Web Of Restriction: China Will Now Require Internet Users To Register Real Names In Order To Stifle Free Speech

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254142/China-forces-internet-browser-register-real-new-free-speech-crackdown.html China forces EVERY internet user to register their real name in new free speech crackdown New rules follow use of popular microblogs to expose official corruption Regulations could restrict access to Western sites By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 06:27 EST, 28 December 2012 | UPDATED: 11:11 EST, 28 December 2012 The Chinese government launched […]

Download entire films instantly: Google unveils world’s fastest internet connection in Kansas – 1 GIGABYTE per second

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2179868/Google-Fiber–Download-film-10-seconds-Google-unveils-worlds-fastest-internet-connection-Kansas.html Service uses fibre-optics to deliver one gigabyte per second Installation could start as early as September Google to roll out service to other cities shortly By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 09:58 EST, 27 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:15 EST, 27 July 2012 Google has unveiled its own ultra-high-speed internet service – offering lightning-fast speeds of […]

Will YOU lose the internet on Monday? Here’s how to avoid malware meltdown

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170393/Malware-meltdown-Heres-avoid-losing-internet-Monday.html Hundreds of thousands of PCs still at risk worldwide FBI ‘ring-fenced’ the virus late last year – but protection ends on Monday See below for advice on checking if your computer has been infected By Daily Mail Reporters PUBLISHED: 21:06 EST, 7 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:29 EST, 8 July 2012 Tens of thousands […]

Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/malware-may-knock-thousands-off-063924736.html By Lolita c. Baldor, Associated Press | Associated Press – 2 hours 50 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite repeated alerts, tens of thousands of Americans may still lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a […]

‘Internet blackout’ set for 9 July: FBI to ‘pull plug’ on 350,000 virus-infected machines – cutting off Web for users in U.S. and UK

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2134853/Internet-blackout-set-9-July-FBI-pull-plug-350-000-virus-infected-machines.html Machines infected with virus being ‘kept alive’ by FBI Operation costing so much FBI will ‘pull plug’ on 9 July 350,000 PCs infected, mostly private individuals 80,000 victims in U.S., 20,000 in UK By Rob Waugh UPDATED: 06:50 EST, 25 April 2012 On 9 July this year, the internet will suddenly ‘turn off’ for […]

Superfast ‘quantum internet’ a step closer thanks to a disco light photon gun

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2134379/Superfast-quantum-internet-step-closer-thanks-disco-light-photon-gun.html By Ted Thornhill PUBLISHED: 05:29 EST, 24 April 2012 | UPDATED: 05:31 EST, 24 April 2012 A photon gun capable of firing single photons across a rainbow of colours is being heralded as a big step towards a quantum internet. In such a system information is sent back and forth along fibre optic cables […]

Hundreds of thousands may lose access to the internet by July as a result of hackers’ advertising scam

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133134/Hundreds-thousands-lose-access-internet-July-result-hackers-advertising-scam.html International hackers took control of at least 550,000 computers FBI takes unusual step of setting up a safety net to prevent internet disruptions Most victims are unaware they have been affected after using rogue servers By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:16 EST, 21 April 2012 | UPDATED: 13:57 EST, 21 April 2012 Hundreds of […]

Tim Berners-Lee urges government to stop the snooping bill

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/17/tim-berners-lee-monitoring-internet Exclusive: Extension of surveillance powers ‘a destruction of human rights’ Ian Katz guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 17 April 2012 16.34 EDT   Sir Tim Berners-Lee said that it was moves by governments to control or spy on the internet that ‘keep him up most at night’. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian The government’s controversial plans […]

Rise of Apple and Facebook is putting Internet freedom at risk, says Google co-founder

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2130338/Rise-Apple-Facebook-putting-Internet-freedom-risk-says-Google-founder.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:26 EST, 15 April 2012 | UPDATED: 07:45 EST, 16 April 2012 The internet is facing its biggest ever threat, thanks in part of Facebook and Apple, the co-founder of Google has claimed. Sergey Brin said government attempts to control web access and the rise of the increasingly ‘restrictive’ […]

A speed boost for the whole web? Microsoft and Google working on new technology that will ‘supercharge’ every site

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2122138/Battle-speed-world-wide-web-Microsoft-Google-lock-horns-successor-HTTP.html Update to ‘HTTP’ protocol which underlies the web Ageing technology has underpinnned sites for 15 years Google and Microsoft creating new technologies to speed up web ‘We need to make browsing much faster’ – Microsoft Microsoft wants to speed up apps as well as browsers By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 07:25 EST, 29 March 2012 […]