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BlackBerry Internet Services now banned in Egypt
01/27/2011, In the latest move by the Egyptian government, they’ve decided to block yet another form of communication to the outside world – BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS). After blocking Twitter yesterday, Egyptian officials probably felt that it wasn’t enough and prevented [...]
Comodo Console offers in-car Internet
01/25/2011, Getting connected on-the-go seems to be the buzzword these days, so it is no surprise to see wireless carriers come up with various methods of keeping their customers connected. Remember the good old days where staying online using GPRS or [...]
PlayBooks will be able to tether to BlackBerrys
01/14/2011, RIM has recently announced that their upcoming QNX tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook will be able to wirelessly tether to BlackBerry smartphones – so if you won’t have to get a new data plan just to go online with your PlayBook [...]
N600 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router
01/05/2011, [CES 2011] The Netgear N600 is the “ultimate” router in Netgear’s offering and offers neat features like Clea Channel Selector: a technology that continuously seeks the clearest WiFi channel: this could be handy in a crowded condominium. Most competitors do [...]
UK Legislatures Says Porn Should be an Opt-In Program
12/20/2010, In order to protect children, legislatures in the UK are urging UK Internet service providers (ISPs) to block pornographic content unless they opt into the service. The position would be a stark contrast to today’s Internet policy, which places the [...]
Bing Search Updated: Mobile, FanSnap Integration, and Image Search
12/15/2010, Microsoft today announced a large overhaul to the company’s Internet search service Bing. With Bing tightly integrated into Windows Phone 7 already, the bulk of Bing’s update comes in the mobile space, with overhauled iOS and Android apps, which will [...]
Proposed Law Will Require Parental Consent for Online Tracking of Minors
12/02/2010, We had reported of the FTC’s Do Not Track proposal yesterday, and now Massachusetts Rep. Edward Markey is taking Internet privacy step further by proposing legislation in 2011 that will make it a federal law for websites geared at children [...]
FTC Suggests ‘Do Not Track’ Option for Websites, Browsers
12/01/2010, In a draft on privacy regulation, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that companies are slow to adopt privacy rules and that self-regulation may not be enough. Taking that a step further, the agency is recommending that companies add [...]
U.S. DHS Shuts Down Websites Selling Counterfeits
11/29/2010, The United States Department of Homeland Security had shut down a total of 82 sites on the Internet on Cyber Monday’s post-Thanksgiving online shopping day. Those sites, which include a BitTorrent meta-search engine and e-commerce sites selling illegal materials, such [...]
Demand for Cars with WiFi to Increase 40 Times by 2017
11/29/2010, iSuppli is forecasting that demand for cars with built-in WiFi will increase to 7.2 million vehicles in 2017, a 40-time increase from today’s 174,000 connected cars. Though integrated WiFi may provide a more limited role in getting road warriors mobile [...]
XT9 Predictive Text Entry Comes to BLOBbox IPTV
11/16/2010, If you enjoy texting with a regular 9- or 12-key keypad on a regular phone, Nuance is looking to bring the same XT9 predictive text entry mechanism to BLOBbox, which is an Internet streaming box for your television set that [...]
Sony Dash Gets Hulu Plus Streaming
11/12/2010, The Sony Dash, a personal Internet viewer, will be joining with Hulu to bring some fun and entertainment to the WiFi device. Sony announced today that the subscription-based Hulu Plus streaming service is available for the Sony Dash and users [...]
Killer App Revamped: Yahoo! Mail Beta
10/26/2010, Yahoo! Mail @ Yahoo! Video Tonight at 9 pm Pacific, Yahoo! will launch its revamped mail application aka Yahoo! Mail Beta. I checked it rapidly using my personal account and the design looks sleeker. In the new version, Yahoo! did [...]
