Wired News: P2P Fuels Global Bandwidth Binge

Wired News: P2P Fuels Global Bandwidth Binge: «Internet users consumed more bandwidth than ever last year, driven by the growing popularity of peer-to-peer networks and heightened demand for video files. Burgeoning demand also prompted internet carriers to upgrade their network capacity to handle the upswing in traffic, a new report indicates.»

Wired News: ChoicePoint Wins Menace Award

Wired News: ChoicePoint Wins Menace Award: «A data broker that sold personal information to identity thieves, an elementary school that tried to track students with radio-frequency ID tags and a consulting firm that helped orchestrate an invasive traveler-monitoring system all received honors this week from privacy rights advocates. The honorees were named as winners of… Fortsett å lese Wired News: ChoicePoint Wins Menace Award

Japan Today – News – GPS-mounted blazers enable parents to locate kids – Japan’s Leading International News Network

Japan Today – News – GPS-mounted blazers enable parents to locate kids – Japan’s Leading International News Network Nevertheless, despite Microsoft’s current pain, the software heavyweight remains Firefox’ greatest long-term threat. The company is rapidly trying to fill in the holes in its browser offering to limit the intrusion of Firefox and other rivals. The… Fortsett å lese Japan Today – News – GPS-mounted blazers enable parents to locate kids – Japan’s Leading International News Network

Is Firefox incinerating IE?: ZDNet Australia: News: Communications

Is Firefox incinerating IE?: ZDNet Australia: News: Communications: «Nevertheless, despite Microsoft’s current pain, the software heavyweight remains Firefox’ greatest long-term threat. The company is rapidly trying to fill in the holes in its browser offering to limit the intrusion of Firefox and other rivals. The next version of IE — due within the next few… Fortsett å lese Is Firefox incinerating IE?: ZDNet Australia: News: Communications

Hollywood looks to BitTorrent for distribution: ZDNet Australia: News: Communications

Hollywood looks to BitTorrent for distribution: ZDNet Australia: News: Communications: «Hollywood is anxious to embrace BitTorrent as a method of movie distribution, according to the father of the Internet, Dr Vinton Cerf. Cerf, who wrote the original TCP/IP protocol and is currently chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), told a… Fortsett å lese Hollywood looks to BitTorrent for distribution: ZDNet Australia: News: Communications