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Australian Internet 'blacklist' prompts concern

Technology / Internet

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 8

(AP) -- A whistle-blower organization claims a secret list of Web sites that Australian authorities are proposing to ban includes such innocuous destinations as a dentist's office.





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Australia says Web blacklist combats child porn

Technology / Internet

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

(AP) -- Australia's communications minister has defended a proposed Internet blacklist as necessary to combat child pornography but admitted that at least one site had been wrongly blocked during trials.


Company alleges Chinese software has stolen code

Technology / Software

created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4

(AP) -- A California company claims that the Internet-filtering software China has mandated for all new personal computers sold there contains stolen programming code.


IronPort Revamps Security Monitoring Site

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

IronPort Systems has revised its Internet traffic monitoring Web site, a resource for IT staffers searching for a real-time view into security threats.


Insurers shun those taking certain meds and secretly keep blacklist

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Trying to buy health insurance on your own and have gallstones? You'll automatically be denied coverage. Rheumatoid arthritis? Automatic denial. Severe acne? Probably denied. Do you take Metformin, a popular drug for diabetes? ...


China's eye on the Internet

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 12, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The "Great Firewall of China," used by the government of the People's Republic of China to block users from reaching content it finds objectionable, is actually a "panopticon" that encourages self-censorship through the perception ...


Got an unusual name? Facebook may think it's fake (AP)

Got an unusual name? Facebook may think it's fake

Technology / Internet

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake.


Researchers: Botnets Getting Beefier

Technology / Other

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Botnets are moving to more resilient architectures and more sophisticated encryption that will make them even harder to track and fight, researchers say at HotBots, a Usenix event.



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