Will the internet of things finally kill privacy?
Immense economic pressure could eventually coerce everyone into sharing their information with firms, since not disclosing your data will itself imply that you are undesirable. In the internet of things, the Federal Trade Commission sees the possibility of flourishing new markets. But it also sees a prologue to Black Mirror: […]
Why Netflix is entering Cuba even though the internet barely works there
Netflix just launched in the unlikeliest of locales: Cuba, where less than 5% of the population has internet access and the streaming media company’s subscription cost—$8 a month—is almost half of the average salary. The move was made possible by the recent deal to normalize relations with the United States, which included a promise […]
Smart TVs raise privacy concerns
Reports that new Samsung TVs can capture personal information with their voice recognition feature has sparked concern about what critics perceive as digital spying by so-called smart devices. Nor is Samsung the only smart TV manufacturer collecting this type of data. In Samsung’s case, at least, users have the option to disable the collection. […]
Hacked again? Russian hackers still inside Sony Pictures’ network, security firm says
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) might have a second security breach on its hands, or maybe the hackers from November’s scandalous attack are still inside the company systems, according to a security firm that claims to have seen evidence of Russian hackers having access to SPE internal data. The hackers accessed SPE’s Culver City, California network […]
Biggest test in U.S.-Cuba talks: the Internet
Contrary to what the headlines suggest, the biggest test of President Obama’s move to normalize relations with Cuba will not be whether the two countries agree to set up embassies in their respective capitals, nor whether there is an avalanche of U.S. tourists to Cuba, but whether Cuba will accept U.S. help to expand Internet […]
Pebble: More than 1 million smartwatches sold
Pebble has sold more than 1 million smartwatches, the company said Monday. The milestone was reached on December 31, a company rep confirmed with CNET. The sales figure is up dramatically from the 400,000 sold as of last March, CEO Eric Migicovsky told The Verge. A price drop last fall may have helped boost […]
FCC redefines advanced broadband as 25 Mbps; Republicans blow a gasket
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has redefined advanced broadband as having 25Mbps download speeds, up from 4Mbps, giving the agency new authority to pass rules to encourage deployment across the country. The FCC, in a 3-2 party-line vote Thursday, also determined that this newly-defined advanced broadband wasn’t being rolled out in a timely manner […]
China Further Tightens Grip on the Internet
BEIJING — Jing Yuechen, the founder of an Internet start-up here in the Chinese capital, has no interest in overthrowing the Communist Party. But these days she finds herself cursing the nation’s smothering cyberpolice as she tries — and fails — to browse photo-sharing websites like Flickr and struggles to stay in touch with the […]
Congress should let cities provide their own Internet
PRESIDENT OBAMA made it a point to highlight the importance of providing high-speed Internet access to all Americans in his State of the Union address last week. No one disagrees with the sentiment. The method he proposed, however — removing legislative barriers that prevent some cities and towns from creating their own Internet networks — […]
Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi ban
Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have quietly linked thousands of computers into a hidden network that stretches miles across Havana, letting them chat with friends, play games and download hit movies in a mini-replica of the online world that most can’t access. HAVANA — Home Internet connections are banned for all but a handful […]
Elon Musk Wants To Bring The Internet To Mars
Elon Musk announced on Friday that he wants to build a second internet in outer space that may be able to stretch all the way to Mars one day, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. This space network would be much faster than the internet we experience today, Musk said to Businessweek as a SpaceX event […]
Want to see broadband’s future? Check out the airline industry
A New Yorker explainer on why the airlines want to make you suffer has been making the social media rounds. It’s an excellent case study in how the airlines have created a miserable experience for passengers so they can build a profitable business based on charging fees for bags, early boarding and better seats. […]
Small Businesses Have Wide Expanses With Satellite Internet Broadband
The atmosphere of a rural business can include the mountains, rivers and different stunning environments. unfortunately, there are some problems with connecting to the web, but now that may be a thing of the previous.Many businesses are located in the busy, grey city although they are well connected it seems as you look outside of […]
Difference Between CABLE and DSL
You can connect to the internet using a modem. Two most widely used broadband modems that transmit analog information and convert it to digital for these purposes are DSL and cable, each with different benefits. Most notably, both are faster than dial-up. Therefore, they’re often referred to as high-speed internet access. WHAT IS DSL? A […]
Characteristics of Reliable Broadband Internet Service Providers
Choosing an broadband internet service provider is now more difficult than ever, due to the fact that there are just so many of them available in most areas, with a lot of them being re-sellers of other providers, which can tend to make this process quite confusing, especially for less tech-savvy users who have never […]
Keep up to date with Recent Broadband News
The chief aspect of launching broadband news is to make aware broadband users with current condition of the market.With the help of this information, the web users will come to find out about up to date data in appreciate of mobile broadband.As we know that market is flooded with broadband providers and there is neck […]
DDoS attacks spread to vulnerable IPv6 Internet
The next-gen Internet, still immature, is now a pathway for Net attacks, a study finds. Also, ideology has become the primary reason for DDoS attacks. The idyllic byways of the next-era IPv6 internet now suffer an illness up to now limited to the mainstream IPv4 web: distributed denial-of-provider assaults. And worse, the still-immature IPv6 network […]
How a private cloud goes beyond virtualization management
At first blush, personal clouds can glance a lot like virtualization. but first looks can be deceiving. at the same time as it’s certainly real that we see virtualization control merchandise prolonged–as an example, with self-carrier portals–in ways that lead them to look superficially like clouds, we’re in point of fact talking about other classes […]
The Internet’s Perilous New Year’s Resolution
Internet legislation that is scheduled for a vote in the U.S. Senate next month would aim to stop the unlicensed downloading of billions of dollars’ worth of movies and music—as well as the trade in counterfeit drugs and other goods—by blocking access to certain websites, many of them registered abroad. But its basic strategies could […]
Broadband over the last year
With another year over, we look back at the events and revelations within broadband over the last year, and look to 2012 to see what we might be looking forward to in the industry. In rural areas, the announcement of broadband funding to provide a basic level of broadband in some areas, as well as […]