Questioning the coming Internet clog by Ed Gubbins

"One of the nation’s top authorities on global Internet traffic growth says his latest data show no reason to fear network capacity shortages, as traffic growth may even be slightly decelerating. Updating data collected from Internet exchanges around the...

“TV crisis of trust”: BBC is fined £400,000 over faking phone-in winners

UK media watchdog Ofcom ordered British Broadcasting Corporation to pay a £400,000 fine for misleading their viewers by faking call-in competition winners. The creators of BBC shows that were fined aired show...

In Which We Explore the Federal Laws that Apply to Cyberstalking

"Tragedies frequently result in flurries of legal activity. Last years witnessed the Myspace tragedy in which a 13 year old girl committing suicide. Unfortunately stalking laws have been clumsy tools that are difficult if not impossible for law enforcement officials to...

Govt plan may disrupt cell phone services

" The Jakarta administration's plan to replace 2,500 base transceiver station (BTS) towers with 850 newer ones will lead to cellular network chaos, says a member of the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory...

Bell Cries Wolf on File Sharing and Congestion Numbers

Bell might just have gotten called out on crying wolf regarding P2P and file-sharing congestion rates. On June 24, they were forced by the CRTC to release their data proving their claim that high-usage customers were...

Telkom projects disbursement of Rp3 trillion in syndicated bank loan

""We projected the closing in the third quarter of 2008," President Director of PT Telkom, Rinaldy Firmansyah, said after an annual shareholders general meeting in Jakarta on Friday afternoon.According to Rinaldi, the Rp3 trillion would be used to meet capital goods...

The Immunity Deal

"Republicans and Democrats in Congress reached a breakthrough compromise yesterday on a bill that would dramatically revamp the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Most significantly, the draft legislation...

EU cell phone consumers to pay for calls - incoming and outgoing

" The European Union will not oppose plans by telecommunications companies to have mobile phone users begin paying for calls they receive. But politicians warned that consumers could oppose the move. Some European telecommunications companies would like to begin charging...

Penguin robot can interact with humans

"A robotic pet penguin which can interact with humans has been unveiled by South Korean researchers. Pomi (Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) can see, hear, touch and emit smells as well as making faces, the...

Did Deutsche Telekom Spy on Journalists and Board Members?

As if their shitty service wasn't bad enough, not to be outdone by the American telecommunications giants and their illegal wire tapping, Deutsche Telekom thought it'd do some spying of it's own..,."German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom stands accused of having...

CRTC Orders Bell to Prove Throttling Necessary, Hold Public Inquiry

In a move that could change the rules for internet providers and the way big corporations like Bell and Rogers' handle their data.The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission announced yesterday it has launched two major reviews of internet technologies,...

Lebanon reverses decisions that angered Hezbollah

Lebanon's government appears to be backtracking in its conflict with Hezbollah after the fighting of the past few days revealed its weak position."The Lebanese government late Wednesday formally rescinded decisions...

Canadian Watchdog Seeks Bell Privacy Probe

Now things are going to get interesting... ""Network management practices employed by Bell Canada have led the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic to ask for an investigation of the telecommunications company. The CIPPIC, a University of Ottawa legal clinic,...

Smell this: phone company tests scent downloads

A Japanese telecommunications company is testing a cell phone that can download and emit various scents by mixing "base smells" into a desired fragrance. Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer fresh flowers to Glade...

'Traffic-shaping' New Internet Buzzword

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know I thought the new Buzzword MisRemembering and MisSpeaking made infamous by Hillary was a new one, apparently this pales in comparison to this weeks New Buzzword...

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