The Mole: Are News Corp ‘fit and proper people’ to own BSkyB outright in light of Dowler phone-hacking? L AST U PDATED 7:18 AM, JULY 5, 2011 I t takes a lot to make John Prescott sound like the voice of reason, but he is surely on the side of the angel…
Why are Lulzsec and Anonymous hacking game companies?
They called it Titanic Takeover Tuesday. Over the course of several hours on 14 June, the hacker group Lulzsec orchestrated distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against three online games – Minecraft, Eve Online and League of Legends – as w…
The hackers hacked: main Anonymous IRC servers invaded
War rages between competing factions within the hacker collective Anonymous after this weekend’s drama-filled takeover of the main Anonymous IRC server network.
Obama admin calls for more ICANN accountability
Commerce Department wants ICANN to be reformed from within and not replaced, saying “the United States is most assuredly opposed” to a United Nations Internet takeover.
Internet ‘kill switch’ bill gets a makeover
Senate “cyberemergency” bill returns, with critics saying tweaks still don’t safeguard civil liberties and could lead to Internet takeover.
EU clears Intel, McAfee deal under conditions
European Union regulators on Wednesday cleared Intel’s takeover of McAfee after the chipmaker committed to allowing its products to also work with software from other computer security companies.
S&P predicts another strong year for Internet companies in 2011
Standard and Poor’s Equity Research predicted continuing growth in ecommerce and online advertising next year in its assessment of U.S. Internet companies for 2011.
Scott Kessler, an information-technology analyst for S&P, estimated 10% growth in onli…
Oracle releases Open Office 3.3 and MySQL 5.5
THE CONFLICTED OWNER of major open source software projects, Oracle has updated MySQL and Open Office and launched its cloud-based productivity suite.
Since taking over Sun Microsystems, Oracle’s posturing has led many to believe that the open source …
IBM sniffs around Fortinet
But Big Blue is late to the converged infrastructure game
IBM last week polished off its acquisition of privately held Ethernet switch maker Blade Network Technologies for a rumored $400m. And just after finishing that networking meal, Big Blue appears…
