (The Nation)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:57:10 GMT

Blogging from the most important Internet gathering in the country.

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New York's Latest Internet Tax Grab Costs Businesses and the State (A Blog For All)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:15:00 GMT

There were two predictable fallouts from New York State’s move to force online companies to collect state sales tax: There would be a lawsuit. And some online merchants would cut off their affiliates in the state. Amazon filed suit against the state late last month. Now Overstock.com has become the first major Internet retailer to cancel its relationship with affiliates in New York. Affiliates...

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Oliver Mauss appointed new CEO of 1&1 Internet (InfTek Hosting)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:35:46 GMT

Andreas Gauger founded web hosting provider, Schlund + Partner in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1995. Three years later, 1&1 Internet acquired Schlund + Partner and in 1999, Andreas Gauger was appointed Chairman of the Board. Within a short time, Andreas Gauger has led 1&1 to become one of the world's leading web hosts, by defining a standard for user-friendly and cost-effective web hosting solutions...

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Comcast continues blocking Internet traffic, joined by rival Cox (VentureBeat)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:57:52 GMT

If a person steals and gets caught, then continues to do so over and over again, what do you call them? Either an idiot or a kleptomaniac, generally. I’m not sure what the name for a compulsive Bittorrent-traffic blocker is, but that or “idiot” is certainly a label that could apply to giant Internet service [...]

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DNS Trouble Knocks NSA off Internet (PC World)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:52:53 GMT

A server problem at the U.S. National Security Agency has knocked the secretive intelligence agency off the Internet.

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Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked (Examiner)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:47:33 GMT

Comcast Corp.'s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for "Net Neutrality" laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without drawing scrutiny.

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Senators Ask FBI to Explain Flawed 'National Security Letter' to Internet Archive (Threat Level)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:37:06 GMT

A bipartisan group of Senators is asking Federal Bureau of Investigation head Robert Mueller to explain why the feds served a controversial administrative subpoena known as a National Security Letter on the Internet Archive, a digital library, using a subpoena intended for a communications service...

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