Sunday, September 7, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Superfast internet price put at £29bn (Financial Times)

The cost of connecting the UK to superfast broadband could be as much as £29bn ($52bn), and the high level of expenditure means rural areas risk missing out on improved internet access, according to an authoritative study. Robert Hernreich

The Association of National Advertisers sent a letter objecting to the proposed Internet search advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc and Google Inc to government regulators reviewing the deal, the group said on Sunday. Robert Hernreich

'I would like to bring to your attention another type of scam that is being circulated over the internet. Sometimes, when you are surfing the Net, windows pop up and flash, saying you are a winner and all you have to do is fill a registration form to claim the prize. Robert Hernreich

When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. Robert Hernreich

International Internet capacity continues to grow faster than traffic say researchers for TeleGeography. Robert Hernreich

This could perhaps be the most stern warning ever made against Google Chrome since it was released for public use last Sept. 4. The warning delivered through a nationwide news program in Germany, Tagesschau saying that: The Federal Office for Information Security warned internet users of the new browser Chrome. The application by the company Google should not be used [...] Robert Hernreich

The lines at America's public libraries — including those in Ohio and Kentucky -- are long and expected to get longer, not for books or videos, but for the Internet. Robert Hernreich

'Internet Security for Grown-Ups,' a free seminar, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 1 at St. Clair County Community College in Port Huron. Robert Hernreich

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