Topic: WEB - on February 28, 2008 at 10:00:00 AM CET
Former FBI Agent Calls for a Second Internet
Former FBI Agent Patrick J. Dempsey warns that the Internet has become a sanctuary for cyber criminals and the only way to rectify this is to create a second, more secure Internet. Dempsey explains that, in order to successfully fight cyber crime, law enforcement officials need to move much faster than average investigators and cooperate with international law enforcement officials. The problem is various legal systems are unprepared for the fight, which is why he claims we must change the structure of the Internet
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Topic: WEB - on February 27, 2008 at 9:54:00 AM CET
New search powers lead Firefox 3
The latest version of web browser Firefox will make changes to the way people search for information online, says its developer.
Mozilla has told the BBC's World Service that the new browser has been designed around the importance of search to users.
Firefox 3, currently going through its third stage of beta testing, will offer a combined search and bookmark tool via the url bar.
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Topic: WEB - on February 13, 2008 at 2:59:00 PM CET
Tagoo Emerging as the Russian Napster?
Until Tuesday, it wasn't on THREAT LEVEL's radar. But it appears to be a new site offering virtually any copyrighted music downloads for free. It's as easy to use as iTunes, minus the credit card. (Soon after this story was posted, the site was periodically crashing because of "too many connections," according to a warning.)
The site, based in Russia, is on Tuesday's "hotlist" in the popular social-bookmarking site del.icio.us. The apparent popularity of the music-pilfering site underscores what is already largely known: Russia, like China, is often a haven for intellectual property piracy.
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Topic: WEB - on February 13, 2008 at 2:56:00 PM CET
UK Moves to Disconnect P2P Pirates
There are plenty of Americans who hate the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). It explicitly deters copyright circumvention, stifles fair use, and has given the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) ammunition to identify suspected P2P pirates. At the end of the day, however, the DMCA has probably done more to help file-sharing than hurt it.
Why's that? As much as the DMCA is regarded as the scourge of the Internet, it has a very special section called the "safe harbor provision" for ISPs. During the late 90s, ISPs such as AT&T fought very hard to have this provision entered into the DMCA. The safe harbor provision protects the ISP from any and all criminal and/or civil infractions that may transpire across their networks.
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Topic: WEB - on February 12, 2008 at 4:26:00 PM CET
Wanna Beat Piracy? You Have to Do Better Than Them!
Is piracy killing the record industry, or is the record industry just too slow and inert to adapt to the way business should be run nowadays, and that is online? My vote goes to the latter; in fact, I think they aren’t even trying hard enough.
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Topic: WEB - on February 12, 2008 at 4:21:00 PM CET
Internet users could face disconnection for illegal downloads
Internet users who illegally download music and films could lose their access to the web under legislation aimed at cracking down on those who flout piracy laws. Powers being drafted by the government will compel internet service providers to take action against customers who access pirated material.
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Topic: WEB - on February 5, 2008 at 2:51:00 PM CET
The Visible Body - It's like "Google Earth" Human Body!
Argosy's Visible Body is the most comprehensive human anatomy visualization tool available today. This entirely Web-delivered application offers an unparalleled understanding of human anatomy. The Visible Body includes 3D models of over 1,700 anatomical structures, including all major organs and systems of the human body.
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Topic: WEB - on January 23, 2008 at 11:56:00 AM CET
EU Official: IP Is Personal
IP addresses, string of numbers that identify computers on the Internet, should generally be regarded as personal information, the head of the European Union's group of data privacy regulators said Monday.
Germany's data protection commissioner, Peter Scharr, leads the EU group preparing a report on how well the privacy policies of Internet search engines operated by Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and others comply with EU privacy law.
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Topic: WEB - on January 22, 2008 at 11:50:00 AM CET
The Pirate Bay, Guilty Before Trial!
The Pirate Bay recently featured in an exhibition about online crime, run by the Swedish police - even before their trial has begun. Pirate Bay’s Brokep has had enough of being the punch bag of the Swedish authorities: “It’s slander,” he says “Authorities are not allowed to engage in political opinionation.”
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Topic: WEB - on January 22, 2008 at 11:44:00 AM CET
faire Leistung, faire Preise
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Topic: WEB - on January 17, 2008 at 12:55:00 PM CET
The Pirate Bay Interview
The Pirate Bay has also managed to survive a server raid on the behest of the entertainment industry back in 2006. While this would have all but eliminated any other tracking site, The Pirate Bay managed to get back up and running within a few days. Since that time, legal pressure has been mounting in Sweden. The prosecutor's office is building its case against Gottfrid Svartholm ("Anakata"), Fredrik Neij ("TiAMO") and Peter Sunde ("brokep"), the administrators of The Pirate Bay. Are the administrators concerned? Hardly. In typical Pirate Bay fashion, the administrators are laughing off the threat, confident that they'll ultimately prevail. How do they plan to pull this off? Slyck spoke with Peter Sunde, the spokesperson of The Pirate Bay.
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Topic: WEB - on January 17, 2008 at 12:53:00 PM CET
Swedish prosecutors dump 4,000 legal docs on The Pirate Bay
As the calendar pages turned from 2007 to 2008, one constant remained for the motion picture and music industries: The Pirate Bay's willingness to ignore their threats (and copyrights) to the point that the Swedish group's site has become the go-to destination for torrented content on the Internet. But there may be dark clouds looming on the horizon for The Pirate Bay. Swedish prosecutors are close to bringing charges against admins Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, and Gottfrid Svartholm.
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