News tagged with internet unit

BlackBerry's annus horribilis in Indonesia

Few companies better understand the difficulties of doing business in Indonesia than BlackBerry maker Research In Motion.

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created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

US calls for Internet freedom amid India plan

The United States called for freedom of expression on the Internet after the India said it planned to find ways to ban offensive content before it is posted. ...

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China to top world in e-commerce by 2015: report

China, already home to the world's largest online population, is likely to replace the United States as the biggest e-commerce market by 2015, according to new research.

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created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

French official: Europe must defend privacy rights

(AP) -- Europe and the United States don't agree on how to strike the right balance between protecting privacy rights and battling the terror threat, the head of France's data protection watchdog said Friday.

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created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cuba says US behind illegal wireless networks

Cuba accused the United States on Monday of enabling illegal Internet connections in its territory and said several people were arrested in April for profiting from the wireless networks.

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Estonians, Russian charged in Internet ad scam

Six Estonians and a Russian were charged Wednesday with infecting computers, including NASA machines, with malware as part of an online advertising scam that reaped at least $14 million.

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India Internet users top 100 million: study

India's Internet users have topped 100 million, a study said Tuesday, and its online population could overtake the United States' within two years.

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'Hackers take down' Palestinian servers

Hackers from around the world have attacked Palestinian servers, cutting Internet service across the West Bank and Gaza, the Palestinian communications minister said on Tuesday.

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created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

US firm confirms web censoring tools used in Syria

A US firm specializing in Internet censoring equipment on Friday confirmed that Syria was using its products to block web activity, amid a brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests.

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created Oct 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Russia believes US, Israel behind Iran worm attack: official

Russia believes Israel and the United States were responsible for unleashing the malicious Stuxnet computer worm on Iran's nuclear programme last year, a top official said Friday.

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Kansas City, Kansas, wins Google broadband nod

Google announced on Wednesday that Kansas City, Kansas, had been selected as the site for its first super-fast broadband Internet network.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Middle East censors wield Western software: report

Even as Western leaders call for democratic freedom in the Middle East, software from US and Canadian firms is being wielded by censors in oppressive regimes, a report has said.

Technology / Software

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

AOL cutting over 900 jobs in US, India

Internet company AOL is cutting more than 900 jobs as it joins forces with The Huffington Post and seeks to reinvent itself as a major player in online news.

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created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US Internet censorship fight falling short: report

State Department efforts to combat Internet censorship in China and other countries have fallen short and funding for the drive should be shifted to another US agency, a Senate committee report says.

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created Feb 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Microsoft releases near-final Internet Explorer 9 version

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. released a near-final version of Internet Explorer 9 on Thursday, saying the updates make the Web browser even better at tapping into a computer's powerful processors to help multimedia-laden ...

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