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China backs down from requirement for Web filter (AP)

China backs down from requirement for Web filter

Technology / Internet

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering ...





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Denial of service denial: New filtering system could protect networks from zombies

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

A way to filter out denial of service attacks on computer networks, including cloud computing systems, could significantly improve security on government, commercial, and educational systems. Such a filter is reported in ...


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.


Australia dismissed as "baseless" claims it was proposing a China-style plan for mandatory filtering of the internet

Australia defends controversial web filter

Technology / Internet

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Australia on Wednesday dismissed as "baseless" claims it was proposing a China-style plan for mandatory filtering of the internet and denied the system could be abused to silence free speech.


Australian government to introduce Internet filter (AP)

Australian government to introduce Internet filter

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (15) | comments 8

(AP) -- Australia plans to introduce an Internet filtering system to block obscene and crime-linked Web sites despite concerns it will curtail freedoms and won't completely work.


Breakdown of kidney's ability to clean its own filters likely causes disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 29, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The kidney actively cleans its most selective filter to keep it from clogging with blood proteins, scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveal in a new study. Researchers showed that breakdown ...


Companies Combine URL Filter, Proxy Blocking for CIPA Compliance

Technology / Software

created Apr 02, 2007 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

DeepNines Technologies and SurfControl join forces for a CIPA compliance tool aimed at schools.


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.


Fitting squares into circles

Fitting squares into circles

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Particle filters are standard in the basic fittings for cars. Construction machines, city buses and garbage trucks must now follow suit. This can be achieved effectively and inexpensively thanks to a new material ...


Second Life to let users filter adult content

Technology / Internet

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Second Life is getting a little less steamy for people who want to use the virtual world for a myriad of PG-rated experiences, such as taking classes, prototyping buildings or designing virtual goods.


Researchers Use Wikipedia To Make Computers Smarter

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 06, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (57) | comments 0

Using Wikipedia, Technion researchers have developed a way to give computers knowledge of the world to help them “think smarter,” making common sense and broad-based connections between topics just as the human mind does. ...



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