Google finally stands up to China
Jan 13, 2010 Business, Net Neutrality, Regulation, Security
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Is it the end of the road for Google.cn?
Yesterday on the official Google Blog, David Drummond, Google’s Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer announced that following a cyber attack in December Google is now considering withdrawing its operations from the Chinese market. Clearly there’s more to this though and we think market leaders should make a stand against the restriction that Chinese government censorship applies to Chinese web users.
Neil Watson, Head of Operations
Through a thorough investigation since mid December Google allegedly has evidence to suggest that the attack originated in China and its aim was to access the Gmail accounts of several US, European and Chinese based human rights advocates. The company also has evidence to suggest that the attacks did not only affect Google, advising that an additional 20 large corporations in various industries including the Internet, media, finance and chemical sectors were also affected.
- Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
The Register reports that one of these additional companies was possibly Adobe, although the company has not confirmed whether or not the two incidents were related. Adobe also announced news of its attack via its corporate blog advising that they had become aware of “a computer security incident involving a sophisticated, coordinated attack against corporate network systems managed by Adobe and other companies.”
- The Register: Google may exit China after ‘highly targeted’ attack
- Adobe.com: Adobe Investigates Corporate Network Security Issue
Tags: Business, Net Neutrality, Regulation, Security
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Loading ...Poll: The Government’s IMP is…?
Jan 11, 2010 Business, Net Neutrality, Polls, Privacy, Regulation, Security
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The UK’s mobile operators have recently united against the government’s planned IMP (Improvement and Modernisation Programme) which will require all ISPs and operators to collect and store all IP communications.
We would like to know what you think about the government’s plans and have created a poll to capture your thoughts.
Tags: Business, Digital Britain, Net Neutrality, Privacy, Regulation, Security
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...2009 – The good, the bad and the ugly!
Dec 9, 2009 Business, Copyright, Digital Divide, Featured, File Sharing, Marketing, Net Neutrality, Privacy, Regulation
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As we approach the end of an eventful year I thought it would be apt to take a look back over the main industry talking points of 2009 to evaluate what happened, why we were discussing it and where we are currently at. When we have completed that let’s take a stab at predicting what we will be discussing in 2010.
Elsa Chen, General Manager
The ‘hottest’ topic of 2009 was undoubtedly illegal file sharing
We first covered this subject back in April with an article discussing the Pirate Bay case. The four founders of the website ‘The Pirate Bay’ were found guilty in a Swedish court for assisting the illegal downloading of copyrighted material. They were each sentenced to 1 year in jail and ordered to pay £2.4million in damages to the entertainment industry. This was the catalyst that started the raging debate between the entertainment industry, the government and ISPs which continues to this date. The entertainment industry and a number of high profile MPs, in particular Peter Mandelson, are calling for a three strikes and you’re cut-off policy. However, ISPs have continuously raised concerns regarding the accuracy of correctly identifying offenders and the fact that cutting a user off is presuming guilt before a fair trial with minimal and potentially flawed evidence.
This topic continued to be covered for several months and was once again inflamed with the release of the Digital Britain Report which actually advised against a three strikes policy, much to the annoyance of the entertainment industry.
- Entanet Opinion: The pirates of… Sweden
- Entanet Opinion: USC: Solving the digital divide
- Entanet Opinion: Guilty until proven innocent is the wrong approach to file sharing
- Entanet Opinion: Are YOU on the list?
- Entanet Opinion: Mandelson’s mindless meddling infuriates Internet industry
So where are we at now?
Tags: Broadband, Business, Copyright, Digital Britain, Digital Divide, File Sharing, IPv6, Marketing, Net Neutrality, Privacy, Regulation
(4 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5) Loading ...Is residential broadband recession proof?
Sep 8, 2009 Business, Featured, Reselling
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It might come as a surprise to learn that Ofcom, in some of its latest research, reports that residential customers now view broadband as an essential utility for communication. Previously it was thought only business customers had come to rely on it significantly.
Neil Watson, Technical Support Manager
Equally unsurprisingly, the report shows that during the recession we are spending more time at home browsing the Web and that this pastime has become more important than other forms of social enjoyment. When asked which activity they would rather cut back on, 47% of respondents said dining out and 41% said holidays compared to just 10% willing to cut back on their broadband service. While these findings may not raise eyebrows, they do reiterate the fact that residential users are now viewing their broadband service as more of an essential utility than an expendable luxury. Therefore we pose the question, is broadband recession proof?
Despite the findings that only 10% would sacrifice their broadband connection, the report highlighted that the same respondents are however keen to control how much they spend. In the last year the average household spend on Internet services fell by 66p a month and there is now a growing trend towards the adoption of bundled services. Again hardly earth shattering results, after all we are in a recession and we are all looking for ways to save money!
Tags: Broadband, Business, Reselling
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Swine Flu: The end of the Internet?
Aug 14, 2009 Business, Featured
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You must all be aware by now of the swine flu pandemic that has gripped the country (and in fact the world) over the last few months. You can’t turn on the TV, grab a cup of coffee in the canteen or even walk down the street without overhearing someone talking about it. But what we are going to discuss is the effect of this pandemic on our industry, your businesses and the UK economy as a whole.
Elsa Chen
So first off let’s discuss swine flu and the Internet. Contrary to several reports the pandemic is highly unlikely (never say never) to bring the UK’s Internet crashing down. Well, why would anyone think that in the first place you may ask? Concerns have been raised that if the pandemic reaches the worst case scenarios recently described by leading health officials it would have a huge impact on many of our fundamental services such as transport. With significant numbers of transport staff affected the rail and road networks would struggle to cope, possibly restricting services and making it difficult for unaffected people to get into work. This would mean more and more people would need to work from home, therefore putting increased strain on the Internet in the UK.
- The Guardian: As Britain falls sick, will the economy fail?
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