Icann gives green light to non-Latin URLs
News The domain-name body has voted to allow the use of non-Latin characters in web extensions, allowing URLs to be written in languages such as Arabic and Hebrew [30 Oct 2009]
- Oh Dear - Tezzer
Mandelson puts 'three strikes' internet plan in motion
News Proposals that could force ISPs to cut off the internet connection of persistent copyright infringers will be included in a bill going before parliament next month [28 Oct 2009]
- who wouldn’t encrypt their traffic - mywl002
- Impossible to police - graham.manning@tso.co.uk
Shoppers blocked from buying across EU borders
News The European Commission calls for more progress on simplifying cross-border online shopping, after its study shows that 60 percent transactions cannot be completed [23 Oct 2009]
- Same... - 1000193116
Firefox gains 30m users in eight weeks
News The open-source web browser has rapidly gained new users over the past two months, according to Mozilla [27 Oct 2009]
OFT broadens online advertising probe
News Following an initial consultation into the matter, the consumer watchdog is now gathering evidence for an inquiry into online behavioural advertising and pricing practices [16 Oct 2009]
Quarter of world online as internet turns 40
News Forty years ago, engineers at two California Universities sent the first successful communication between two computers, marking the beginning of the internet [29 Oct 2009]
HP's Hurd concerned about cloud security
News Cloud computing is real and has potential, but Mark Hurd would not trust HP's important computing infrastructure to it yet [21 Oct 2009]
