http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles en-us http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles N/A glace@sgdnetworks.com Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:35:13 -0400 20 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11693/1/Supporting-Internet-Explorer/Supporting-Internet-Explorer.html It was a pretty big deal when 37 Signals announced their drop of support for IE 6 across all their products. Then Apple released the new set of MobileMe web applications with no support for IE 6. Dan Benjamin and John Gruber spent some time talking about supporting Internet Explorer in the latest episode of The Talk Show. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11649/1/Chinese-Government-relaxes-Olympic-internet-censorship/Chinese-Government-relaxes-Olympic-internet-censorship.html THE Chinese appear to have relaxed censorship of the internet for Olympic journalists as human rights groups demand better access. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11610/1/More-Internet-providers-agree-to-block-child-porn/More-Internet-providers-agree-to-block-child-porn.html New York's attorney general says several more Internet service providers have agreed to limit access to child pornography. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11593/1/Move-Over-USA-China-Tops-World-Internet-User-Charts/Move-Over-USA-China-Tops-World-Internet-User-Charts.html Figures released by the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) have shown that China now has the largest number of internet users in the world. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11561/1/-China-ahead-of-US-in-Internet-use/-China-ahead-of-US-in-Internet-use.html Beijing: The world’s most populous country has also emerged as home to the world’s largest Internet population. Statistics revealed on Friday showed China to have definitively overtaken the U.S. in terms of the number of its netizens. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11537/1/Yahoo-debacle-casting-a-long-shadow-over-internet-strategy/Yahoo-debacle-casting-a-long-shadow-over-internet-strategy.html If Microsoft has a plan B for internet search, it will take some time to materialise and cost agreat deal of cash. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11509/1/Sharp-fall-in-profits-increases-pressure-on-Yahoo/Sharp-fall-in-profits-increases-pressure-on-Yahoo.html Pressure on Yahoo! to complete a deal with a rival such as Microsoft increased last night after the internet search engine unveiled a sharp fall in profits for the second quarter of the year. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11438/1/Did-Yahoo-finally-do-something-right/Did-Yahoo-finally-do-something-right.html After six months of flip-flop deal talks that drew mostly anger and disappointment from Yahoo Inc shareholders, the Internet company may finally have done something right. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11409/1/A-Second-View-of-the-Open-Internet/A-Second-View-of-the-Open-Internet.html A while back Dave Eaves suggested that the open web is a social value. This may be true. I’d like to explore a different approach to the Open Web/ Open Internet. Not opposite, because the two approaches might fit together, but distinctly different. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11384/1/Internet-oversight/Internet-oversight.html Re Google Raises Fuss Over Bell's Speed Bumps (Report on Business, July 9): Bell Canada and other telecommunications companies have been slowing, shaping and restricting Internet traffic for some time. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11352/1/Internet-service-to-give-magazine-subscribers-freedom/Internet-service-to-give-magazine-subscribers-freedom.html Magazine buying may get an Internet-era makeover in September when Time Inc. launches Maghound, a service that promises to blend the convenience of subscriptions with the flexibility of newsstand sales. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11333/1/Internet-leads-in-search-for-best-thing-since-sliced-bread/Internet-leads-in-search-for-best-thing-since-sliced-bread.html THE INTERNET is emerging as an early favourite in a global search for the greatest invention since sliced bread, ahead of Australian innovations such as the Hills Hoist and the dual flush toilet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11332/1/Still-more-reasons-to-avoid-Internet-Explorer/Still-more-reasons-to-avoid-Internet-Explorer.html A few recent stories highlighted a bedrock of Defensive Computing - if you surf the web on a Windows computer, you are safer using Firefox as opposed to Internet Explorer. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11307/1/Asia-Pacific-internet-audience-soars/Asia-Pacific-internet-audience-soars.html Some 318 million people in Asia Pacific visited internet sites in April 2008, an increase of 14 per cent from 280 million in the same month one year earlier, according to a new survey. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11291/1/Russia-to-Create-Internet-Addresses-in-Cyrillic/Russia-to-Create-Internet-Addresses-in-Cyrillic.html Following ICANN's (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) announcement of a radical shake-up of the Internet last week, Russia will create its first Internet addresses using the Cyrillic alphabet next year, Communications Ministry Official Vladimir Vassiliev said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11264/1/Internet-address-suffix-choice-expanded/Internet-address-suffix-choice-expanded.html Businesses will be free to choose any suffix they please for their internet addresses after a decision yesterday to expand the choices beyond current staples such as ".com", ".co" and ".org". bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11224/1/Internet-Provider-Halts-Plan-to-Track-Sell-Users-Surfing-Data/Internet-Provider-Halts-Plan-to-Track-Sell-Users-Surfing-Data.html Charter Communications, the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, announced yesterday that it has backed off a plan to monitor customers' Internet transmissions. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11208/1/Google-plans-new-Internet-measurement-tool/Google-plans-new-Internet-measurement-tool.html Google is expected to unveil a tool Tuesday that measures Internet use to help advertisers identify the best places to buy ads that will reach its target audience, according to a report Monday on the Wall Street Journal  Web site. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11168/1/Verizon-Boosts-FiOS-Internet-Speed-In-10-States/Verizon-Boosts-FiOS-Internet-Speed-In-10-States.html In the biggest upgrade ever for its FiOS Internet Service, Verizon Communications said it will increase the upload and download speeds available to more than 10 million homes and businesses in 10 states. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11142/1/OECD-ministers-agree-to-make-Internet-safer-more-widely-used/OECD-ministers-agree-to-make-Internet-safer-more-widely-used.html Ministers and officials from leading industrial nations agreed Wednesday to make the Internet safer and more accessible, to strengthen its role as a driving force in the global economy. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11095/1/Microsoft-Abandons-Internet-Explorer-8-Development-for-Firefox-3/Microsoft-Abandons-Internet-Explorer-8-Development-for-Firefox-3.html As the Mozilla Foundation releases Firefox 3 and tries to set a record for most downloads in a day, they will be receiving help from an unlikely source: Microsoft. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11094/1/So-maybe-the-Internet-is-a-cure-for-stupidity-after-all/So-maybe-the-Internet-is-a-cure-for-stupidity-after-all.html A dozen years after presidential politics first moved online, it's remarkable how entirely unremarkable it is to page through the findings in a newly published Pew report on the Internet's role so far in the 2008 election. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11044/1/China-Internet-Research-Conference-Two-Views-of-Chinese-Internet-Users/China-Internet-Research-Conference-Two-Views-of-Chinese-Internet-Users.html The 6th annual Chinese Internet Research Conference is being held in Hong Kong this year, and China Journal is blogging through the event. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11043/1/Obama-Camp-Takes-On-Internet-Rumors/Obama-Camp-Takes-On-Internet-Rumors.html The Obama campaign launched a new Web site today to combat Internet rumors and what they call a “smear” campaign against both Michelle and Barack Obama. The website, www.fightthesmears.com, is being run by current staff in the communications, policy and research departments. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11007/1/Internet-attacks-Top-10-nations/Internet-attacks-Top-10-nations.html As Internet usage grows across the world, attacks on the net are rising. In a study conducted for the first quarter of 2008, Akamai Technologies -- a leading content delivery service provider -- observed attack traffic originating from 125 countries. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11006/1/Obamas-Internet-Money-Machine-and-the-Future/-Obamas-Internet-Money-Machine-and-the-Future.html A friendly warning to everyone (including myself) who is celebrating the unprecedented success of the Obama money machine: be careful what you wish for. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10954/1/Milking-the-Internet/Milking-the-Internet.html On her two official Web sites, Miley Cyrus, the 15-year-old star of the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana and daughter of country-music singer Billy Ray Cyrus, is identified as "America's teenage sweetheart. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10953/1/Judges-now-likely-to-get-tough-on-Internet-pedophiles/Judges-now-likely-to-get-tough-on-Internet-pedophiles.html Prosecutors and child advocates predict a Supreme Court decision will spur Canadian judges to boost the shockingly low sentences often handed to pedophiles who use the Internet to sexually abuse children for fun and profit. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10917/1/Down-To-Business-Meter-Starts-To-Tick-On-Internet-Access-Pricing/Down-To-Business-Meter-Starts-To-Tick-On-Internet-Access-Pricing.html Judging from the outcry, you'd have thought that martial law had been imposed on the Lone Star State. The news: Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable plans to test metered pricing for its Internet access service, starting in Beaumont, a city of 114,000 in eastern Texas. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10916/1/Malaysians-turn-to-Internet-to-fight-fuel-hike/Malaysians-turn-to-Internet-to-fight-fuel-hike.html Malaysians have turned to the Internet to vent their anger at one of the biggest hikes in fuel prices, and some are using it to rally support against the measure in a country with tight restrictions on street protests. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10915/1/Broadband-advertising-Call-for-code-to-be-extended-to-mobile-internet/Broadband-advertising-Call-for-code-to-be-extended-to-mobile-internet.html Senior industry figures are calling for the new code of practice for advertising broadband services to be extended to mobile internet providers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10882/1/FCC-Considers-Offering-Spectrum-for-Free-Wireless-Internet/FCC-Considers-Offering-Spectrum-for-Free-Wireless-Internet.html The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will soon vote on a plan to auction spectrum, with the winner required to offer free wireless Internet services. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10881/1/Hackers-disrupt-Comcast-Internet/Hackers-disrupt-Comcast-Internet.html A hacker attack on cable company Comcast Corp. late Wednesday brought down the company's Comcast.net website and its Web-based e-mail service, affecting thousands of people in the Twin Cities and possibly millions nationwide. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10848/1/-South-Korea-says-Internet-report-of-Kim-Jong-Ils-assassination-untrue/-South-Korea-says-Internet-report-of-Kim-Jong-Ils-assassination-untrue.html North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is alive and well.Or so says the South Korean government, which is denying a report by a little-known local Internet news site that Kim has been assassinated. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10847/1/Customize-the-history-settings-in-Firefox-and-Internet-Explorer/Customize-the-history-settings-in-Firefox-and-Internet-Explorer.html Some day browsers will make it easy to retrace our Web steps by providing total recall of every page we've opened. Until then we get the imperfect history features in Internet Explorer and Firefox. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10803/1/Google-boss-has-high-hopes-for-the-mobile-internet/Google-boss-has-high-hopes-for-the-mobile-internet.html Google CEO Eric Schmidt has advised sceptics convinced of the limitations of search engine marketing that his company still has plenty ideas for improving the technology and targeting advertising more effectively. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10802/1/Internet-freedom-bill-targeting-China-cooperation-faces-rough-road/Internet-freedom-bill-targeting-China-cooperation-faces-rough-road.html A proposed federal law that would slap extensive regulations on technology companies doing business in China and other nations deemed to be unreasonably "Internet-restricting" is facing an uncertain future due to opposition from the Bush administration and telecommunications providers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10769/1/Illegal-internet-pharmacy-shut-down/Illegal-internet-pharmacy-shut-down.html A US court has indicted the operator of an illegal online pharmacy for conspiring to distribute controlled substances. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10768/1/India-endeavors-to-police-its-Internet/India-endeavors-to-police-its-Internet.html The Internet empowers; it is an amazing information source, a forum for freedom of expression and an easy means of commerce and communication. But it can boomerang on users as well, as India's mostly young online users are learning, sometimes the hard way. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10726/1/Internet-Rumors-Haunt-President-Lee/Internet-Rumors-Haunt-President-Lee.html From the privatization of public services firms to utilities charges, most government polices are seemingly falling prey to rumors in the cyber world. These groundless and exaggerated rumors could potentially heighten people's concerns regarding government policies to an unnecessary level, while at the same time underlining their distrust in policies that directly affect their daily lives. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10725/1/Dentsu-entering-Internet-advertising-in-India/Dentsu-entering-Internet-advertising-in-India.html Japan's top advertising firm Dentsu Inc. said Monday that it was entering Internet advertising in India, predicting potential for major growth. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10724/1/Browser-developers-offer-new-tools-to-Internet-users/Browser-developers-offer-new-tools-to-Internet-users.html Browser war is intensifying with competitors trying innovations which they think will inspire users to go for their version. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10676/1/Taking-a-sabbatical-from-the-Internet/Taking-a-sabbatical-from-the-Internet.html Sharon Sarmiento knew it was time to unplug when she realized she was blogging in her dreams and hearing imaginary instant messages. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10675/1/UPDATE-1-Nokia-signs-Internet-services-deal-with-Orange/UPDATE-1-Nokia-signs-Internet-services-deal-with-Orange.html The world's top cellphone maker Nokia Oyj (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) signed a deal with France Telecom's (FTE.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) mobile arm Orange to offer mobile Internet services on Nokia phones sold through Orange. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10589/1/911-calls-may-not-work-on-Internet/911-calls-may-not-work-on-Internet.html The Emergency Management Office is cautioning Nova Scotians that 911 calls placed over the Internet may not be as safe as emergency calls over a land line. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10588/1/Hacker-Publishes-Personal-Data-Of-Six-Million-Onto-Internet/Hacker-Publishes-Personal-Data-Of-Six-Million-Onto-Internet.html The hacker took the data from several government-run Web sites, then displayed the data for all to see. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10552/1/Consumers-to-have-fast-and-mobile-Internet-access-with-WiMax-technology/Consumers-to-have-fast-and-mobile-Internet-access-with-WiMax-technology.html It will be like having an Internet connection in your pocket and will help drive a new generation of consumer devices. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10551/1/BART-to-sell-youth-discount-tickets-on-the-Internet/BART-to-sell-youth-discount-tickets-on-the-Internet.html BART will start selling discount train tickets to teenage students over the Internet this September in an attempt to introduce more young people to public transit. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10516/1/Sun-Bids-For-Rich-Internet-App-Builders-With-JavaFX/Sun-Bids-For-Rich-Internet-App-Builders-With-JavaFX.html Sun Microsystems (NSDQ: JAVA) plans to compete with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Adobe Systems (NSDQ: ADBE) to supply the technology for the next generation of consumer-oriented Web applications with its JavaFX technology, the company said Tuesday bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10515/1/Internet-phone-users-get-warning-over-911-calls/Internet-phone-users-get-warning-over-911-calls.html Edmontonians are being cautioned against using some Internet-based phone services to access emergency services. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10475/1/Internet-Capital-Group-Announces-Internet-Availability-of-Materials-for-Its-2008-Annual-Meeting-of-Stockholders/Internet-Capital-Group-Announces-Internet-Availability-of-Materials-for-Its-2008-Annual-Meeting-of-S.html Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq:ICGE) (ICG) today announced the Internet availability of proxy materials for its 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new "notice and access" rules. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10474/1/Internet-sector-declines-amid-Yahoos-stumble-but-pares-losses/Internet-sector-declines-amid-Yahoos-stumble-but-pares-losses.html The Internet sector fell Monday before paring its losses, as Microsoft Corp.'s withdrawal of its buyout bid for Yahoo Inc., cast a pall on the group. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10429/1/Internet-Says-Me-Want-Cookie/Internet-Says-Me-Want-Cookie.html The last time cookies became a matter of public debate was when the "Sesame Street" character Cookie Monster was accused of encouraging poor eating habits among toddlers. Today's controversial cookies are the small text files that track where people go online. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10427/1/Ultrafast-Internet-nearly-up-to-speed/Ultrafast-Internet-nearly-up-to-speed.html Three-dimensional high-definition TV is ready, and the viewing experience breathtaking, bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10376/1/Comcast-1Q-profit-falls-but-Internet-phone-lifts-stock/Comcast-1Q-profit-falls-but-Internet-phone-lifts-stock.html Promotional offers and higher cable television spending fueled the first-quarter profits of Comcast Corp., which showed limited effects from an economic slowdown. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10375/1/Democrat-wants-to-require-disability-friendly-Internet-phones-video/Democrat-wants-to-require-disability-friendly-Internet-phones-video.html At the moment, most TVs and telephones must be outfitted with special features for people with hearing, vision, and speech impairments under U.S. law. Now an influential Democratic congressman wants to expand those requirements to their Internet counterparts. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10267/1/Attitude-Most-Important-in-Mobile-Internet-Usage/Attitude-Most-Important-in-Mobile-Internet-Usage.html Attitude and mindset are far more important criteria than gender or age in mobile Internet usage, according to a research titled Cell Surfing 2008. Hong Kong-based Buongiorno, a provider of digital value-added services, commissioned the research, to understand users' surfing habits on mobile phones. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10266/1/Nigeria-Nigerian-Internet-Group-Begins-Search-for-I4j-Beneficiaries/Nigeria-Nigerian-Internet-Group-Begins-Search-for-I4j-Beneficiaries.html Adekunle AliyuLagosThe Nigeria Internet Group (NIG) has announced its search for the beneficiary Internet for Jobs (I4J) Initiative, expected to boost employment in the country and create self-reliant jobs bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10264/1/Germany-Internet-Provider-Acquired/Germany-Internet-Provider-Acquired.html A German mobile phone company, Freenet, agreed to buy a rival, Debitel, for 1.63 billion euros ($2.5 billion), forming Germany’s third-largest mobile phone company and fending off a takeover from United Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10219/1/Alt-TV-to-stream-live-on-the-internet/Alt-TV-to-stream-live-on-the-internet.html NZ music channel Alt TV is 'breaking out of the box'.From May 1 the Auckland-based TV channel will stream live and free on the internet 24 hours a day. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10218/1/Internet-marketplace-hits-a-local-roadblock/Internet-marketplace-hits-a-local-roadblock.html Matt Grenier wants to expand his business worldwide. Like most car dealers, he wants to make a good living. Unlike most, he plans to do so without attracting road-clogging traffic to his hometown of Shrewsbury, polluting the environment, or erecting unsightly road signs. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10217/1/Domain-name-policy-puts-us-in-Internet-vanguard/Domain-name-policy-puts-us-in-Internet-vanguard.html Earlier this month, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the agency that manages the dot-ca domain, celebrated its one-millionth domain name registration.  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10168/1/Chinas-rural-Internet-users-more-than-double-in-2007-report/Chinas-rural-Internet-users-more-than-double-in-2007-report.html The number of Internet users in the Chinese countryside surged 127.7 percent last year, thanks to double-digit economic growth and fast expanding rural network construction, state media said Friday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10166/1/-Internet-Is-the-Platform-Web-20-Founder-Says/-Internet-Is-the-Platform-Web-20-Founder-Says.html Tim O'Reilly, organizer and founder of the Web 2.0 event here, spoke Wednesday about the element of change in the technology sector: whether the headlines are really driving trends, or if innovation continues on despite what analysts are saying about the industry. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10164/1/-Microsoft-internet-results-disappoint/-Microsoft-internet-results-disappoint.html Microsoft showed why it is so keen to buy Yahoo! as third-quarter sales in its own internet division came in at the low end of expectations, group profits fell by 11pc, and it remained cautious on its short-term performance. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10036/1/Back-in-the-USSR-Soviet-Internet-domain-name-resists-death/Back-in-the-USSR-Soviet-Internet-domain-name-resists-death.html The Soviet Union may be in the dustbin of history, but there's one place the socialist utopia lives on: cyberspace. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10034/1/Venture-Capitalists-Invest-in-Internet-Energy-in-Slow-Year/Venture-Capitalists-Invest-in-Internet-Energy-in-Slow-Year.html Facing an uncertain economic environment, venture capitalists showed restraint with their wallets in the first quarter. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10032/1/Canadian-media-giants-rethink-newspaper-operations-with-Internet-in-mind/Canadian-media-giants-rethink-newspaper-operations-with-Internet-in-mind.html Canada's newspaper conglomerates are rethinking the way they've presented the news by boosting interactivity and coming up with innovative ways to catch readers' attention and hang onto lucrative advertising dollars that have been slipping to the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9964/1/Sector-Snap-major-Internet-stocks-mostly-decline/Sector-Snap-major-Internet-stocks-mostly-decline.html Shares of major Internet companies mostly fell Thursday, with eBay Inc. declining as analysts' expressed mixed reactions to the online auctioneer's 22 percent first-quarter earnings growth and increased full-year outlook. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9962/1/-Storm-clouds-looming-for-Internet-experts-say/-Storm-clouds-looming-for-Internet-experts-say.html While no one predicted a Mad Max-style apocalyptic catastrophe, experts at FutureNet this week nonetheless said that Internet architecture will face stiff challenges over the next few years that could put significant strain on the Web's effectiveness. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9960/1/-ISPs-Give-FCC-Cold-Shoulder-at-Internet-Hearing/-ISPs-Give-FCC-Cold-Shoulder-at-Internet-Hearing.html The nation's major Internet service providers were noticeably absent Thursday from an FCC-sponsored, network management hearing during which Republican and Democratic commissioners clashed on how best to ensure the open nature of the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9901/1/Internet-watchdog-wants-global-action-against-child-porn/Internet-watchdog-wants-global-action-against-child-porn.html The Internet Watch Foundation has claimed that hundreds more child abuse websites around the world could be closed down if countries simply started working together. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9899/1/Presidential-race-magnifies-Internets-growing-role-in-media/Presidential-race-magnifies-Internets-growing-role-in-media.html Over at RealClearPolitics.com the same thing happens every time. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9821/1/Media-Internet-court-young-Latino-swing-vote/Media-Internet-court-young-Latino-swing-vote.html Take two twentysomething Latinos with a taste for politics, give them a crash course in news reporting, equip them with video cameras and press credentials, "embed" them at the Democratic and Republican conventions this summer and let 'er rip. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9819/1/Big-media-reconsiders-role-on-the-Internet/Big-media-reconsiders-role-on-the-Internet.html News Corp and Time Warner Inc's willingness to make a deal with Yahoo Inc is seen as a tacit admission that big media empires will not go it alone on the Internet any more. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9776/1/Iceland-Scandinavia-are-Europes-top-Internet-users-study/Iceland-Scandinavia-are-Europes-top-Internet-users-study.html Icelanders and the Scandinavians are Europe's top Internet users, the GfK market research group found in a study published Monday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9775/1/Internet-ads-rise-despite-cuts-in-marketing/Internet-ads-rise-despite-cuts-in-marketing.html Internet advertising is coming out on top as overall marketing budgets see a second consecutive quarter of cuts, and planned spending for the rest of the year suffers further downgrades, according to the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) quarterly Bellwether report. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9725/1/Road-test-internet-radios/Road-test-internet-radios.html Give local radio stations the flick as you broaden your horizons, writes David Flynn. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9724/1/Report-shows-how-Bay-Area-uses-Internet/Report-shows-how-Bay-Area-uses-Internet.html In terms of high-speed Internet access, Bay Area residents are far more wired than the rest of the nation. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9665/1/Congress-Moves-to-Suspend-Internet-Gambling-Ban/Congress-Moves-to-Suspend-Internet-Gambling-Ban.html Current law unduly burdens U.S. financial services institutionsThe Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative (SSIGI) announced its support for new legislation, H.R.5767, that would prohibit the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing or implementing any regulations related to the current ban on Internet gambling, as required by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9664/1/TriQuint-Announces-Internet-Availability-of-Proxy-Materials-for-Its-2008-Annual-Meeting-of-Shareholders/TriQuint-Announces-Internet-Availability-of-Proxy-Materials-for-Its-2008-Annual-Meeting-of-Sharehold.html TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.(R:  60.61, -2.03, -3.24%) (NASDAQ:TQNT), today announced the Internet availability of proxy materials for its 2008 annual meeting of shareholders under the new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Notice and Access rule. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9619/1/Suicide-Internet-search-turns-up-how-to-advice-study/Suicide-Internet-search-turns-up-how-to-advice-study.html People searching the Internet for information about suicide methods are more likely to find sites encouraging suicide than those offering help or support, according to a study released Friday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9618/1/Internet-giants-jumping-for-piece-of-Yahoo/Internet-giants-jumping-for-piece-of-Yahoo.html Do you Microhoo, Goohoo or AOLhoo?Internet giants are rushing to the table to come up with a range of deal combinations for Yahoo! Inc., as it tries to fend off an unwanted takeover attempt from Microsoft Corp. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9558/1/Australian-telco-begins-laying-of-9000-km-undersea-internet-cable/Australian-telco-begins-laying-of-9000-km-undersea-internet-cable.html Australian telecommunications company Telstra has begun the arduous task of laying a 9,000 km undersea internet cable from Australia to Hawaii. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9555/1/BBC-iPlayer-risks-overloading-the-internet/BBC-iPlayer-risks-overloading-the-internet.html The success of the BBC's iPlayer is putting the internet under severe strain and threatening to bring the network to a halt, internet service providers claimed yesterday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9482/1/Microsoft-calls-for-talks-on-Internet-trust-safety/Microsoft-calls-for-talks-on-Internet-trust-safety.html Microsoft Corp. today called for broad discussions about the safety of the Internet in an initiative it dubbed "End to End Trust" in a white paper released during the RSA Conference that opened today in San Francisco. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9481/1/Bell-Internet-has-most-malicious-activity-Symantec/Bell-Internet-has-most-malicious-activity-Symantec.html The Canadian PressBell Canada's Internet service carried the most viruses, spam, computer attacks and other so-called "malicious activity" in the country in the last half of 2007, says cyber-security firm Symantec. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9366/1/IOC-receives-Beijing-assurances-on-Internet-live-broadcasts-pollution/IOC-receives-Beijing-assurances-on-Internet-live-broadcasts-pollution.html The International Olympic Committee has received assurances from Beijing Olympic organizers regarding Internet access and live television broadcasts during the Games, and efforts to deal with the capital's noxious air pollution. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9364/1/Intel-chips-into-mobile-Internet/Intel-chips-into-mobile-Internet.html Intel Corp unveiled new processors for portable devices yesterday, joining the trend to allow users to access the Internet through hand-held gadgets. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9263/1/New-world-wines-star-in-Paris-thanks-to-Internet/New-world-wines-star-in-Paris-thanks-to-Internet.html The Internet changed the meaning of mail, transformed retail shopping and travel, and now one wine retailer believes it can break down the barrier between French wine enthusiasts and new world producers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9262/1/Stop-blocking-the-internet-Olympics-committee-tells-China/Stop-blocking-the-internet-Olympics-committee-tells-China.html China’s Great Firewall must be lifted during the Olympic Games to ensure free access to the rest of the world. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9101/1/Man-in-court-on-internet-sex-charges/Man-in-court-on-internet-sex-charges.html A MAN has appeared in court accused of using the internet to groom a 13-year-old US girl for sex and inciting her to commit suicide. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9100/1/Child-internet-safety-plans-under-fire-over-game-censors/Child-internet-safety-plans-under-fire-over-game-censors.html The government yesterday backed an ambitious blueprint by the TV psychologist Dr Tanya Byron to improve child safety online, but immediately faced a backlash over plans to introduce cinema-style ratings for video games. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9099/1/Comcast-Adjusts-Way-It-Manages-Internet-Traffic/Comcast-Adjusts-Way-It-Manages-Internet-Traffic.html Comcast, the country’s largest residential Internet provider, said on Thursday that it would take a more equitable approach toward managing the ever-expanding flow of Web traffic on its network. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9024/1/TGV-Internet-access-coming/TGV-Internet-access-coming.html Internet access will be available starting next year on the high-speed trains between Switzerland and France run by SNCF, the French state-owned railway. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9023/1/Internet-savvy-children-live-in-techno-Narnia/Internet-savvy-children-live-in-techno-Narnia.html Alice has moved on. Today's child has access to a world more perplexing than the universe Lewis Carroll's heroine found beneath the rabbit hole. The modern version of the story of a pre-teenager lost in a fantasy realm could be entitled Alice in Cyberspace. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8922/1/Reclusive-Bhutan-uneasy-as-Internet-pushes-edge/Reclusive-Bhutan-uneasy-as-Internet-pushes-edge.html As the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan opens up gradually to the outside world and embraces democracy, it is finding the freedoms of the Internet both exciting and dangerous. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8920/1/United-Internet-CEO-welcomes-mooted-alliance-with-Freenet-Versatel/United-Internet-CEO-welcomes-mooted-alliance-with-Freenet-Versatel.html United Internet AG's chief executive Ralph Dommermuth said he welcomes Versatel AG CEO Peer Knauer's idea of forming an alliance with Freenet AG (OOTC:FRAGF) and Telefonica SA's (NYSE:TEF) (OOTC:TEFOF) German operations. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8918/1/Charters-High-Speed-for-Life-Internet-Auction-Draws-Over-a-Half-Million-Visitors/Charters-High-Speed-for-Life-Internet-Auction-Draws-Over-a-Half-Million-Vis.html Charter Communications, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: CHTR) innovative marketing campaign is opening new sales channels and driving heightened awareness of its blazing fast high-speed Internet service. Charter’s "High-Speed for Life” Internet auction is aimed at surfers of social networks, blogs and other online communities.  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8917/1/Czech-Telefonica-O2-aims-for-140000-internet-TV-customers-by-end-of-2008---CEO/Czech-Telefonica-O2-aims-for-140000-internet-TV-customers-by-end-of-2008---CEO.html Telefonica O2 Czech Republic plans to raise the number of clients using its internet TV services to 140,000 by the end of 2008 or the beginning of 2009 from current 80,000 users, Czech Telefonica's (OOTC:TEFOF) (NYSE:TEF) CEO said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8916/1/Google-sees-wireless-Internet-on-unused-television-airwaves/Google-sees-wireless-Internet-on-unused-television-airwaves.html SAN FRANCISCO: Google wants US regulators to sign off on a plan to pack wireless Internet services into "TV white space" left empty as buffer zones between television broadcasting frequencies. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8817/1/How-does-our-Internet-garden-grow/How-does-our-Internet-garden-grow.html What if we built a garden and it flourished? And if given the correct care, that garden could expand without limit, conferring beauty and benefits beyond imagination. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8814/1/Israel-to-set-up-Internet-portal-for-world-Jewry/Israel-to-set-up-Internet-portal-for-world-Jewry.html With the large number of Internet sites dealing with Judaism and Israel and the number of hits on Web sites in Hebrew, business people, communications experts and eductors have already asked the question: Why is there no central Internet-based portal for Jews and Judaism? bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8812/1/Ferndale-firm-develops-Internet-radios/Ferndale-firm-develops-Internet-radios.html The Free Press on most Mondays features questions and answers about a new southeast Michigan business. Today's business is Myine Electronics of Ferndale, owned by Jake Sigal. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8811/1/Mother-warns-others-about-Internet-luring-dangers/Mother-warns-others-about-Internet-luring-dangers.html A Saskatchewan mother of a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted by a man three times her age is warning parents about the dangers of the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8727/1/Internet-helping-sow-knowledge/Internet-helping-sow-knowledge.html To be a teenager is to be in the process of creating the adult you will one day become. Every new thing to which a teenager is exposed might be compared to a seed which, depending on whether or not it is one of the few that the teen chooses to cultivate, may in his or her adulthood grow and blossom. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8726/1/Tata-Indicom-announces-campaign-to-promote-internet-device/Tata-Indicom-announces-campaign-to-promote-internet-device.html Tata Telservices on Thursday announced `Fastest Kaun' experience campaign in Punjab, intended to promote its wireless internet device. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8725/1/Internet-Real-Estate-Developer-Elysium-Internet-Goes-Public/Internet-Real-Estate-Developer-Elysium-Internet-Goes-Public.html Elysium Internet, Inc. (OTCBB: USBFE), an emerging direct navigation Internet media Company and formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of FTS Group (OTCBB: FLIP), a publicly traded acquisition and development Company expected to post profitable sales of $28 to $32 Million for fiscal 2008, today announced that it has become a stand alone public Company effective today. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8724/1/Girl-back-home-after-eloping-with-Internet-pal/Girl-back-home-after-eloping-with-Internet-pal.html A 14-year-old girl from Swift Current, Sask., who ran away into the night with an older man she met on the Internet has been returned safely to her relieved family, but they're furious that no one in their community even raised an eyebrow at seeing the pair together. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8723/1/Broadband-and-Mobile-Internet-Boom-in-Europe/Broadband-and-Mobile-Internet-Boom-in-Europe.html The number of Europeans with high-speed broadband connections rose sharply last year. More than 50,000 European homes and offices acquired a high-speed connection every day in 2007. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8682/1/New-PSP-Firmware-Expands-Internet-Radio-Feature/New-PSP-Firmware-Expands-Internet-Radio-Feature.html The latest PSP firmware update, version 3.93, was released earlier today, and brings with it 20 additional players for the internet radio feature that Sony added to the portable with December's 3.80 update. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8633/1/-Old-fashioned-journalism-shines-on-internet-but-ad-strategy-lags/-Old-fashioned-journalism-shines-on-internet-but-ad-strategy-lags.html An annual study of the changing face of journalism in the internet age found that "old media" content was as popular as ever but said that advertising executives had failed to find new ways to monetize that content.  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8632/1/Dont-let-the-internet-spoil-the-party--or-your-house/Dont-let-the-internet-spoil-the-party--or-your-house.html IT'S a rite of passage that every parent dreads – the night they leave the family home in the care of their teenage children who are going to "have a few friends round". It sounds innocuous enough, but social networking websites like Facebook and Bebo are being used to devastating effect, alerting thousands of partygoers intent on wrecking the house. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8631/1/On-the-Internet-guard-your-personal-space/On-the-Internet-guard-your-personal-space.html  LONDON: Beware indiscretion on the Internet, the father of the world wide web has cautioned, in a reminder that his brainchild has become one of the biggest, most permanent data 'archives' in human history. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8592/1/Recognize-Internet-addiction-as-a-mental-illness-MD-urges/Recognize-Internet-addiction-as-a-mental-illness-MD-urges.html Compulsive e-mailing and text messaging could soon become classified as an official brain illness. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8591/1/Google-says-Microsofts-Yahoo-buy-might-hurt-Internet/Google-says-Microsofts-Yahoo-buy-might-hurt-Internet.html Google Inc, the world's leading search engine, said on Monday it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft Corp were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo Inc. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8524/1/Internet-predator-jailed-3-years/Internet-predator-jailed-3-years.html KINGSTON, Ont. . Red-faced and unwilling to make eye contact with anyone in the courtroom, Mark Bedford apologized on Friday to the underage girls - reportedly numbering in the hundreds - he fooled into performing degrading sexual acts in front of Internet cameras for his own sexual gratification. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8520/1/China-Now-Has-More-Internet-Users-Than-US/China-Now-Has-More-Internet-Users-Than-US.html Research firm BDA predicts that e-commerce will boom in China as businesses and retailers take advantage of China's growing population of Internet users. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8517/1/The-Internets-Space-Shortage/The-Internets-Space-Shortage.html The Internet often seems like a limitless landscape, connecting billions of hyperactive endpoints, with more added by the minute. But ask some of the engineers quietly working to keep those billions of nodes seamlessly connected and they'll tell you the Internet is far from infinite. In fact, it may be starting to get a bit crowded. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8515/1/Japan-to-strip-Internet-for-illegal-downloaders-report/Japan-to-strip-Internet-for-illegal-downloaders-report.html Japanese companies plan to cut off the Internet connection of anyone who illegally downloads files in one of the world's toughest measures against online piracy, a report said Saturday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8513/1/Sweden-could-force-Internet-firms-to-name-file-sharers-report/Sweden-could-force-Internet-firms-to-name-file-sharers-report.html Sweden should require Internet providers to hand over information identifying people involved in illegal file sharing, two government ministers said in remarks published Friday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8467/1/Manitoba-regulator-moves-to-shut-Internet-druggists/Manitoba-regulator-moves-to-shut-Internet-druggists.html Manitoba regulators have decided to stop licensing the province's controversial Internet pharmacies, arguing it is impossible to oversee operations whose customers live mostly in another country. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8466/1/The-Internet-Traffic-Challenge-The-Policy-Dimension/The-Internet-Traffic-Challenge-The-Policy-Dimension.html The New York Times ran a story today that looked at the rapid rise in Internet traffic, led by the increasing popularity of YouTube-style video and other bit-hungry services. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8465/1/In-flight-Internet-cleared-for-take-off/In-flight-Internet-cleared-for-take-off.html I’ve been skeptical of plans for in-flight broadband access. Let’s face it, the airlines don’t have a great track record here. No one used those sad phones in the seatbacks. And Boeing’s Connexion service–once offered by a few international carriers–is gone. But this time it may finally happen. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8464/1/Internet-radio-firms-say-royalties-limiting-choices/Internet-radio-firms-say-royalties-limiting-choices.html For Barry Cedergren, the decision to stop broadcasting nightclub music over the Internet was a matter of simple arithmetic. Much as he enjoyed playing music online, a big increase in music performance royalties made it too expensive for him to continue operating Mobile Beat Radio. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8463/1/China-has-worlds-largest-number-of-Internet-users/China-has-worlds-largest-number-of-Internet-users.html BEIJING: China has edged past the US in terms of the number of Internet users to reach the number one slot, a research firm said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8383/1/Ottawa-moves-to-rid-Internet-of-cancer-cure-scams/Ottawa-moves-to-rid-Internet-of-cancer-cure-scams.html CALGARY -- Ottawa has cracked down on dozens of Canadian-based Internet scams promising cancer cures or treatments that do nothing more than con people out of their money and potentially harm their health. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8382/1/ABC-woos-internet-viewers/ABC-woos-internet-viewers.html THE ABC plans to launch a breakfast television program on ABC2 as part of another push into digital media. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8381/1/Online-Protest-Denounces-Internet-Enemies/Online-Protest-Denounces-Internet-Enemies.html Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders is organizing an online protest to denounce Internet censorship in 15 countries around the world. VOA's Brian Wagner reports the protest aims to raise attention to at least 62 people jailed as cyber-dissidents. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8380/1/Denvers-New-Program-to-Reduce-GHGsUsing-the-Internet/Denvers-New-Program-to-Reduce-GHGsUsing-the-Internet.html The city of Denver on Wednesday launched what it said was the world’s first greenhouse gas management and reduction program targeting vehicles. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8379/1/Video-Road-Hogs-Stir-Fear-of-Internet-Traffic-Jam/Video-Road-Hogs-Stir-Fear-of-Internet-Traffic-Jam.html Caution: Heavy Internet traffic ahead. Delays possible.For months there has been a rising chorus of alarm about the surging growth in the amount of data flying across the Internet. The threat, according to some industry groups, analysts and researchers, stems mainly from the increasing visual richness of online communications and entertainment — video clips and movies, social networks and multiplayer games. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8304/1/Iliad-FY-net-profit-up-244-pct-on-broadband-internet-growth-UPDATE/Iliad-FY-net-profit-up-244-pct-on-broadband-internet-growth-UPDATE.html PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Iliad, the alternative French internet and telecommunications operator, said its net profit rose 24.4 pct to 150.2 mln eur last year, up from 120.6 mln in 2006, boosted by growth in its Free broadband internet service. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8303/1/Nigeria-Internet-Community-Upholds-Honour-On-Onyekwere/Nigeria-Internet-Community-Upholds-Honour-On-Onyekwere.html The Internet community in the country has upheld the recent national award bestowed on the chairman, pioneer Internet Service Provision (ISP) company, Linkserve Limited, Chief Chima Apugo Onyekwere. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8302/1/-Internet-Explorer-8-Goes-a-Different-Way/-Internet-Explorer-8-Goes-a-Different-Way.html I'm not bowled over by Microsoft's new beta of Internet Explorer 8. First of all, it looks almost exactly the same as Internet Explorer 7.0 (IE7), which was arguably one of the most significant updates in the browser's roughly 12-year history.  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8301/1/Internet-for-pornography-not-voting-Ex-Polish-PM/Internet-for-pornography-not-voting-Ex-Polish-PM.html Poles should not be allowed to vote online because the Internet attracts people who watch "pornography while sipping a bottle of beer", a former prime minister told his party's Web site. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8300/1/Sector-Roundup-Internet-Semiconductors/Sector-Roundup-Internet-Semiconductors.html Among the sector activity stories for Tuesday, March 11, from AP Financial News: bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8203/1/Congress-Should-Honor-Internet-Builders-Rights/Congress-Should-Honor-Internet-Builders-Rights.html The "Net Neutrality" bill represents Congress trying to have its cake and eat it too ("Internet Wrecking Ball," Review & Outlook, Feb. 25). bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8202/1/Ex-Mo-Mayor-Accused-in-Internet-Sting/Ex-Mo-Mayor-Accused-in-Internet-Sting.html A former small-town Missouri mayor and pastor can go to trial over allegations he made sexual advances in an Internet chat room to a detective posing as a 13-year-old girl, a judge ruled Monday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8201/1/Internet-network-provider-Level-3s-co-founder-Kevin-OHara-resigns/Internet-network-provider-Level-3s-co-founder-Kevin-OHara-resigns.html Level 3 Communications Inc., an Internet network provider struggling to integrate a host of acquisitions, caught investors off-guard Monday by announcing the resignation of co-founder Kevin O'Hara as president and chief operating officer. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8199/1/European-Union-launches-investigation-into-US-Internet-gambling-laws/European-Union-launches-investigation-into-US-Internet-gambling-laws.html The European Union launched an investigation Monday into U.S. laws on Internet gambling, after European betting companies complained that Washington's actions against them were infringing world trade rules. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8110/1/Internet-banking-less-risky-than-driving-a-car/Internet-banking-less-risky-than-driving-a-car.html A recent Nielsen survey showed that 46 per cent of people were concerned or very concerned about internet banking security. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8109/1/BBC-revamps-mobile-internet-site/BBC-revamps-mobile-internet-site.html The BBC is relaunching its mobile internet site, one of the most popular destinations on the mobile web, as more people have a phone that can access the internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8107/1/Mid-East-telecom-and-internet-to-ring-in-sales-of-US70-billion/Mid-East-telecom-and-internet-to-ring-in-sales-of-US70-billion.html The Arabian Gulf ICT market is one of the fastest growing in the world with the Middle East telecommunications and broadband Internet sectors expected to generate US$70 billion in annual sales revenue by 2015, claim the organisers of MECOM 2008. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8106/1/Internet-activity-is-tracked-more-than-we-realize/Internet-activity-is-tracked-more-than-we-realize.html A famous New Yorker cartoon from 1993 showed two dogs at a computer, with one saying to the other, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7996/1/EU-to-sink-205-mil-into-Internet-TV-project/EU-to-sink-205-mil-into-Internet-TV-project.html BRUSSELS -- The European Union is investing 14 million euros ($20.5 million) in the P2P Next research project aimed at using peer-to-peer for Internet television. The project gathers the BBC and the EBU as well as 19 universities and data industry partners in building an open-source solution with video-on-demand functions. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7995/1/Lords-inquiry-looks-again-at-internet-security/Lords-inquiry-looks-again-at-internet-security.html The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has announced a follow-up inquiry to its Personal Internet Security report. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7994/1/Supreme-Court-Strikes-Down-States-Law-to-Diminish-Internet-Tobacco-Sales-to-Teens/Supreme-Court-Strikes-Down-States-Law-to-Diminish-Internet-Tobacco-Sales-to-Teens.html The Supreme Court yesterday shut down state efforts to curb Internet sales of tobacco to teenagers, saying that the efforts were well-intentioned but violated federal restrictions against states regulating shipping. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7993/1/Internet-Law-Expert-Weighs-House-Race/Internet-Law-Expert-Weighs-House-Race.html Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford University professor who studies the intersection of law and the Internet, said he is considering a run for an open congressional seat in the San Francisco area. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7992/1/Bill-Gates-Internet-Censorship-Wont-Work/Bill-Gates-Internet-Censorship-Wont-Work.html Efforts by countries like China to restrict the exchange of information on the Internet are ultimately doomed to failure, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told an audience of Stanford University students Tuesday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7936/1/Celebrity-porn-scandal-rocks-Internet-in-China/Celebrity-porn-scandal-rocks-Internet-in-China.html A pink MacBook, a computer repair shop, an internationally renowned actor, and eight female pop stars are at the center of what is being described as the biggest Internet sex scandal in China. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7934/1/Man-charged-over-internet-rape/Man-charged-over-internet-rape.html A MAN has been charged with raping a 15-year-old Brisbane girl he met on the internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7932/1/Saboteurs-may-have-cut-undersea-internet-cables-says-UN-agency/Saboteurs-may-have-cut-undersea-internet-cables-says-UN-agency.html The specialist team investigating the damage to several undersea internet cables that caused web and telecoms outages across the Middle East and Asia said it could have been an act of sabotage. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7931/1/China-lashes-Internet-giant-over-steamy-HK-celeb-photos/China-lashes-Internet-giant-over-steamy-HK-celeb-photos.html BEIJING -- China's censors on Tuesday ordered the nation's most popular Internet search engine to apologies for allowing explicit photos of Hong Kong celebrities to be published on its site. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7929/1/Study-Internet-sex-offenders-dont-fit-stereotype/Study-Internet-sex-offenders-dont-fit-stereotype.html A University of New Hampshire study says the threat of online predators trolling the Internet and social Web sites seeking to stalk, kidnap and rape young children has been greatly overstated. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7824/1/Chinas-top-Internet-search-engine-Baiducom-censured-for-allegedly-spreading-racy-photos/Chinas-top-Internet-search-engine-Baiducom-censured-for-allegedly-spreading-racy-photos.html HONG KONG: China's top Internet search engine, Baidu.com, has been censured by a government-sponsored Web watchdog for allegedly helping spread sexually explicit photos that appear to feature several Hong Kong stars. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7822/1/Most-Internet-Sex-Offenders-Aim-At-Teens-Not-Young-Children-Study-Shows/Most-Internet-Sex-Offenders-Aim-At-Teens-Not-Young-Children-Study-Shows.html Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults who target young children by posing as another youth, luring children to meetings, and then abducting or forcibly raping them, according to researchers who have studied the nature of Internet-initiated sex crimes. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7820/1/Yahoo-and-other-plays-on-the-Internet/Yahoo-and-other-plays-on-the-Internet.html Remember the time when the Internet started (and before it took over our lives)? It was a wonderful toy, attracting the best and brightest to write software for it, and it provided free access to all kinds of wonderful sites full of wonderful information. Run-up to Budget 2008-09 bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7818/1/Youths-recruited-to-make-internet-safer-Vancouver-conference-told/Youths-recruited-to-make-internet-safer-Vancouver-conference-told.html VANCOUVER - Police are turning to youth - as potential targets of abuse - in an international effort to protect young people on the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7816/1/Indian-doctor-gets-30-years-in-Internet-pharmacy-ring/Indian-doctor-gets-30-years-in-Internet-pharmacy-ring.html An Indian doctor studying for an MBA degree was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for orchestrating a global illegal Internet pharmacy network from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7631/1/The-best-new-Internet-hoaxes/The-best-new-Internet-hoaxes.html You've been had. Some geeky guy with a bad comb-over just convinced you to click 100 times on your Gmail account to somehow tap into a Google TV beta. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7630/1/Internet-is-the-key/Internet-is-the-key.html Plaid MP Adam Price said an internet-based project could make a greater impact. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7629/1/Police-Porn-was-off-Internet/Police-Porn-was-off-Internet.html A former Carmel High School computer technician is scheduled to appear in court Friday to face felony charges of child exploitation. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7627/1/Markeys-new-neutrality-bill-one-more-first-down-in-the-Internet-freedom-bowl/Markeys-new-neutrality-bill-one-more-first-down-in-the-Internet-freedom-bowl.html God knows I love Ed Markey as one of the true defenders of us average folks. Time and again, he has proven himself that rare combination of smarts and political savvy to remain an effective champion against media consolidation and telco and cable interests even when he was minority member. Which is why it always pays to pay attention when he acts. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7626/1/Thousands-lose-phone-Internet-and-TV-after-fire-melts-fibre-optic-line/Thousands-lose-phone-Internet-and-TV-after-fire-melts-fibre-optic-line.html REGINA - There was no access for thousands of Access Communications customers in Regina after a fire melted a critical fibre optic cable for Internet, cable TV and digital phones. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7537/1/Internet-Reducing-American-Energy-Use/Internet-Reducing-American-Energy-Use.html The internet is saving 10 times the energy required to run an internet-linked computer. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7536/1/Internet-Fault/Internet-Fault.html OK I have recently had the new Nokia N95 on the 3 network in the UK. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7534/1/Can-hotels-sniff-my-internet-traffic/Can-hotels-sniff-my-internet-traffic.html My friend's husband has been getting into her email even though she's not given him her password. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7533/1/Namibia-Regional-Councils-Stimulated-By-Internet/Namibia-Regional-Councils-Stimulated-By-Internet.html The Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development in collaboration with the French support programme, yesterday expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the Decentralization Network Expansion Project. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7532/1/RPT-Vodafone-creates-new-internet-division-to-develop-mobile-web-strategy/RPT-Vodafone-creates-new-internet-division-to-develop-mobile-web-strategy.html Vodafone Group PLC (nyse: VOD -  news  -  people ) has hired former Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT -  news  -  people ) executive Pieter Knook to head up a new internet division that will develop the telecom group's mobile web strategy. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7416/1/Novarra-Raises-the-Bar-for-Mobile-Internet-Experience-With-VisionTM-Platform-Version-70/Novarra-Raises-the-Bar-for-Mobile-Internet-Experience-With-VisionTM-Platform-Version-70.html Novarra, the Internet Mobility(TM:  110.22, -1.93, -1.72%) company, announces commercial availability of the latest version of its Vision(TM:  110.22, -1.93, -1.72%) mobile web and multi-media platform. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7414/1/Amazon-Plays-Dumb-in-Internet-Sales-Tax-Debate/Amazon-Plays-Dumb-in-Internet-Sales-Tax-Debate.html The crazy web of rules relating to the sales tax on Internet purchases — and the equally crazy debate about what the right policy should be — is about to get even crazier. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7412/1/-Comcast-Defends-Role-As-Internet-Traffic-Cop/-Comcast-Defends-Role-As-Internet-Traffic-Cop.html "Comcast said yesterday that it purposely slows down some traffic on its network, including some music and movie downloads, an admission that sparked more controversy in the debate over how much control network operators should have over the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7284/1/Comcast-Defends-Role-As-Internet-Traffic-Cop/Comcast-Defends-Role-As-Internet-Traffic-Cop.html Comcast said yesterday that it purposely slows down some traffic on its network, including some music and movie downloads, an admission that sparked more controversy in the debate over how much control network operators should have over the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7283/1/Internet-Sex-Video-Case-Stirs-Free-Speech-Issues-in-Hong-Kong/Internet-Sex-Video-Case-Stirs-Free-Speech-Issues-in-Hong-Kong.html HONG KONG — A series of arrests here for posting sexually explicit images of what appear to be some of Asia’s best-known pop stars has led to a division among Internet users over free speech, and questions of selective police enforcement of obscenity laws. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7282/1/T-Mobile-drops-Google-from-internet-deal/T-Mobile-drops-Google-from-internet-deal.html Google suffered a serious blow to its ambitions to move its commanding position in online search on to the mobile internet yesterday, when its first major European partner, T-Mobile, dumped the company in favour of technology from rival Yahoo. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7280/1/Yahoo-buys-Internet-video-company/Yahoo-buys-Internet-video-company.html BOSTON: Yahoo has purchased a broadband video start-up, Maven Networks, for $160 million in the biggest acquisition yet of an Internet video toolmaker. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7278/1/Lower-costs-strong-Internet-sales-push-Qwest-Q4-profit-89-per-cent-higher/Lower-costs-strong-Internet-sales-push-Qwest-Q4-profit-89-per-cent-higher.html DENVER - Qwest Communications International Inc. reported an 89 per cent increase in fourth quarter earnings Tuesday on strong sales of Internet and data products, despite aggressive competition and the looming threat of a slowing U.S. economy. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7160/1/ATT-to-supply-Starbucks-with-wireless-Internet/ATT-to-supply-Starbucks-with-wireless-Internet.html AT&T, the biggest phone company in the U.S., agreed to provide Starbucks Corp.'s coffee shops with wireless Internet access. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7159/1/MOBILE-WORLD-Vodafone-CEO-Mobile-Internet-Key-To-Growth/MOBILE-WORLD-Vodafone-CEO-Mobile-Internet-Key-To-Growth.html BARCELONA -(Dow Jones)- Vodafone Group PLC (VOD) Chief Executive Arun Sarin said Tuesday the future of the mobile industry will be defined by who succeeds in developing mobile internet services. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7156/1/China-Targets-Internet-in-Crime-Sweep/China-Targets-Internet-in-Crime-Sweep.html Seeking to ferret out online games considered overly violent or unhealthy, China has targeted illegal Web sites, computer markets and Internet cafes as part of a campaign to rein in juvenile crime. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7155/1/Internet-Day-highlights-web-risks/Internet-Day-highlights-web-risks.html Safer Internet Day is being marked around Europe with events to educate children and parents about net dangers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7153/1/Illegal-downloaders-could-be-banned-from-internet/Illegal-downloaders-could-be-banned-from-internet.html People who download music illegally could be banned from the internet under plans currently being considered by the UK government. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7071/1/Internet-contacts-increase-paedophilia-Experts/Internet-contacts-increase-paedophilia-Experts.html Madrid: Detentions of paedophiles have gone up rapidly in Spain, where experts attribute the increase of such crimes to the opportunities the internet offers to child molesters or pornography consumers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7070/1/Nokia-Internet-unit-eyes-growth/Nokia-Internet-unit-eyes-growth.html Nokia's (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) new Internet business will focus initially on boosting sales and user numbers, and then target at least the same profitability as the rest of the group, Nokia's new Internet services head said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7069/1/Korea-Hot-Stocks-Internet-portals-shipbuilders/Korea-Hot-Stocks-Internet-portals-shipbuilders.html Stocks on the move on Monday include:As of 0036 GMT, the main KOSPI was down 3.41 percent at 1,638.71 points as investors price in global markets' slide during the Lunar New Year holiday, sending banks, shipbuilders and technology titles lower. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6947/1/Alleged-murder-for-hire-Internet-plot-foiled-when-police-tipped-off/Alleged-murder-for-hire-Internet-plot-foiled-when-police-tipped-off.html It was a Craigslist ad to die for.A federal grand jury here has accused a 48-year-old woman of taking out an ad on the website to try to hire someone to kill her lover's wife for $5,000. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6946/1/One-password-for-the-Web-Internet-giants-back-idea/One-password-for-the-Web-Internet-giants-back-idea.html It's the bane of anyone who uses the Internet: remembering different user IDs, passwords and registration information for sites you use regularly. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6943/1/One-Internet-cut-explained-but-four-others-still-a-mystery/One-Internet-cut-explained-but-four-others-still-a-mystery.html A ship's anchor severed one undersea Internet cable damaged last week, it was revealed on Thursday amid ongoing outages in the Middle East and South Asia, but mystery shrouds what caused another four reported cuts. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6878/1/Majority-of-Swiss-surf-the-internet/Majority-of-Swiss-surf-the-internet.html Switzerland is among the most wired countries in the world, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad). bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6876/1/Internet-cable-cuts-More-than-accidents/Theres-a-growing-uneasiness-in-the-global-Internet-community-over-a-series-of-crippling-Interne.html There's a growing uneasiness in the global Internet community over a series of crippling Internet blackouts overseas that has resulted from four cuts and disruptions to underwater cables over the past week. While no evidence of sabotage has been forthcoming, the four breaks seem to many observers to stretch the bounds of coincidence. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6774/1/Nokia-Widens-Internet-Footprint/Nokia-Widens-Internet-Footprint.html In an effort to extend its footprint in the mobile Internet services space, Nokia has rolled out two Internet-based services. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6773/1/Internet-political-buzz-super-for-democracy/Internet-political-buzz-super-for-democracy.html They blogged and Twittered, MySpaced and Facebooked, Googled and Yahooed. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6771/1/Internet-player-AOL-back-for-another-go/Internet-player-AOL-back-for-another-go.html THE stakes in the online market have been raised again, with the US internet company AOL launching its own free Australian web portal to directly compete with Yahoo!7 and ninemsn. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6770/1/Cut-Middle-East-Internet-cables-remain-a-mystery/Cut-Middle-East-Internet-cables-remain-a-mystery.html Repair ships arrived off Egypt's Mediterranean coast Tuesday to begin fixing the severed underwater cables that have bedeviled Internet service throughout the Middle East and India since last week. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6769/1/Canadian-court-hands-rare-Internet-hate-crime-conviction/Canadian-court-hands-rare-Internet-hate-crime-conviction.html A Canadian court handed down a rare conviction to a white supremacist for posting hate material on the Internet, police here said Tuesday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6692/1/Switch-To-IPv6-On-Internets-Root-Servers-Begins.html The switch to a new Internet address format has begun, as Web overseers look to provide a pool of virtually unlimited addresses to support the growing number of Internet-connected devices. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6691/1/Scientology-feud-with-its-critics-takes-to-Internet/Scientology-feud-with-its-critics-takes-to-Internet.html Cyber attacks and threats against the church erupt after it asks YouTube to pull Tom Cruise clips. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6690/1/China-may-relax-Internet-curbs-during-the-Olympics-official/China-may-relax-Internet-curbs-during-the-Olympics-official.html China is debating whether to relax control of the Internet during the Olympics, allowing access to banned websites such as the BBC, a spokeswoman for the organising committee said Tuesday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6688/1/Frankly-Speaking-Anchor-fade-takes-out-the-Internet/Frankly-Speaking-Anchor-fade-takes-out-the-Internet.html It's usually called "backhoe fade." Not this time, though. Last week, two underwater communications cables were accidentally cut near Alexandria, Egypt. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6686/1/Google-Microsoft-threatens-quotopenness-and-innovationquot-of-the-internet/Google-Microsoft-threatens-quotopenness-and-innovationquot-of-the-internet.html Following Yahoo!'s rather reserved statement in reaction to Microsoft's take-over bid announcing that all other options have to be considered first, Google has now also responded with a statement. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6402/1/Court-delivers-a-blow-to-record-companies-on-internet-piracy/Court-delivers-a-blow-to-record-companies-on-internet-piracy.html Record labels and film studios cannot demand that telecoms companies reveal the personal details of people suspected of swapping copyrighted material on the internet, the European Court of Justice ruled yesterday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6400/1/Indian-outsourcing-sector-hit-by-Internet-disruption/Indian-outsourcing-sector-hit-by-Internet-disruption.html India's vital outsourcing industry, which relies heavily on the Internet, was grappling with a major communications disruption Thursday after damage to undersea cables thousands of kilometres away in the Mediterranean. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6398/1/U2s-turn-for-Internet-thrashing/U2s-turn-for-Internet-thrashing.html Looks like it's U2's turn to take a pounding from the bloggerati. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6396/1/Google-Profit-Probably-Rose-as-Internet-Search-Lead-Expanded/Google-Profit-Probably-Rose-as-Internet-Search-Lead-Expanded.html Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet search engine, probably boosted fourth-quarter profit by attracting more Web queries and online advertising. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6394/1/Egypt-asks-to-stop-film-MP3-downloads-during-Internet-outage/Egypt-asks-to-stop-film-MP3-downloads-during-Internet-outage.html Egypt's telecommunications ministry appealed Thursday for Internet users to stop downloading movies and MP3s so as to give priority to businesses after damage to an undersea cable forced all traffic onto backup systems. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6314/1/ADB-gives-25-million-dollars-to-bring-Internet-to-rural-Nepal/ADB-gives-25-million-dollars-to-bring-Internet-to-rural-Nepal.html The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday it would provide a grant of 25 million dollars to bring the Internet and other forms of information technology to remote areas of Nepal. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6313/1/Court-delivers-a-blow-to-record-companies-on-internet-piracy/Court-delivers-a-blow-to-record-companies-on-internet-piracy.html Record labels and film studios cannot demand that telecoms companies reveal the personal details of people suspected of swapping copyrighted material on the internet, the European Court of Justice ruled yesterday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6311/1/Internet-murder-target-found-bomb-in-home/Internet-murder-target-found-bomb-in-home.html Six months before a Rockford woman allegedly issued an Internet ad asking for someone to murder her lover's wife, she was visiting the city where the intended victim lived and even applied for a job at the same place the woman worked, according to court testimony. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6310/1/Cellular-Unit-and-Internet-Stand-Out-for-Verizon/Cellular-Unit-and-Internet-Stand-Out-for-Verizon.html That old phone cord is tying Verizon down.Verizon Communications said on Monday that its traditional telephone business remained a drag on the bottom line. But the company said it was not yet seeing the effect of a slowing economy, and its wireless business continued to show promising growth. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6198/1/Internet-helps-doctor-get-back-to-basics/Internet-helps-doctor-get-back-to-basics.html Dr. Howard Stark's office is quiet. Very quiet. No patients sit in his waiting room. No receptionist answers the telephone. Stark does not have a receptionist. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6197/1/Nokia-moves-to-realize-Internet-ambitions/Nokia-moves-to-realize-Internet-ambitions.html Nokia Corp. said it would purchase Trolltech ASA, a Norwegian software company, for about $153 million, subject to approval by Trolltech’s stockholders. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6196/1/Internet-Golds-Board-Approves-Convertible-Bonds-Buyback-Program/Internet-Golds-Board-Approves-Convertible-Bonds-Buyback-Program.html Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd. today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to NIS 112 million (approximately U.S. $30 million) of the Company's convertible bonds. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6195/1/U2-manager-takes-Internet-providers-to-task/U2-manager-takes-Internet-providers-to-task.html Paul McGuinness, longtime manager of rock band U2, has called on Internet service providers to immediately introduce disconnection policies to end illegal music downloads and urged governments to make sure they do. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6194/1/Cellular-Unit-and-Internet-Stand-Out-for-Verizon/Cellular-Unit-and-Internet-Stand-Out-for-Verizon.html That old phone cord is tying Verizon down. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6091/1/New-Ratings-Option-for-Internet-Traffic/New-Ratings-Option-for-Internet-Traffic.html NEW YORK Start-up ratings service Quantcast is gaining momentum with clients seeking an alternative way to measure Web traffic. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6090/1/EU-Ponders-Privacy-of-Internet-Addresses/EU-Ponders-Privacy-of-Internet-Addresses.html Discussions about Google's plan to buy DoubleClick raised the question whether an IP address is legally private. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6089/1/China-vows-to-crack-down-on-Internet-piracy/China-vows-to-crack-down-on-Internet-piracy.html China vowed on Sunday to improve the "grave situation" of music piracy in the country, as it hosted the annual music industry event here to learn and exchange ideas with companies from around the world. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6088/1/Johann-Hari-Beware-the-internets-looming-class-divide/Johann-Hari-Beware-the-internets-looming-class-divide.html When I was a child, not so long ago, there was a BBC television programme called Tomorrow's World. Every week, presenters would show us fantastical pieces of technology that would, in The Distant Future, remake the world. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6087/1/--Internet-suicides-shock-Britain/Internet-suicides-shock-Britain.html FIRST-year college student Natasha Randall was much liked by her friends, seemed happy and was not on drugs. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6006/1/Pay-Per-Play-Break-Internet-Style-Rules-Make-Lots-of-Money/Pay-Per-Play-Break-Internet-Style-Rules-Make-Lots-of-Money.html We’re solicited, on average, by about two or three different ad networks of varying types on a weekly basis here at Mashable. Some of them are great ideas, and some of them are downright stinkers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6004/1/-Internet-hackers-attack-the-the-church/Internet-hackers-attack-the-the-church.html The battle between hackers and the Church of Scientology that boiled over this week has been brewing for years, says a local expert on the religion. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6003/1/Im-the-Forrest-Gump-of-the-internet/Im-the-Forrest-Gump-of-the-internet.html It's a funny time to be an inveterate optimist. Recession is looming, carbon emissions uncapped, the insurgency in Iraq ongoing. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6001/1/Shanghai-metro-apologises-to-kissing-couple-in-Internet-video/Shanghai-metro-apologises-to-kissing-couple-in-Internet-video.html Shanghai's metro rail authority apologised to a couple who had threatened to sue after a video of them kissing on a station platform was posted on the Internet, state media reported Friday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6000/1/In-flight-Internet-Grounded-for-life/In-flight-Internet-Grounded-for-life.html If Wi-Fi is available at thousands of Internet cafes on even the most remote beaches in Southeast Asia, why isn't it ubiquitous on airplanes in the United States? bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5886/1/Diane-Lanes-worries-about-the-Internet-and-her-children-spur-her-to-take-role-in-Untraceable/Diane-Lanes-worries-about-the-Internet-and-her-children-spur-her-to-take-role-in-Untraceab.html "The jury's still out with them and the Internet," she says of her daughter, Eleanor, 14, and husband Josh Brolin's two teenagers from a previous marriage. "I think it's their entitlement to privacy that is so irksome to me, as a parent. 'This is my universe. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5885/1/Sprint-Nextel-sues-4-companies-for-patent-infringement-on-Internet-calls/Sprint-Nextel-sues-4-companies-for-patent-infringement-on-Internet-calls.html Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday filed lawsuits against four minor telecommunications providers, claiming they were infringing on the company's patents for sending telephone calls over the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5883/1/Google-DoCoMo-Announce-Mobile-Internet-Partnership/Google-DoCoMo-Announce-Mobile-Internet-Partnership.html The deal will give Google a major platform with the 51 million Japanese cell phone users who are DoCoMo subscribers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5881/1/ATT-offering-free-wireless-Internet/ATT-offering-free-wireless-Internet.html AT&T Inc. is making wireless Internet free at more than 10,000 hot spots nationwide for the company's broadband customers, including 39 in Memphis. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5880/1/US-Conference-of-Mayors-Applauds-Verizon-for-Creating-Internet-Access-Program-in-the-City-of-Elizabeth/US-Conference-of-Mayors-Applauds-Verizon-for-Creating-Internet-Access-Program-in-the-City-of-Eliza.html The U.S. Conference of Mayors recognized Verizon Thursday (Jan. 24) for creating an Internet access program that enables more than 13,000 Elizabeth residents to surf the Web. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5770/1/Internet-delivers-lollipop-scorpions-to-Australia/Internet-delivers-lollipop-scorpions-to-Australia.html Live honey bees, chocolate-coated insects or lollipops with scorpions. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5769/1/Student-to-be-executed-over-internet-paper/Student-to-be-executed-over-internet-paper.html Afghanistan: A court has sentenced a 23-year-old journalism student to death after judges said an internet paper he printed and distributed violated the tenets of Islam. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5768/1/ATT-Looking-at-Internet-Filtering/ATT-Looking-at-Internet-Filtering.html AT&T Inc. is still evaluating whether to examine traffic on its Internet lines to stop illegal sharing of copyright material, its chief executive said Wednesday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5767/1/Southwest-Airlines-to-test-wireless-Internet-on-flights/Southwest-Airlines-to-test-wireless-Internet-on-flights.html Southwest Airlines will test satellite-delivered broadband Internet access on four airplanes this summer. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5765/1/Internet-privacy-concerns-cause-very-public-row-in-Brussels/Internet-privacy-concerns-cause-very-public-row-in-Brussels.html Cyber big brothers or friendly providers of targeted information? European parliamentarians have found themselves at odds with Internet giants such as Google on the thorny issue of online privacy. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5652/1/-Philippines-Internet-Friends/Philippines-Internet-Friends.html Philippines Internet FriendsMany men from the USA become friends with Philippines girls over the internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5650/1/China-breaks-quotreal-timequot-Internet-porn-site/China-breaks-quotreal-timequot-Internet-porn-site.html Chinese police have shut down a Web site selling real-time porn and arrested 33 people, state media said on Wednesday, part of a campaign which led to the shut-down of 44,000 Web sites and arrest of 868 people last year. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5649/1/The-Internet-Explorer-lock-in/The-Internet-Explorer-lock-in.html On the IEblog there is this post about compatibility and IE8 and how they will introduce lots of new quirks modes for each new Internet Explorer release, starting with IE8. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5647/1/HBO-on-Broadband-launches-in-Milwaukee-Green-Bay/HBO-on-Broadband-launches-in-Milwaukee-Green-Bay.html Milwaukee and Green Bay have been selected for the launch of HBO on Broadband, which will give Time Warner Cable customers access to as many as 600 HBO programs per month. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5646/1/Internet-privacy-concerns-cause-very-public-row-in-Brussels/Internet-privacy-concerns-cause-very-public-row-in-Brussels.html Cyber big brothers or friendly providers of targeted information? European parliamentarians have found themselves at odds with Internet giants such as Google on the thorny issue of online privacy. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5525/1/PBS-tackles-teenage-Internet-infamy/PBS-tackles-teenage-Internet-infamy.html You may not realize it, but your kid probably has two distinct personalities. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5524/1/Former-teacher-charged-with-internet-grooming/Former-teacher-charged-with-internet-grooming.html A former teacher who is alleged to have used the internet to groom young girls for sex has been refused bail in a Canberra court. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5522/1/Microsoft-agrees-on-Internet-TV-joint-venture-in-SKorea/Microsoft-agrees-on-Internet-TV-joint-venture-in-SKorea.html US software giant Microsoft agreed Tuesday to set up a joint venture with two South Korean firms for a foray into the country's nascent Internet TV market, officials said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5520/1/Yahoo-expected-to-shed-workers/Yahoo-expected-to-shed-workers.html Yahoo is planning to lay off hundreds of people as part of an effort to refocus its sprawling Internet services to compete with rivals like Google and Facebook, according to a source close to the company. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5518/1/Despite-weak-4Q-venture-investment-in-2007-highest-since-Internet-boom/Despite-weak-4Q-venture-investment-in-2007-highest-since-Internet-boom.html A down fourth quarter couldn't stop 2007 from being the best year for venture capital investment in Philadelphia-area companies since the Internet boom, according to a report released Monday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5397/1/Concern-over-poor-awareness-of-Internet-usage-policy/Concern-over-poor-awareness-of-Internet-usage-policy.html Coimbatore: While the life in an organisation has become dependent on IT, the awareness about the Internet usage policy is poor and not well communicated; and the IT spend and security budgets still low, Surinder Singh, Director (SAARC), Websense, said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5396/1/Internet-radio-buffs-Now-you-dont-need-to-hover-over-the-PC/Internet-radio-buffs-Now-you-dont-need-to-hover-over-the-PC.html I love spending Thursday evenings listening to Susanna, the thinking person's heartthrob on Boston College's WZBC. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5395/1/Internet-testing-slated-this-week/Internet-testing-slated-this-week.html Regulators will try again to test prototypes on Thursday for transmitting high-speed Internet service over unused TV airwaves. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5394/1/Chinese-Internet-User-Population-Reaches-210-Million/Chinese-Internet-User-Population-Reaches-210-Million.html On January 17, 2008, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) issued its 21st Statistical Survey Report on the Internet Development in China . bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5392/1/The-Internet-Is-Down----Now-What/The-Internet-Is-Down----Now-What.html It’s likely that the Internet will soon experience a catastrophic failure, a multi­day outage that will cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5248/1/Time-Warner-to-test-Internet-billing-based-on-usage/Time-Warner-to-test-Internet-billing-based-on-usage.html Time Warner Cable Inc said on Wednesday it is planning a trial to bill high-speed Internet subscribers based on their amount of usage rather than a flat fee, the standard industry practice. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5247/1/Internet-Movie-Database-to-acquire-indie-film-service/Internet-Movie-Database-to-acquire-indie-film-service.html Amazon.com is delving even deeper into the film industry, with subsidiary Internet Movie Database signing a deal to acquire Withoutabox. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5245/1/Rural-towns-to-get-faster-Internet-service/Rural-towns-to-get-faster-Internet-service.html Little Shuswap Lake in British Columbia, Sauble Beach in Ontario and St-Augustin in Quebec are among the rural communities that are scheduled to finally get fast Internet service in coming years. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5244/1/UK-aiming-to-curb-terrorists-on-internet/UK-aiming-to-curb-terrorists-on-internet.html Britain has announced a drive to shut down websites inspired by al-Qaeda, comparing the move with efforts to target paedophiles online. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5243/1/110-of-young-Chinese-netizens-suffers-Internet-addiction/110-of-young-Chinese-netizens-suffers-Internet-addiction.html About 9.72 percent of Chinese netizens between the ages of 13 and 30 suffer Internet addiction, a survey revealed on Friday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5119/1/Detective-says-Internet-sting-suspect-asked-him-to-get-rid-of-evidence/Detective-says-Internet-sting-suspect-asked-him-to-get-rid-of-evidence.html A Diamond man who has made somewhat of a career out of Internet stings targeting sexual predators of children said the subject of his most recent action phoned him Wednesday morning and asked him to destroy the evidence. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5118/1/Internet-potent-weapon-in-White-House-hopefuls-arsenal/Internet-potent-weapon-in-White-House-hopefuls-arsenal.html The business of US politics is booming on the Internet, as 2008 White House hopefuls rake in donations, organize, and get their message out, hoping that online efforts will yield real-world votes. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5117/1/China-intensifies-crackdown-on-Internet-piracy/China-intensifies-crackdown-on-Internet-piracy.html Chinese authorities investigated 1,001 copyright infringement cases during a campaign against online piracy from August to October last year, 60 percent more than the combined number in 2005 and 2006. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5116/1/Time-Warner-to-test-Internet-billing-based-on-usage/Time-Warner-to-test-Internet-billing-based-on-usage.html Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it is planning a trial to bill high-speed Internet subscribers based on their amount of usage rather than a flat fee, the standard industry practice. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/5114/1/Girl-Next-Door-Lands-on-the-Internet/Girl-Next-Door-Lands-on-the-Internet.html Chances are you'll recognize Alice Fraasa, but you won't be able to figure out from where. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4996/1/Porn-companies-challenged-by-Internet-sites/Porn-companies-challenged-by-Internet-sites.html After years of booming sales supported by videotapes, DVDs and the Internet, the adult film industry is being challenged by easy video-sharing Web sites offering explicit content for free. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4994/1/Internets-The-Way-Of-Life-For-Chinese-Youth/Internets-The-Way-Of-Life-For-Chinese-Youth.html The Chinese sage Confucius once said: "By nature, men are nearly alike. By practice, they get to be wide apart." bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4992/1/Can-The-Internet-Save-The-Planet/Can-The-Internet-Save-The-Planet.html Solar arrays and wind farms grab all the green technology attention, but the Internet is quietly providing ways to save energy. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4990/1/Trent-Reznor-wants-an-Internet-tax/Trent-Reznor-wants-an-Internet-tax.html Everyone is trying to find a way of adapting to the new reality of the music industry -- the fact that CD sales are dropping, that songs can be downloaded and shared instantaneously, etc. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4987/1/Internet-edging-out-traditional-media-for-US-vote-news-poll/Internet-edging-out-traditional-media-for-US-vote-news-poll.html The number of Americans who follow the campaign for the White House on the Internet has more than doubled since 2000, with youngsters in particular ditching traditional media for the web, a poll showed Friday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4893/1/TVs-with-Internet-content---walk-dont-run/TVs-with-Internet-content---walk-dont-run.html At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) consumer electronic vendors were competing as to which company would be the first to bring out Internet connected TVs with embedded content partnerships. Panasonic previewed its first 'IPTV plasma TV'. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4892/1/MPs-reject-internet-ticket-tout-ban/MPs-reject-internet-ticket-tout-ban.html Calls for a ban on internet ticket touts have been rejected by MPs, who said artists and promoters should instead be given a share of the profits.An influential committee criticised the large sums being made by firms and individuals selling tickets for popular events online at huge mark-ups. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4890/1/William-Hill-to-buy-in-technical-experts-to-save-internet-arm/William-Hill-to-buy-in-technical-experts-to-save-internet-arm.html William Hill is to call in an outside technology firm to rescue its underperforming internet betting division in a move that will lead to a £26m write-off on its in-house software development programme.Chairman Charles Scott, who is acting chief executive, yesterday insisted the accelerated departure last September of boss David Harding was not connected with problems with the NextGen software. Others involved in developing the software had left the company. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4889/1/Internet-for-Your-Car-Your-iPod----in-the-Middle-of-Nowhere/Internet-for-Your-Car-Your-iPod----in-the-Middle-of-Nowhere.html If you've ever wanted to shop online and stream music from your car or be connected to the Internet on a cross-country road trip, companies like Intel, Sprint and Motorola believe your wildest Web fantasies may be about to come true.All three companies have contributed to the development of WiMax, a technology that delivers strong wireless signals across miles instead of feet, probably even faster than the Internet connection you're using to read this article right now. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4887/1/Leeway-Seen-in-China-Internet-Rules/Leeway-Seen-in-China-Internet-Rules.html China is so keen to keep foreign investment flowing that it probably will let private Web sites work around strict new rules limiting video-sharing to state-controlled companies, analysts say.China-based Web sites already need a government license that only companies majority-owned by Chinese nationals can get, and managers of private sites based in China say they already excise "inappropriate" content. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4775/1/Oversi-Receives-Follow-on-Order-From-True-Internet-Thailand/Oversi-Receives-Follow-on-Order-From-True-Internet-Thailand.html True Internet, Thailand'sleading Internet Service Provider (ISP) and one of the fastest growingproviders in Asia, is expanding its deployment of Oversi's P2P (peer-to-peer)caching and content delivery platform to support the growth in P2P traffic onits network. The expanded system will enable True to increase its bandwidthcapacity and offer new services, enhancing True customers' experience. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4752/1/Internet-Polling-Fails-in-NH/Obama-had-the-online-buzz-going-into-the-primary-but-it-was-Clinton-who-won-the-votes.html Obama had the online buzz going into the primary, but it was Clinton who won the votes. The pundits and pollsters were wrong. Again. So, again, was the Internet vote. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4635/1/Elysium-Internet-Subsidiary-Dice-Ventures-Inc-Names-Marco-Janeczek-as-Its-CEO/Elysium-Internet-Subsidiary-Dice-Ventures-Inc-Names-Marco-Janeczek-as-Its-CEO.html Elysium Internet, Inc., a profitable online media Company and wholly owned subsidiary of FTS Group, Inc. (OTCBB: FLIP), today announced that Mr. Przemyslaw "Marco" Janeczek has agreed to stay on as CEO of Elysium's subsidiary, Dice Ventures, Inc. and become a senior advisor to the board of directors of Elysium Internet, Inc. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4631/1/BT-ties-in-Microsoft-for-internet-TV-push/BT-ties-in-Microsoft-for-internet-TV-push.html BT is hoping to boost uptake of its flagship internet television service through a tie-up with Microsoft’s XBox 360.The British telecoms group announced today it will make "on-demand" films and sport content from its Vision service available via the XBox games console so consumers can watch the service in a second room without the need for a special BT set-top box. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4628/1/Eutelsat-Viasat-to-work-together-on-providing-internet-services/Eutelsat-Viasat-to-work-together-on-providing-internet-services.html Viasat Inc said it has agreed with Eutelsat Communications, Loral Space & Communications Corp and Telesat to work together to expand broadband internet services via satellite.ViaSat and Eutelsat are cooperating around ViaSat's Ka-band SurfBeam networking system and a common wholesale business model to offer service through ISPs, telecommunication companies, and direct-to-home television providers, the US company said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4627/1/Matsushita-Electric-Will-Sell-YouTube-Internet-TVs/Matsushita-Electric-Will-Sell-YouTube-Internet-TVs.html Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will sell televisions in the U.S. that can access Google Inc.'s YouTube, riding on the popularity of a site where more than 100 million videos are viewed daily.The company will start sales of the Internet-connected televisions this spring, Osaka, Japan-based Matsushita, the world's biggest consumer electronics maker, said in a statement today. Users can also access Picasa Web Albums, Google's online photo-sharing program, on the TV sets, Matsushita said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4626/1/CES-2008--Intels-jam-session-plays-up-world-of-quotpersonal-Internetquot/CES-2008--Intels-jam-session-plays-up-world-of-quotpersonal-Internetquot.html Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini orchestrated what he called the first live virtual jam session Monday, combining digital motion-capture, virtual-world environments and real-time networked audio to present a concert by the band Smash Mouth.Smash Mouth front man Steve Harwell sang on stage while his band mates, displayed as realistic digital avatars of themselves, each in different locations, played along on screen. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4514/1/Sony-to-Add-Internet-Phone-Function-to-PSP/Sony-to-Add-Internet-Phone-Function-to-PSP.html Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Monday it will add an Internet phone function to its new PlayStation Portable game gadget in late January with the aim of boosting sales of the new model. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4512/1/Sharp-puts-Internet-sort-of-on-its-TVs/Sharp-puts-Internet-sort-of-on-its-TVs.html Sharp is going to put select Internet content on some models of its TVs, the latest attempt by TV makers to cut out the PC.The Aquos Net service, which kicks off later this month, will let viewers click a button on their remote and get Nasdaq stock quotes, local weather information, high-definition images, traffic information from Traffic.com and cartoons. NBC later will put information from some of its sites on the Aquos Net service. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4511/1/Telecom-Italia-puts-French-internet-operator-Alice-up-for-sale---report/Telecom-Italia-puts-French-internet-operator-Alice-up-for-sale---report.html Telecom Italia has decided to sell its French internet operation Alice and has hired Credit Agricole's investment bank Calyon to lead the sale process, Le Figaro reported, citing unnamed sources.On the basis of the most recent acquisition in the sector in France, that of Club Internet by Neuf Cegetel for 425 mln eur, Alice would be worth between 600 and 650 mln eur, the newspaper said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4508/1/Pandora-Expands-Availability-to-Reciva-Powered-Internet-Radio-Devices/Pandora-Expands-Availability-to-Reciva-Powered-Internet-Radio-Devices.html Reciva (Cambridge, UK) and Pandora (Oakland, CA) today announcedtheir partnership to make Pandora available on Reciva-powered InternetRadio receivers and networked devices in the US. Products from morethan 30 Consumer Electronics brands are expected to be upgraded tooffer Pandora's unique Internet radio service. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4505/1/Broadcom-Microsoft-To-Collaborate-On-Internet-Protocol-TV/Broadcom-Microsoft-To-Collaborate-On-Internet-Protocol-TV.html  DOW JONES NEWSWIRESMicrosoft Corp. (MSFT) and Broadcom Corp. (BRCM) will collaborate on Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV, products.The collaboration includes Microsoft and Broadcom working together to enable the popular Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV client software to operate on next- generation set-top boxes utilizing the Broadcom BCM7405 System-on-a-Chip. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4395/1/Internet-Movies-Spur-Hope-for-Web-Connected-TVs/Internet-Movies-Spur-Hope-for-Web-Connected-TVs.html They won't give up. More than a decade after talk started of connecting the living room TV to the Internet, electronics companies are again hotly pursuing the marriage. They think they can learn from previous mistakes that gave "convergence" a bad name. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4394/1/Cold-hearted-Internet-prankster-targets-ice-cream-chain/Cold-hearted-Internet-prankster-targets-ice-cream-chain.html Now, that's cold: Cold Stone Creamery is the target of an Internet prankster who is falsely proclaiming that the large ice cream chain will give away samples of its frozen treats next week.The prank message, posted on the social-networking Web site Facebook.com, said the chain will be handing out small, "Like It" portions of ice cream between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Monday. There will be no ice cream giveaway. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4392/1/Morton-Grove-man-in-ID-theft-case-used-phone-Internet-to-obtain-credit-cards-federal-prosecutor-says/Morton-Grove-man-in-ID-theft-case-used-phone-Internet-to-obtain-credit-cards-federal-prosecutor-sa.html A Morton Grove man charged with identity theft spent much of his time on the phone with credit card companies, even disguising his voice as he pretended to be other people, a federal prosecutor said Thursday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4389/1/TRAI-submits-final-proposals-on-Internet-Protocol-TV/TRAI-submits-final-proposals-on-Internet-Protocol-TV.html The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has submitted to the Government the final recommendations on providing Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) suggesting that both telecom operators and cable TV operators should be allowed to offer the service. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4383/1/China-clamps-down-on-Internet-video--govt-notice/China-clamps-down-on-Internet-video--govt-notice.html China has announced new rules to control the explosion of audio-visual content on the Internet, in a move seen as an effort to transfer the government's television and radio censorship model to the Web.Only state-controlled entities will have the right to operate websites that post audio-visual material, under the new regulations, which state clearly that all content must adhere to the ruling Communist Party's values. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4274/1/Internet-dating-activity-grows-in-New-Year/Internet-dating-activity-grows-in-New-Year.html An internet dating site has seen a boom in membership this holiday season - possibly because people have more time on their hands, says a relationship consultant.Trade Me's Findsomeone site has seen a 30 per cent increase in online activity this New Year. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4271/1/Plan-to-give-every-child-internet-access-at-home/Plan-to-give-every-child-internet-access-at-home.html Parents could be required to provide their children with high-speed internet access under plans being drawn up by ministers in partnership with some of the country's leading IT firms.Jim Knight, the schools minister, said he is in talks with companies such as Microsoft, BT, Sky, Virgin and RM to help close the widening achievement gap between pupils from the richest and poorest families. More than one million children have no access to a computer at home. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4270/1/China-clamps-down-on-Internet-video--govt-notice/China-clamps-down-on-Internet-video--govt-notice.html China has announced new rules to control the explosion of audio-visual content on the Internet, in a move seen as an effort to transfer the government's television and radio censorship model to the Web. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4268/1/Morton-Grove-man-in-ID-theft-case-used-phone-Internet-to-obtain-credit-cards-federal-prosecutor-says/Morton-Grove-man-in-ID-theft-case-used-phone-Internet-to-obtain-credit-cards-federal-prosecutor-sa.html A Morton Grove man charged with identity theft spent much of his time on the phone with credit card companies, even disguising his voice as he pretended to be other people, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.Instead of working, Mohammad Afzal Sodagar, 51, usually was on the phone or the Internet, trying to add to his collection of more than 400 credit cards, often "using a different voice" to disguise his identity, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Christopher McFadden. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4267/1/Netflix-To-Stream-Internet-Video-Movies-Directly-To-TVs/Netflix-To-Stream-Internet-Video-Movies-Directly-To-TVs.html Netflix and LG Electronics will develop a set-top box to let users to stream movies and other content from the Internet to HDTV sets.Netflix and LG Electronics will deliver rental movies and TV series directly to TV sets, sidestepping the well-known red envelopes used by the DVD rental company. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4174/1/Internet-Marketing-Personal-Massage-in-Tandem/Internet-Marketing-Personal-Massage-in-Tandem.html Las Vegas-based Internet Marketing and PR firm, Zealous Marketing, announced today that they have been retained by Diamond Beauty Supply to implement a global internet marketing campaign to increase retail sales of the new iSmart Massager. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4171/1/Young-Bhutto-relies-on-Internet-to-spread-message/Young-Bhutto-relies-on-Internet-to-spread-message.html Benazir Bhutto's son Bilawal has struck a chord with Pakistan's young Internet users but may take longer to win over his slain mother's impoverished rural supporters, analysts and net-surfers say. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4169/1/Women-in-Cdn-study-hesitant-to-admit-they-meet-men-through-Internet/Women-in-Cdn-study-hesitant-to-admit-they-meet-men-through-Internet.html Even though online dating and social networking sites have become firmly entrenched in the cyber landscape, a new study suggests many women are hesitant to admit that they meet men through the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4168/1/HAMMERTIME-HEADED-FOR-THE-INTERNET-Former-rapper-prepares-to-launch-dance-oriented-Web-site/HAMMERTIME-HEADED-FOR-THE-INTERNET-Former-rapper-prepares-to-launch-dance-oriented-Web-site.html *MC Hammer may have hung up his microphone but the former rapper is still in the dancing business with a new Silicon Valley enterprise poised to rake in over $20 billion in 2008. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4077/1/Arab-teen-suspected-of-Internet-terror/Arab-teen-suspected-of-Internet-terror.html After an 18-month-long investigation, the Israel Police revealed late Monday night that they had arrested an Israeli Arab teen suspected of participating in what they called "Internet terror" - hacking in to Israeli Web sites and causing millions of shekels worth of damage. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4076/1/Joyce-Brothers-Are-your-children-vulnerable-to-Internet-predators/Joyce-Brothers-Are-your-children-vulnerable-to-Internet-predators.html There are many watchdog groups, as well as software and hardware solutions, aimed at keeping children safe on the Internet. But people who understand the problem realize that it can't be solved by technology alone. How much do you know about keeping kids safe when they go on the Internet? Take this quiz to find out. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4075/1/Google-left-behind-as-Koreans-Naver-gate-the-internet/Google-left-behind-as-Koreans-Naver-gate-the-internet.html When South Koreans want to find something on the internet, they almost never "Google it". They much prefer to "Naver it".Koreans are so loyal to their home-grown search engine that Naver has become the world's fifth-largest portal, according to comScore, the US internet researcher. Not bad for a nation of 48m people, even if it is one of the most wired countries on earth. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4073/1/Microsoft-Declares-Victory-in-Browser-War-Discontinues-Internet-Explorer/Microsoft-Declares-Victory-in-Browser-War-Discontinues-Internet-Explorer.html Following the announcement last week that AOL discontinued the Netscape Navigator browser, Microsoft announced that it was "declaring victory" and "ending support for Internet Explorer.""We made Internet Explorer with the sole purpose of destroying Netscape.  That job is done. It was a long and hard-fought battle, but the better browser won," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.  "What point is there now to having a browser product?  We won! WOOHOO!" bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/4071/1/Australias-plans-to-filter-Internet-under-fire/Australias-plans-to-filter-Internet-under-fire.html An Australian government plan to filter the Internet Wednesday drew criticism from privacy advocates who said it represented the start of state censorship. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3849/1/A-dissenting-voice-on-Internet-growth/A-dissenting-voice-on-Internet-growth.html I MUST disagree with Elaine C. Kamarck, the author of "Increasing Internet capacity" (op ed, Dec. 26), on the role of phone companies in Internet growth. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3845/1/Hollywood-writers-threaten-internet-breakaway/Hollywood-writers-threaten-internet-breakaway.html Forget Warner Brothers, Universal and Disney. Say goodnight and good luck to CBS, NBC and Fox. The Hollywood studio model is about to be turned upside down. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3844/1/Chinese-Internet-Players-Vaulted-Over-Rivals-In-07/Chinese-Internet-Players-Vaulted-Over-Rivals-In-07.html Smart companies usually innovate to build on fast-moving markets.That's what happened in China in 2007 as that nation's sizzling Internet economy offered many chances for those creative or nimble enough to give consumers what they crave. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3843/1/72nd-ATT-Cotton-Bowl-Classic-Available-on-the-Internet-to-the-International-Community/72nd-ATT-Cotton-Bowl-Classic-Available-on-the-Internet-to-the-International-Community.html JumpTV Sports and FOX Sports Team-Up to Bring the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic to Fans Located Outside U.S. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3842/1/New-Jersey-Bars-Some-Sex-Offenders-From-Internet/New-Jersey-Bars-Some-Sex-Offenders-From-Internet.html The new law prohibits anyone convicted of using a computer to commit a sex offense from using computers or accessing the Internet for part or all of their parole.New Jersey has banned some sex offenders from using computers or accessing the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3724/1/Editorial-State-must-join-forces-to-get-cigarette-tax-from-Internet/Editorial-State-must-join-forces-to-get-cigarette-tax-from-Internet.html When Wisconsin's cigarette tax jumps a buck a pack to $1.77 on Jan. 1, you can bet more smokers will be turning to the Internet to get their tobacco fix.But this means a loss in revenue for the state since many Internet cigarette buyers skirt the sales tax. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3722/1/Use-the-Internet-for-your-job-search/Use-the-Internet-for-your-job-search.html Kim Komando, Gannett News ServiceDo your New Year's resolutions include finding a new job? The Internet is a great resource for job seekers. But far too many people don't use it effectively. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3720/1/-Internet-groups-forging-a-community-of-charity/-Internet-groups-forging-a-community-of-charity.html South Korea has long enjoyed some of the fastest and most widely available broadband Internet access on the planet. Top online gamers are bona-fide TV celebrities, and long before MySpace, there was South Korea's Cyworld, a social networking site launched back in 1999. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3718/1/US-College-Football-BCS-Bowl-Games-Available-Live-on-the-Internet-to-the-International-Community/US-College-Football-BCS-Bowl-Games-Available-Live-on-the-Internet-to-the-International-Community.html JumpTV Inc. (AIM: JTV) (TSX: JTV), a leader in streaming premier sports events and international television over the Internet, announced today a partnership with FOX Sports that enables the Company to carry the network's four Bowl Championship Series football game broadcasts to fans around the world. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3717/1/New-Jersey-denies-sex-offenders-Internet-access/New-Jersey-denies-sex-offenders-Internet-access.html New Jersey Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey on Thursday signed into a law a bill forbidding Internet access to sex offenders who used the medium in committing crime.    New Jersey is the third state, after Florida and Nevada, to restrict sex offenders' access to the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3575/1/US-May-Suffer-After-WTO-Rules-Against-Internet-Gambling-Ban/US-May-Suffer-After-WTO-Rules-Against-Internet-Gambling-Ban.html American companies may suffer from the legal piracy of movies, music, computer programs, and other intellectual property after the international regulator of free trade, the World Trade Organization, ruled that a ban on Internet gambling services provided by companies abroad is unlawful. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3572/1/Fixed-Phone-Line-Users-Allowed-to-Switch-to-Internet/Fixed-Phone-Line-Users-Allowed-to-Switch-to-Internet.html Starting early next year fixed-line phone users can switch over to Internet-based phones without having to change their number. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3570/1/VOAs-Persian-News-Network-Praised-in-Internet-Article/VOAs-Persian-News-Network-Praised-in-Internet-Article.html An article titled "Satellite television thrives in Iran," published on the Internet today, stated that the Voice of America's (VOA) Persian News Network "has won its audience share because of its high-quality programming and because there is no alternative independent source of Persian-language TV news." bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3568/1/Sound-Digital-Advice---On-The-Internet/Sound-Digital-Advice---On-The-Internet.html Consumers preparing for the move from analogue to digital TV have been urged to visit a charity website that provides impartial information on an array of products.The independent research charity Ricability has been commissioned by the Government to carry out tests on the ease of use of a range of digital TV equipment. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3565/1/Unwanted-Christmas-gifts-sold-on-internet.html People who received unwanted Christmas gifts have been selling off thousands of items given to them by loved ones on internet auction sites.The auction website eBay was flooded with this year's must-have presents, especially the latest games consoles and MP3 music players, with ungrateful - or wily - recipients keen to bank a quick profit. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3444/1/Online-social-networking-frenzy-points-to-internets-future/Online-social-networking-frenzy-points-to-internets-future.html Online social networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar this year as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online communities.Google's freshly released "Zeitgeist 2007" reveals that seven out of the 10 hottest topics which triggered Internet queries during the year involved social networking. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3443/1/Exclusive-Internet-club-attracts-the-rich-and-glamorous/Exclusive-Internet-club-attracts-the-rich-and-glamorous.html Care to rub shoulders, virtually speaking, with the likes of supermodel Naomi Cambell or fashion icon Jean-Charles de Castelbajac?If the answer is 'yes,' then the solution is aSmallWorld.net, an exclusive social networking website for the wealthy and glamorous -- that is, for those wealthy, glamorous and lucky enough to be admitted. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3440/1/Middle-East-countries-are-among-the-most-zealous-Internet-censors/Middle-East-countries-are-among-the-most-zealous-Internet-censors.html CAIRO, Egypt | In Iran, a large red icon pops up on computer screens.In Syria, there is a discreet note from the filter.Other Arab nations display “blocked” in bold letters or issue “page not found” replies.However the censors put it, the message is clear: You’re not permitted to see this Web site. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3438/1/012-SmileCommunications-to-Deploy-Extensive-WiFi-Internet-Access-System-for-Sheba-Medical-Center/012-SmileCommunications-to-Deploy-Extensive-WiFi-Internet-Access-System-for-Sheba-Medical-Center.html 012 Smile.Communications (NASDAQ Global market and TASE: SMLC), a growth-oriented provider of communication services in Israel, today announced that it has been chosen by Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer to deploy an extensive Wireless Internet Access system for the use of its doctors, staff, patients and guests. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3436/1/From-under-the-tree-to-the-internet/From-under-the-tree-to-the-internet.html Internet auction sites are expecting Boxing Day to be their busiest day as Australians scramble to turn unwanted Christmas presents into ready cash. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3314/1/Internet-video-service-connects-families-and-troops/Internet-video-service-connects-families-and-troops.html Before this month, Jason Witte wouldn't hear from his brother for five or six weeks at a time. Calls from Fort Worth, Texas, to Iraq were just too expensive, he says. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3312/1/Small-Talk-Investors-in-internet-service-group-fail-to-block-chairmans-deal/Small-Talk-Investors-in-internet-service-group-fail-to-block-chairmans-deal.html Shareholders in NetB2B2 have been unhappy over the handling of the internet business-to-business services group's fundraising plans, but failed to hijack the extraordinary general meeting last week. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3310/1/-Australia-Plans-to-Censor-the-Internet/-Australia-Plans-to-Censor-the-Internet.html SenatorLuddite writes "From January 20, 2008 new content laws introduced by the Federal Government will force sites to verify the age of users before accessing content intended for mature audiences (MA15+ and R18+). bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3309/1/Holiday-Internet-Sales-in-US-Rise-at-Slowest-Pace-on-Record/Holiday-Internet-Sales-in-US-Rise-at-Slowest-Pace-on-Record.html U.S. Internet sales rose at the slowest pace on record as discounts cut revenue in the final days of the holiday shopping season. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3308/1/Etiquette-questions-arise-as-airlines-introduce-in-flight-Internet-access/Etiquette-questions-arise-as-airlines-introduce-in-flight-Internet-access.html Seat 17D is yapping endlessly on an Internet phone call. Seat 16F is flaming Seat 16D with expletive-laden chats. Seat 16E is too busy surfing porn sites to care. Seat 17C just wants to sleep. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3158/1/Verizon-Internet-REIT-settle-cybersquatting-suit/Verizon-Internet-REIT-settle-cybersquatting-suit.html Verizon Communications Inc said on Friday it has settled its lawsuit against Internet REIT, a seller of Internet domain addresses. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3156/1/10-charged-in-Internet-prostitution/10-charged-in-Internet-prostitution.html Four Chicago area men have been charged with running an Internet-based prostitution ring that employed girls as young as 15, sheriff's officials said Friday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3155/1/Most-Internet-Users-are-Unaware-of-Their-Data-Online/Most-Internet-Users-are-Unaware-of-Their-Data-Online.html Forty-seven percent of internet users have searched for their own name online but few monitor their online presence with great regularity. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3154/1/Internet-Explorer-8-passes-Acid2-test/Internet-Explorer-8-passes-Acid2-test.html After neglecting Internet Explorer for half a decade, Microsoft is now playing catch-up. It shipped IE7 as a quickish fix, and while that is approaching parity with IE6 in usage terms, it is concentrating on IE8. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3153/1/US-urges-Antigua-to-delay-WTO-sanctions-on-Internet-gambling/US-urges-Antigua-to-delay-WTO-sanctions-on-Internet-gambling.html The United States Friday urged Antigua to hold off on imposing sanctions authorized by the WTO in a dispute over online gambling, saying Washington was revising its WTO commitments. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3013/1/KDDI-Willcom-Win-Backing-to-Offer-Wireless-Internet-Update1/KDDI-Willcom-Win-Backing-to-Offer-Wireless-Internet-Update1.html KDDI Corp., Japan's most profitable mobile-phone carrier, and smaller rival Willcom Inc. won the endorsement of a government advisory panel to offer wireless broadband Internet access in the country. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3012/1/US-settles-one-Internet-dispute/US-settles-one-Internet-dispute.html The United States and the European Union have reached a settlement agreement stemming from a complex trade dispute over the ability of foreign companies to take Internet bets from U.S. customers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3010/1/-GPS-Edges-Out-Internet-as-Desired-Cellphone-Capability-in-National-Survey/-GPS-Edges-Out-Internet-as-Desired-Cellphone-Capability-in-National-Survey.html Underscoring soaring consumer interest in navigation services based on the Global Positioning System (GPS), a new national survey by Leo J. Shapiro and Associates (LJS) found that cellphone users cite GPS capability more frequently than Internet access as a desired feature. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3009/1/Father-who-abused-daughter-live-on-the-Internet-gets-four-years/Father-who-abused-daughter-live-on-the-Internet-gets-four-years.html In what he described as "a sickening case of breach of trust," Superior Court Judge John McGarry on Thursday sentenced an Ontario father to four years in prison for sexually assaulting his pre-school daughter -- live and online. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/3007/1/QA-Rotenberg-fears-Internet-privacy-meltdown-from-Google-DoubleClick-combo/QA-Rotenberg-fears-Internet-privacy-meltdown-from-Google-DoubleClick-combo.html The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said today that it won't try to block Google Inc.'s planned acquisition of online ad-serving vendor DoubleClick Inc., or seek to impose any privacy protection requirements in return for allowing the $3.1 billion deal to go through. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2887/1/Internet-Explorer-8-Passes-the-Acid2-Test/Internet-Explorer-8-Passes-the-Acid2-Test.html Microsoft announced Wednesday it has passed an early milestone for the next version of its iconic Internet Explorer. An early version of the pre-beta code for IE 8.0 has successfully passed the so-called Acid2 browser compatibility tests, Dean Hachamovitch, general manager on Microsoft's IE team, said in a blog post. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2885/1/SES-to-distribute-high-speed-Internet-to-Poland/SES-to-distribute-high-speed-Internet-to-Poland.html European satellite giant SES said on Thursday it was extending the distribution of its high speed internet access product ASTRA2Connect to make it available to consumers in Poland as of 2008. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2883/1/Online-social-networking-frenzy-points-to-Internets-future/Online-social-networking-frenzy-points-to-Internets-future.html Online social networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar this year as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online communities. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2882/1/Internet-Explorer-8-Beta-Due-in-Mid-2008/Internet-Explorer-8-Beta-Due-in-Mid-2008.html The development team is promising the new browser will not break the Web the way IE 7 did.    Microsoft has finally started talking publicly about the next release of its Internet Explorer Web browser, and expects to deliver the first beta for IE 8 in the first half of 2008.  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2880/1/Internet-Giants-Settle-US-Case-on-Gambling-Ads/Internet-Giants-Settle-US-Case-on-Gambling-Ads.html The three largest Internet companies — Microsoft, Yahoo and Google — agreed on Wednesday to pay a combined $31.5 million to settle federal civil allegations that they had accepted ads for illegal gambling. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2714/1/Nearly-half-SKorean-Internet-users-pirate-movies-survey/Nearly-half-SKorean-Internet-users-pirate-movies-survey.html Nearly half the Internet users in South Korea -- one of the world's most wired nations -- illegally download a full-length movie a week, according to a survey released Tuesday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2712/1/South-Africa-Naspers-A-Bidder-for-UK-Internet-Trader/South-Africa-Naspers-A-Bidder-for-UK-Internet-Trader.html NASPERS has emerged as a surprise potential buyer of UK-listed internet trading company Tradus - a purchase that, at an estimated R10,4bn, would cost the company the remainder of its cash reserves and more. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2711/1/Microsoft-Security-Update-Cripples-Internet-Explorer/Microsoft-Security-Update-Cripples-Internet-Explorer.html Microsoft says it is investigating reports that a security update for the Internet Explorer browser issued last week has crippled some users' ability to get on the Web.Microsoft Corp. confirms that it is investigating reports that a security update for Internet Explorer issued last week has crippled some users' ability to get on the Web with the browser. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2709/1/-EU-delivers-after-US-internet-gambling-ban/-EU-delivers-after-US-internet-gambling-ban.html The United States has agreed to allow foreign companies into its services market to offset a loss of trade after the effective ban of online gaming.Last year Washington stopped US banks and credit card companies from processing payments to online gambling businesses outside the country. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2707/1/Almost-half-of-US-Internet-users-Google-themselves/Almost-half-of-US-Internet-users-Google-themselves.html As users post more information about themselves on social networking sites and elsewhere, they are also conducting more online searches about themselves, according to a new study. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2571/1/Over-50s-fear-fraud-on-internet/Over-50s-fear-fraud-on-internet.html A fear of fraud is the biggest factor stopping people aged over 50 from going online, a Post Office survey suggests.Around 41% were worried about internet fraud and 31% said confusion over online jargon was a barrier. Over half preferred direct contact with someone. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2569/1/Internet-Proves-a-Tool-for-Greener-Cleaner-Commerce/Internet-Proves-a-Tool-for-Greener-Cleaner-Commerce.html During this holiday shopping season, a heck of a lot of people are using the Internet to indulge their consumer tendencies. Some others, including my wife and I, are trying to use technology in a different way -- to turn against consumerism. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2567/1/UInternet-says-Freenet-Versatel-too-costly-report/UInternet-says-Freenet-Versatel-too-costly-report.html German broadband services provider United Internet (UTDI.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) has no current plans to take over either Internet and telecoms firm Freenet (FNTG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) or telecoms operator Versatel VTWGn.DE, a German newspaper reported. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2565/1/More-US-Internet-users-acknowledge-Googling-themselves-online/More-US-Internet-users-acknowledge-Googling-themselves-online.html More Americans are looking themselves up on the Internet.A new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds 47% of adult Internet users in the U.S. have looked for information about themselves on Google and other search engines. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2563/1/US-Internet-Sales-Slow-as-Consumers-Limit-Spending/US-Internet-Sales-Slow-as-Consumers-Limit-Spending.html The growth of U.S. Internet sales slowed to 18 percent this holiday season from the year-ago period as consumers limited spending because of declining home values and higher gasoline prices. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2442/1/Cameroon-Internet-Forums-Overshadow-Traditional-Media---Fai-Collins/Cameroon-Internet-Forums-Overshadow-Traditional-Media---Fai-Collins.html CRTV's senior reporter and communication consultant, Fai Collins, says Internet forums that constitute an emerging public sphere, will soon overshadow the traditional media; radio, television and newspapers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2441/1/WTO-ruling-in-Internet-gambling-case-delayed---US/WTO-ruling-in-Internet-gambling-case-delayed---US.html A World Trade Organization decision on the amount of retaliation that Antigua and Barbuda can impose on the United States in an Internet gambling trade dispute will not come out on Friday as expected, a U.S. trade official said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2440/1/High-speed-Internet-heads-north/High-speed-Internet-heads-north.html Residents of Blue Lake and Holton townships who have been blocked from Internet use because of their rural locations will have access to inexpensive wireless service by January. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2439/1/Internet-calling-FAQ/Internet-calling-FAQ.html Making calls over the Internet can shrink your home phone and cell phone bills. But voice over IP (VoIP) is more than just thrifty—it mixes traditional calling with new features that simply aren’t possible with a plain old telephone. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2438/1/Indian-doctor-gets-30-years-in-US-Internet-pharmacy-ring/Indian-doctor-gets-30-years-in-US-Internet-pharmacy-ring.html A graduate student from India who organised an illegal Internet pharmacy network has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2328/1/Comcast-Supports-Governor-Lynchs-Internet-Safety-Legislation/Comcast-Supports-Governor-Lynchs-Internet-Safety-Legislation.html Earlier today, Comcast joined with Governor John Lynch, Attorney General Kelley Ayotte and other members of New Hampshire's law enforcement community to lend its support to legislation proposed by the Governor regarding online crimes and offenses. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2326/1/PPRs-Gucci-to-expand-internet-sales-to-further-brands-UPDATE/PPRs-Gucci-to-expand-internet-sales-to-further-brands-UPDATE.html (updating to add Gucci Group CEO comments on jewellery, men's clothing)FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - PPR's Gucci Group plans to expand internet sales to brands including Sergio Rossi, Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing Gucci's head Robert Polet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2323/1/Adobe-To-Open-Source-Data-Connection-Technology-For-Rich-Internet-Apps/Adobe-To-Open-Source-Data-Connection-Technology-For-Rich-Internet-Apps.html The source code for Adobe's messaging, data, and remote procedure call services will be packaged under a new open-source product called BlazeDS.Adobe Systems (NSDQ: ADBE) on Thursday said it plans to contribute to the open source community its technology for connecting rich Internet applications (RIAs) to backend data sources. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2321/1/-Just-in-Time-for-the-Holidays-Cox-Brings-Internet-Video-and-Phone-Services-to-Wal-Mart/-Just-in-Time-for-the-Holidays-Cox-Brings-Internet-Video-and-Phone-Services-to-Wal-Mart.html Cox Communications today announced its bundle of phone, video and Internet services is now available to consumers in all four Wal-Mart locations in Northern Virginia. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2320/1/Opera-to-the-EU-Internet-Explorer-is-Ruining-the-Web/Opera-to-the-EU-Internet-Explorer-is-Ruining-the-Web.html Opera wants the EU to go after Microsoft for failing to support web standards in Internet Explorer. Opera's complaint is actually two-fold. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2163/1/Holiday-shopping-through-internet-remains-intact-in-2007---SP/Holiday-shopping-through-internet-remains-intact-in-2007---SP.html Standard & Poor's (NYSE:MHP) equity research survey said 40 pct of consumers will dedicate more of the increase in their 2007 holiday spending to the internet than to any other channel. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2162/1/Foundation-Testing-Potential-of-Philanthropy-via-Internet/Foundation-Testing-Potential-of-Philanthropy-via-Internet.html The Case Foundation is embarking on an effort to test the potential of citizen-led philanthropy via the Internet.Starting at 3 p.m. on Thursday, readers of Parade magazine and members of the Causes section of the Facebook Web site can enter a contest to win a total of $500,000 and $250,000, for their favorite charities, provided by Case. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2160/1/-Cisco-Views-Video-as-Future-Internet-Driver/-Cisco-Views-Video-as-Future-Internet-Driver.html Cisco believes video will be the killer app that drives future internet growth five years from now.Cisco Systems believes video is the killer app for the next generation of Internet. But that will likely not impact the enterprise for another five to seven years. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2157/1/Blog-Insights-Doris-Lessing-and-the-Internet-quotWe-never-thought-to-askquot/Blog-Insights-Doris-Lessing-and-the-Internet-quotWe-never-thought-to-askquot.html The tech blogs have been abuzz with criticism of British writer Doris Lessing's Nobel Prize acceptance speech, in which she referred to the "inanities" of the Internet. Her entire speech is reprinted in the Guardian. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2156/1/New-Jackass-Movie-to-Hit-Internet/New-Jackass-Movie-to-Hit-Internet.html The next batch of painful "Jackass" stunts is coming to a computer screen near you.The first two films — spun off from the former MTV series — co-starred Johnny Knoxville and his gang of gross-out pranksters as they performed stunts to the delight of their youthful fans. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2038/1/RP-firm-aims-to-make-Internet-shops-more-child-friendly/RP-firm-aims-to-make-Internet-shops-more-child-friendly.html A local company that owns a chain of Internet shops has launched a "child-friendly" campaign that ensures kids visiting their outlets would be protected from cyberporn and sex-oriented content. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2037/1/State-police-sergeant-cleared-of-charges-in-Internet-sex-sting/State-police-sergeant-cleared-of-charges-in-Internet-sex-sting.html A Macomb County Circuit Court jury has acquitted a state police sergeant of all 12 charges brought against him in an Internet sting. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2036/1/JetBlue-offering-Internet/JetBlue-offering-Internet.html Starting today, passengers aboard a transcontinental JetBlue Airways flight will be able to log on to their e-mail and send instant messages at 35,000 feet in a precursor to a time in which Internet connections will be universal. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2035/1/In-Flight-Internet-Too-Tempting-for-Some/In-Flight-Internet-Too-Tempting-for-Some.html Warren Adelman's colleagues know him as "Thumbs": Like many executives, he is adept at checking e-mail on his BlackBerry and does it almost constantly. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/2033/1/Askcom-Tool-Protects-Privacy-Of-Internet-Users/Askcom-Tool-Protects-Privacy-Of-Internet-Users.html Internet search provider Ask.com's introduction of a service that protects privacy of Internet users by allowing them to delete their search data is a bold move that will shake up the search market, industry watchers say. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1873/1/ILOG-JViews-Accelerates-Creation-of-Rich-Internet-and-Desktop-Applications-Using-Ajax-Eclipse/ILOG-JViews-Accelerates-Creation-of-Rich-Internet-and-Desktop-Applications-Using-Ajax-Eclipse.html New Eclipse Module and Performance Improvements Address Most Demanding ApplicationsILOG(R) today announced ILOG JVIEWS(R) 8.1, the latest version of ILOG's award-winning Java-based visualization suite that enhances the creation of Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and desktop applications for supervision and monitoring. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1871/1/AT--T-dials-up-monthly-cost-of-old-fashioned-Internet-access/AT--T-dials-up-monthly-cost-of-old-fashioned-Internet-access.html The old-fashioned way to get Internet access—through a dial-up modem—is alive and well, and for some it is about to get more expensive. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1870/1/Copyright-amendments-cause-Internet-stir-for-government/Copyright-amendments-cause-Internet-stir-for-government.html Industry Minister Jim Prentice appears to have delayed tabling much-awaited amendments to the Canadian Copyright Act, following growing opposition to what many perceived as a flawed process. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1867/1/Airborne-Internet-closer-to-reality/Airborne-Internet-closer-to-reality.html As millions of travelers prepare to fly home for the holidays this year, a few thousand can expect to try out a new generation of onboard e-mail and text-messaging services using their own cellphones and portable devices. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1865/1/How-not-to-adapt-to-the-Internet/How-not-to-adapt-to-the-Internet.html The music industry suffered big losses before it warmed to the Web. How long will it take Hollywood?Universal Music Group made virtually its entire catalog available for free this week on Imeem, an online social network, in exchange for a cut of the company's advertising revenue. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1766/1/December-sales-on-the-internet-set-to-double-to-74bn/December-sales-on-the-internet-set-to-double-to-74bn.html If the high street is less crowded than usual for a fortnight before Christmas, it is not just because of the rain.Shoppers have logged on to the internet in unprecedented numbers since last month, according to the e-retailing industry, which has released its third sales forecast for the year. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1765/1/How-the-next-billion-will-reshape-the-Internet/How-the-next-billion-will-reshape-the-Internet.html Last month hundreds of people descended on Rio de Janiero, Brazil, for the second annual Internet Governance Forum. Sponsored by the United Nations, the IGF attracted politicians, business leaders, technologists, civil society representatives and others interested in the global issues facing the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1763/1/-Reflecting-on-the-20th-Anniversary-of-NSFnet-Internet-Origins/-Reflecting-on-the-20th-Anniversary-of-NSFnet-Internet-Origins.html The NYT and news.com have up an article looking back at the NSFnet's influence on the development of the internet. From the National Science Foundation's gamble came the TCP/IP standard we know and love today; when NSFnet was shut down in 1996 it was apparently connecting some 6 million computers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1761/1/JOHN-P-GAMBOA-Yield-your-Internet-traffic/JOHN-P-GAMBOA-Yield-your-Internet-traffic.html The Internet has become a place where people freely make their personal information available for millions of people.Religious views, political views, relationship status, hobbies, interests and oddities that would otherwise not be shared immediately with a stranger are free game. People are willing to share all of this information on MySpace and Facebook profiles, blogs, message boards and other social networking sites. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1759/1/Student-arrested-for-Internet-threat-posting/Student-arrested-for-Internet-threat-posting.html Police arrested a 21-year-old student at the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles after he posted an Internet warning of a shooting on the campus, authorities said on Sunday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1616/1/Broun-one-of-two-to-oppose-Internet-child-porn-measure/Broun-one-of-two-to-oppose-Internet-child-porn-measure.html U.S. Rep. Paul Broun was one of just two congressmen to vote this week against an Internet child pornography bill.The Securing Adolescents from Exploitation Online, or SAFE Act, is intended to catch pedophiles who trade sexual images of children over open wireless Internet networks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1614/1/Spitzer-plans-statewide-broadband-Internet-access/Spitzer-plans-statewide-broadband-Internet-access.html Eliot Spitzer yesterday announced his plan to provide broadband Internet service to even the most remote areas of the state. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1612/1/Managing-Internet-Explorer-plug-ins-The-secret-to-stability/Managing-Internet-Explorer-plug-ins-The-secret-to-stability.html Everyone knows the story: When Internet Explorer (IE) is first installed, it flies. The browser itself opens quickly, and pages load without incident. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1611/1/Freedom-of-the-Internet-No-Facebook-in-Syria/Freedom-of-the-Internet-No-Facebook-in-Syria.html Freedom of the press. Freedom of religion. Freedom of assembly.Maybe it's time to add Freedom to the Internet. Facebook, the popular social site often used by political activists to organize members around global causes has been banned in Syria, reportedly over fears of Israeli "infiltration," reports the Associated Press. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1610/1/JetBlue-Joins-Race-To-Connect-Passengers-To-The-Internet/JetBlue-Joins-Race-To-Connect-Passengers-To-The-Internet.html JetBlue Airways is the latest U.S. airline to get serious about bringing online messaging to passengers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1447/1/Retailers-Urge-Passage-of-Internet-Sales-Tax-Bill/Retailers-Urge-Passage-of-Internet-Sales-Tax-Bill.html A witness testifying on behalf of the National Retail Federationtoday urged a congressional committee to approve sales taxsimplification legislation that would make it easier to requireInternet merchants, mail-order houses and other "remote sellers" tocollect sales tax across state lines. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1446/1/General-Dynamics-Wins-Internet-Contract/General-Dynamics-Wins-Internet-Contract.html The Department of Homeland Security has awarded engineering firm General Dynamics Corp. a $48.2 million task order to provide analysis and technical support to the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, the company said Thursday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1444/1/Uganda-Stanbic-Unveils-Internet-Banking/Uganda-Stanbic-Unveils-Internet-Banking.html STANBIC Bank has launched Internet banking which is expected to reduce queues in the banking halls.Philip Odera, the managing director, explained that the development was part of efforts to offer world-class services. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1442/1/Spitzer-pushes-broadband-Internet-statewide/Spitzer-pushes-broadband-Internet-statewide.html Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Thursday announced his plan to provide broadband Internet service to even the most remote areas of the state. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1440/1/Some-Airlines-to-Offer-In-Flight-Internet-Service/Some-Airlines-to-Offer-In-Flight-Internet-Service.html Passengers may soon hear a new in-flight announcement: “You can now log on.”Starting next week and over the next few months, several American airlines will test Internet service on their planes. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1282/1/What-is-proper-etiquette-regarding-holiday-cards-Are-they-a-must/What-is-proper-etiquette-regarding-holiday-cards-Are-they-a-must.html Holiday cards may not be mandatory, but they're a wonderful way to stay in touch with people, particularly those you don't see regularly. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1280/1/Nielsen-Digimarc-launch-service-to-manage-Internet-media-content-distribution/Nielsen-Digimarc-launch-service-to-manage-Internet-media-content-distribution.html Nielsen Co. and Digimarc Corp. (NASDAQ:DMRC) (NASDAQ:DMRCE) Wednesday said they are jointly launching Nielsen Digital Media Manager, a new service enabling media companies, social networks, peer-to-peer services and user-generated content sites to monitor and manage the distribution of media content across the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1279/1/Africa-Within-the-Internet-Lies-Continents-Clay-of-Wisdom/Africa-Within-the-Internet-Lies-Continents-Clay-of-Wisdom.html ACCORDING to history books, gun-wielding European slave traders kidnapped one in five Africans and transported them across the oceans to the Americas. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1278/1/Nokias-sets-eyes-on-Internet-to-support-handsets/Nokias-sets-eyes-on-Internet-to-support-handsets.html Nokia Oyj aims to stay a hardware company but the world's top handset maker is set on strengthening its Internet services business as phone prices continue to fall. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1277/1/House-Ups-Penalties-on-Internet-Porn/House-Ups-Penalties-on-Internet-Porn.html Internet service providers would be given specific responsibilities to report child pornography on their sites and face tough penalties for not doing so under a bill passed Wednesday by the House. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1126/1/Wrestling-with-the-internet/Wrestling-with-the-internet.html Why has the internet proved such a nightmare for traditional media? Shouldn't the web be a money-spinner, not a source of paralysis?The internet is, after all, an extraordinary platform. It reaches infinitely more people than any other real-world method of distribution, offering the perfect opportunity to draw more traffic and sell more products. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1124/1/Internet-Poised-to-Become-Ad-Stronghold/Internet-Poised-to-Become-Ad-Stronghold.html NEW YORK The Internet is poised to overtake magazines in 2010 as the third-largest ad medium in the world.That was the prediction yesterday by Steve King, CEO of communications strategy company ZenithOptimedia in a talk to media leaders. King made his comments at the 35th annual UBS Global Media & Communications Conference in New York. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1123/1/-MI5-warns-firms-over-Chinas-internet-spying/-MI5-warns-firms-over-Chinas-internet-spying.html The government has accused China of carrying out an internet spying campaign against vital parts of the economy, it has been reported.The head of the MI5 sent a letter to more than 300 senior executives at banks, accountants, and legal firms earlier this week warning them of a web-based attack from Chinese state organizations. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1119/1/Europeans-Reveal-Growing-Affinity-for-Internet/Europeans-Reveal-Growing-Affinity-for-Internet.html More and more European homes are going online. More than half of European households have Internet access. The number with hi-speed broadband connections have risen sharply, according to EU statistical agency Eurostat.Some 54 percent of homes in the European Union's 27 nations now have access to the World Wide Web, compared to 49 percent in the first quarter of 2006. The number of broadband connections has rocketed from 30 percent to 42 percent. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1117/1/Nokia-Looks-to-Internet-Services-for-Growth/Nokia-Looks-to-Internet-Services-for-Growth.html The world's largest cell phone maker is planning a music service with unlimited downloads for one year.Nokia is looking to mobile Internet services as the engine that will drive the expected 16- to 17-percent growth in operating margins over the next two years.  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/964/1/Discover-New-Music-With-Nokia-Internet-Radio/Discover-New-Music-With-Nokia-Internet-Radio.html Discover and listen to radio shows broadcasted over the internet with the Nokia Internet Radio service now available. The application can be downloaded for free from http://www.nokia.com/internetradio and will also be embedded in upcoming Nokia S60 3rd edition devices. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/962/1/Nokia-World-2007-Nokia-Outlines-its-Vision-of-Internet-Evolution-and-Commitment-to-Environmental-Sustainability/Nokia-World-2007-Nokia-Outlines-its-Vision-of-Internet-Evolution-and-Commitment-to-Environmental-Su.html At the annual Nokia World conference today, Nokia outlined its vision for the mobile industry, predicting rapid change driven by the convergence of mobility and the internet, and the need for the industry to make an increasing contribution to environmental sustainability. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/960/1/Internet-suicide-case-leads-to-extreme-consequences/Internet-suicide-case-leads-to-extreme-consequences.html While there will be no criminal charges in the case of a 13-year-old girl who killed herself after receiving cruel messages on the Internet, there have certainly been heavy consequences. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/959/1/Over-half-of-EU-households-have-access-to-Internet/Over-half-of-EU-households-have-access-to-Internet.html Over half of households in the European Union (EU) had access to the Internet and one in two individuals had used Internet search engines, the EU's statistics bureau Eurostat said on Monday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/957/1/Nokia-to-Cooperate-with-Telecom-Italia-to-Bring-Internet-Services-to-Mobile-Users/Nokia-to-Cooperate-with-Telecom-Italia-to-Bring-Internet-Services-to-Mobile-Users.html Nokia today announced a collaboration with Telecom Italia to accelerate the adoption of new Internet services on mobile. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/818/1/Unsung-innovators-Robert-Kahn-the-stepfather-of-the-Internet/Unsung-innovators-Robert-Kahn-the-stepfather-of-the-Internet.html Bob Kahn won't take the bait when asked if he is the father of the Internet. He acts almost as if it's a trick question, and it isn't the first time he's heard it. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/816/1/Vietnams-Internet-decade-brings-hopes-problems-for-dissidents/Vietnams-Internet-decade-brings-hopes-problems-for-dissidents.html Ten years after the Internet went live in Vietnam, the number of Web users in the country has soared, with dissidents using it as a podium and others surfing it to learn about the outside world. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/814/1/Warburg-Pincus-likely-to-buy-Czech-Internet-firm-Centrumcz-Holdings---report/Warburg-Pincus-likely-to-buy-Czech-Internet-firm-Centrumcz-Holdings---report.html US private equity firm Warburg Pincus is likely to acquire a majority stake in Czech Internet firm Centrum.cz Holdings, Czech weekly Tyden reported, without citing sources. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/812/1/Teens-take-bullying-to-the-Internet-study-finds/Teens-take-bullying-to-the-Internet-study-finds.html Hateful text messages, abusive e-mails and cyber-gossip are giving bullies new power over their victims -- even in the supposed safety of their own homes, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/810/1/Fake-Games-merchandise-swamping-China-Internet--report/Fake-Games-merchandise-swamping-China-Internet--report.html Beijing is battling to stamp out illegal sales of 2008 Olympic merchandise on dozens of unauthorised Web sites seeking to cash in on the Chinese public's Games fervour, local media reported on Monday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/704/1/Internets-major-pluses-come-into-view-on-ajccom/Internets-major-pluses-come-into-view-on-ajccom.html News Web sites give users the best of all media worlds — the immediacy of television; the interactivity of talk radio; the depth of newspapers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/701/1/NaviSite-Included-In-The-NASDAQ-Internet-Index/NaviSite-Included-In-The-NASDAQ-Internet-Index.html NaviSite, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAVI), a leading internet servicesprovider for application management and managed hosting solutions,today announced that it has been chosen by Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/699/1/Rising-cost-of-Internet-financial-crimes-tallied/Rising-cost-of-Internet-financial-crimes-tallied.html Two newly published studies report an accelerating threat of Internet financial crime, the latest evidence of the growing danger. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/697/1/Down-To-Business-The-Internet-Is-In-Trouble--Or-So-Says-One-Outfit/Down-To-Business-The-Internet-Is-In-Trouble--Or-So-Says-One-Outfit.html A new Nemertes Research study exhorts U.S. Net providers to spend many more billions of dollars on their infrastructures or risk a major slowdown. Do you believe it?The internet is at risk of being overwhelmed by bandwidth-hungry traffic. At least that's the conclusion of a new study from Nemertes Research, which calls on U.S. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/694/1/UK-Internet-Sales-Up-29-Percent-in-2006/UK-Internet-Sales-Up-29-Percent-in-2006.html The value of U.K. Internet sales rose 29 percent in 2006 compared with the previous year, accounting for 6.5 percent of all nonfinancial sales, the government reported Friday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/547/1/CA-Internet-Security-Suite-Plus-2008/CA-Internet-Security-Suite-Plus-2008.html CA's easy-to-use security suite lacks sufficient protection to stop many of today's threats. Don't rely on it.A cursory look at CA Internet Security 2008 might lead you to consider it a worthwhile security suite. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/544/1/Symantec-Norton-Internet-Security-2008/Symantec-Norton-Internet-Security-2008.html Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2008 suite offers solid security protection and features, including the best behavior-based defense against unknown threats.Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2008 security suite ($70 for up to three PCs) is easy to use and comes with a host of extra security features, such as a separate Security Inspector scan that warns about unsafe browser settings and other potential security holes. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/543/1/Internet-addiction-can-cause-severe-depression/Internet-addiction-can-cause-severe-depression.html Is your first craving in the morning for your computer mouse or do you obsessively check email in the middle of the night? If so, try to get rid of the habit, otherwise you may soon experience deep depression. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/541/1/Australians-encourage-online-fraud/Australians-encourage-online-fraud.html DESPITE the dangers of online identity theft, research has found two-thirds of Australians were more likely to share personal information with other people on the internet than they would in person.More than 50 per cent of Australians have provided three or more types of personal details online to sites such as blogs, social networking sites, shopping or auction sites, the survey by Symantec said. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/539/1/Rise-seen-in-Internets-role-in-espionage/Rise-seen-in-Internets-role-in-espionage.html More than 100 countries are believed to be using the Internet for espionage, says McAfee, the information technology security company, in a report released on Thursday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/393/1/Top-of-SANS-2007-Internet-Threats-List-The-Gullible/Top-of-SANS-2007-Internet-Threats-List-The-Gullible.html Humans have replaced buggy software to become the primary target of online crime, according to the SANS Institute.Be the first to comment on this articleHumans have replaced buggy software to become the primary target of online crime, the SANS Institute concluded in its annual list of Internet security threats, released Nov. 27. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/392/1/Porsche-Pro7-United-Internet-Versatel-German-Equity-Preview/Porsche-Pro7-United-Internet-Versatel-German-Equity-Preview.html The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in Germany. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names. Share prices are from the last close. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/390/1/ROUNDUP-United-Internet-hikes-Versatel-Drillish-stakes-fuelling-takeover-noise/ROUNDUP-United-Internet-hikes-Versatel-Drillish-stakes-fuelling-takeover-noise.html United Internet has strengthened its position in the German telecoms market prior to possible consolidation moves, via stakebuilding in wireless services company Drillisch AG and phone operator Versatel. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/388/1/Online-advertising-drives-internet-sales-on-Cyber-Monday/Online-advertising-drives-internet-sales-on-Cyber-Monday.html More than $700 million was spent online in the US on November 26th, the first time this figure was exceeded in a single day.Updated holiday season figures from comScore showed that on the day (also known as Cyber Monday), a total of $733 million was spent online, with millions attracted by Internet Advertising. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/387/1/Supreme-Court-weighs-Internet-sales-regulation/Supreme-Court-weighs-Internet-sales-regulation.html The Supreme Court took up a little-noted case Wednesday that could prove a boon in the era of Internet commerce -- and deal a setback to states' efforts to keep cigarettes, drugs and other harmful products out of the hands of minors. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/285/1/States-wrong-to-hobble-Internet-commerce-with-taxes-on-access/States-wrong-to-hobble-Internet-commerce-with-taxes-on-access.html The Internet tax moratorium has been extended for seven years. Good news! Now, at least taxpayers won't have to worry about their Internet access being taxed for a while. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/284/1/Drillisch-Rises-After-United-Internet-Acquires-Stake/Drillisch-Rises-After-United-Internet-Acquires-Stake.html Drillisch AG, the German mobile-phone company that raised 106 million euros ($157 million) selling shares this week, rose in Frankfurt trading after United Internet AG acquired a stake. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/282/1/Qwest-Delivers-High-Speed-Internet-Services-to-the-Government-of-the-District-of-Columbia/Qwest-Delivers-High-Speed-Internet-Services-to-the-Government-of-the-District-of-Columbia.html Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q) has announced a 3-year contract with the Government of the District of Columbia to deliver high-speed Internet servicesforafiber-optictelecommunications network supporting District government agencies. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/280/1/Man-gets-20-years-in-Internet-triangle-killing/Man-gets-20-years-in-Internet-triangle-killing.html A 48-year-old man entangled in an Internet love triangle built largely on lies was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for killing his romantic rival. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/277/1/Teens-take-bullying-to-the-Internet-study-finds/Teens-take-bullying-to-the-Internet-study-finds.html Hateful text messages, abusive e-mails and cyber-gossip are giving bullies new power over their victims -- even in the supposed safety of their own homes, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/275/1/Court-Considers-Internet-Tobacco-Sales/Court-Considers-Internet-Tobacco-Sales.html When Maine officials tried to crack down on Internet tobacco sales to children, the outcry from shipping companies that bring cigarettes to consumers' homes was deafening. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/186/1/Internet-Gold---Golden-Lines-Ltd-Announces-That-Its-Subsidiary-012-SmileCommunications-Ltd-HAS-Published-a-Prospectus-for-the-Listing-of-its-Series-a-Debentures-on-the-Tel-Aviv-Stock-Exchange/Internet-Gold---Golden-Lines-Ltd-announced-that-its-733-owned-subsidiary-012-Smile.html Internet Gold - Golden Lines Ltd. announced that its 73.3% owned subsidiary, 012 Smile. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/185/1/Internet-Could-Choke-by-2010/Internet-Could-Choke-by-2010.html Too much dependence on the Internet is fine, except that by 2010, we might be headed for an information highway traffic jam that will make life on the Internet extremely difficult. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/184/1/Can-the-Internet-really-compete-with-cable-TV/Can-the-Internet-really-compete-with-cable-TV.html Whether broadband can provide serious competition to cable TV has suddenly transformed from a theoretical question to the heart of a political debate in Washington. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/183/1/Internet-as-a-support-to-teaching-and-learning/Internet-as-a-support-to-teaching-and-learning.html Internet-aided teaching has the potential to improve teaching and learning more than any other recent innovation, declares Alan Pritchard, author of ‘Effective Teaching With Internet Technologies’ (www.sagepublications.com). bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/182/1/UN-Launches-Internet-Campaign-on-Ending-Violence-Against-Women/UN-Launches-Internet-Campaign-on-Ending-Violence-Against-Women.html The U.N. Development Fund for Women has launched a new advocacy campaign to end violence against women. The fund has recruited Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman to help promote the campaign, which is an internet-based initiative that asks people to sign a "virtual book" that promotes women's rights.The U.N. Fund says violence against women is the most pervasive human rights violation around the world. Women are subjected to domestic violence, trafficked across borders, and the victims of systematic rape in conflict zones. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/58/1/Wise-Women-Make-Millions-on-the-Internet-Too/Wise-Women-Make-Millions-on-the-Internet-Too.html My husband is an Internet marketing consultant and writer by the name of Steve Dahl. He's the so-called author of this article. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/55/1/To-Succeed-On-The-Internet-You-Need-a-Master-Plan/To-Succeed-On-The-Internet-You-Need-a-Master-Plan.html No matter what your product is, you're not selling on the Internet. You get it! You are marketing a product. That's why you have to have a master plan to succeed. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/53/1/Buying-or-Selling-on-the-Internet/Buying-or-Selling-on-the-Internet.html The facts and figures from Symantec Security Response and the Internet Crime Complaint Center are both fascinating and alarming. If you have thought about buying or selling on the Internet, especially with Internet Auction Sites, make sure that you are aware of the best practices and the potential pitfalls before you do. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/29/1/Current-and-Future-Search-Trends-What-the-Top-Internet-Search-Engines-Are-Doing/Current-and-Future-Search-Trends-What-the-Top-Internet-Search-Engines-Are-Doing.html The future of search is unclear - what is clear is that change is rapidly happening for all of the top Internet search engines. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/26/1/Why-You-Should-Start-An-Internet-Business/Why-You-Should-Start-An-Internet-Business.html Lots of companies that have been around for sometime are now not only selling their products in stores and malls, but they also have taken their business and products online. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8681/1/Survey-Confirms-iPhone-Users-Are-Hard-Core-Internet-Junkies/Survey-Confirms-iPhone-Users-Are-Hard-Core-Internet-Junkies.html It's amazing what a halfway-decent browsing experience can do for mobile internet usage. A new study from measurement firm M:Metrics confirms what was pretty much common knowledge: Give users a good phone browser, and they'll flock to the mobile web. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500