by Justin Blanset | Dec 13, 2010 | Commentary |
How is MasterCard like the Greensboro Woolworth’s? The diffuse Internet group Anonymous would have you believe they are very alike. In the past week, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have been launched against MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal in the wake...
by anickow | Dec 13, 2010 | Commentary
Yesterday, Net Neutrality advocates were outraged at accusations levied by Level 3 Communications Inc. against cable giant Comcast. Level 3 Communications Inc., a provider of fiber-based communications services that supports Netflix Inc.’s movie streaming...
by lacealex | Dec 1, 2010 | Commentary
In October, the International Telecommunications Union held its Plenipotentiary Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico. The ITU, an international organization operating within the UN framework tasked with addressing telecommunications issues, used the plenipotentiary...
by Jennifer Wertheimer | Dec 1, 2010 | Commentary
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Communications Commission is investigating whether Google broke federal laws when its Street View service collected personal data over wireless networks. Google has admitted that its street mapping cars picked up...
by vyc | Dec 1, 2010 | Commentary
In November 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave clearance for Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, to commence Phase I/II clinical trials of a new therapy for Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy, an incurable form of...
by julzb | Dec 1, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News
As mentioned in Robert Kolick’s post from November 3rd, LimeWire, once the most popular peer-to-peer file-sharing program on the ‘net, was ordered to shut down via an injunction issued by Judge Kimba Wood of the Southern District of New York. Just a few weeks after...
