Record companies like file sharing
It seems that it may not all be over for file sharing, as the battle continues between those who represent the interests of the record companies and those ordinary people who like to share their music with everyone else, it seems some record companies believe that file sharing or something similar could do their business [...]
February 28, 2008Cyberwar in the High Street
One of the countries largest unions Unite, is set to commence cyber war against one of the countries oldest and most respected high street stores Marks and Spencer over workers rights.
The union has over two million members and the plan is to try and manipulate the search queries through Google that are for M & [...]
P2P court case fails to judge
When the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) goes out of their way to take someone to court for copyright infringement you would have thought that they would have had their act together and ensure that the case went through as smooth as possible, but things do not always go according to plan even for [...]
February 25, 2008Pakistan removed from the internet
This is something that we hope will never happen to us, but in some countries it is entirely possibly for virtually the whole of the internet to be cut off. This is what has apparently happened in Pakistan, when the company that has most of the countries internet traffic has simply turned it off leaving [...]
February 22, 2008Wikileaks still online
It was the posting of some documents that show that there have been some serious irregularities at the Bank Julius Baer based in Switzerland but concerning activities at the office in the Cayman Islands that stated off the legal route to getting the whistle blower website Wikileaks removed from the internet.
This was partly successful as [...]
Torrents just keep growing
The Pirate Bay may be sinking, but Torrents are booming around the world, which just goes to prove that this type of file sharing is not just a simple money making machine, ever since they raided The Pirate Bay there are some who feel that it could be the end of torrents. But this is [...]
February 19, 2008Would you know if your email account is hacked?
Having people snoop around your computer is a violation, but having you emails hacked is personal and distressing, but worse all how do you know?
Here is what you can do:
Sign up for a free website hit counter, you get an email and attachment make note of the email and delete it.
Save the attachment but change [...]
How internet censorship has grown
There was a time when the internet meant that for those who were able to connect it, there would be a whole world of information. In those early days it was called the Information Superhighway and indeed that was how it was.
But recently the superhighway has been affected by some minor blockages, these are not [...]
US feel Second Life is a terrorist haven
It seems that nothing is sacred on the internet, and communities like Second Life are increasing coming under suspicion as being a place where terrorists can gather and organize their finances, plans and in general gather intelligence.
This information is coming from US intelligence officials who have be warning for some time that these places could [...]
Will UK downloader’s ever be banned?
Recently it was announced that UK downloader’s of files of copyrighted materials will be banned from using the internet these scare tactics will not wear in the real world as it is totally impractical to even begin to ban people from the net.
But even more than that, this very concept of ISP’s having to hand [...]
Politicians support the Pirate Bay
It was when the Pirate Bays offices were raided in 2006 that a connection was made between politics and file sharing, even though the link between the two was fairly weak. But in Sweden they tend to do things differently.
The Swedish Green Party have nineteen seats in parliament, which sets them on a different level [...]
The Free Pirate Bay group
It is not a surprise that this has started but never the less its here, Free The Pirate Bay group has been started on FaceBook and in order to celebrate this they have designated that Friday 8th February as the “Wear Yellow for Sharing Day” this is a way that everyone can show their support [...]
February 7, 2008Google uses anti spam firm
Now its Googles time to expand, since buying the anti spam and business security firm Postini last year for $625 million, they have virally left it alone to run its own business as it was doing before the purchase but it now seems that things are about to change.
Google is no longer just about search, [...]
Fourth Cable Cut
For the forth time this week there has been a communications cable incident that has takes the internet into the Middle East. The cable has apparently either been cut or failed due to overloading. There is definitely something going on in that region or maybe this is just a massive bunch of coincidences.
Some of [...]
The internet is a weapon
The US department of defence based in the pentagon, are considering the internet as a potential weapon, and are therefore they are planning to act accordingly but what does this mean? Information obtained from the Freedom of Information act, which reads:
From the Information Operation Roadmap:
“When implemented the recommendations of this report will effectively jumpstart a [...]
ISP has to hand over customer details
The other day in the European Court of Human Rights it was found that it was illegal for an ISP to hand over details of their subscribers who are believed to be involved in file sharing, they could only do that if a criminal offence had taken place.
But on a different continent things are often [...]