Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Midlothian Man Faces Internet Predator Charges -- Again (FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth)

Midlothian Man Faces Internet Predator Charges -- Again (FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth)
A Midlothian man who thought he was soliciting a 13-year-old for sex now faces Internet predator charges. It's the second time he has been busted by undercover officers.

Congress poised to pass Internet radio legislation (The Globe and Mail)
U.S. wants to buy extra time to finalize an agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates

European Commission on the Future of the Internet (CircleID)
Indeed, it closely links the issue of openness of the Internet to several obvious and not-so-obvious factors. An open Internet relies on an open market that allows innovation, but at the same time sufficiently regulated to prevent incumbents to outplay newcomers.

Congress poised to pass Internet radio legislation (USA Today)
Congress is close to passing legislation that would buy extra time to finalize an agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates.

Midday Glance: Internet companies (Boston Globe)
Shares of some top internet companies are up at noon: Akamai Technologies rose $.86 or 5.8 percent, to $15.74.

Poll: Most Russians don't use Internet (UPI)
MOSCOW, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A poll released Tuesday indicates that about two-thirds of the people in Russia do not use the Internet.

Congress poised to pass Internet radio legislation (San Francisco Chronicle)
Congress is close to passing legislation that would buy extra time to finalize an agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates. The House on Saturday unanimously passed a bill sponsored by Rep....

FairPoint Promises High-Speed Internet Expansions (WCAX-TV Vermont)
FairPoint Communications announces plans to expand high-speed internet service in Vermont. But local officials in some of those communities aren't banking on it just yet.

Fairpoint To Expand High-Speed Internet In Vermont (WPTZ Plattsburgh)
Fairpoint Communications plans to extend high-speed Internet services to more customers.

Robert Hernreich - FairPoint Promises High-Speed Internet Expansions (WCAX-TV Vermont)

FairPoint Promises High-Speed Internet Expansions (WCAX-TV Vermont)
FairPoint Communications announces plans to expand high-speed internet service in Vermont. But local officials in some of those communities aren't banking on it just yet.

Congress poised to pass Internet radio legislation (The Globe and Mail)
U.S. wants to buy extra time to finalize an agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates

Congress poised to pass Internet radio legislation (San Francisco Chronicle)
Congress is close to passing legislation that would buy extra time to finalize an agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates. The House on Saturday unanimously passed a bill sponsored by Rep....

Congress poised to pass Internet radio legislation (USA Today)
Congress is close to passing legislation that would buy extra time to finalize an agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates.

Poll: Most Russians don't use Internet (UPI)
MOSCOW, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A poll released Tuesday indicates that about two-thirds of the people in Russia do not use the Internet.

European Commission on the Future of the Internet (CircleID)
Indeed, it closely links the issue of openness of the Internet to several obvious and not-so-obvious factors. An open Internet relies on an open market that allows innovation, but at the same time sufficiently regulated to prevent incumbents to outplay newcomers.

Midlothian Man Faces Internet Predator Charges -- Again (FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth)
A Midlothian man who thought he was soliciting a 13-year-old for sex now faces Internet predator charges. It's the second time he has been busted by undercover officers.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Robert Hernreich - JPIX, the Largest Internet Exchange in Japan, Extends Peering Fabric to Equinix Tokyo Data Center (Broadcast Newsroom)

JPIX, the Largest Internet Exchange in Japan, Extends Peering Fabric to Equinix Tokyo Data Center (Broadcast Newsroom)
TOKYO, BUSINESS WIRE -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, and Japan Internet Exchange Co. Ltd. (JPIX), the largest Internet exchange in Japan, today announced that JPIX has extended its peering fabric to the Equinix Tokyo-2 (TY2) Internet Business Exchange (IBX(R)) data center located in Shinagawa.

Internet tycoon succeeds with rocket launch (Denver Post)
An Internet entrepreneur's latest effort to make space launch more affordable paid off Sunday when his commercial rocket, carrying a dummy payload, was lofted into orbit from the South Pacific.

Sprint launches next-generation WiMax network in Baltimore; mobile Internet is $30 per month (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Sprint Nextel Corp. opened its new wireless network to customers in Baltimore on Monday, offering Internet service for laptops for $30 per month. It's the first commercial network in the U.S. to use so-called WiMax technology for mobile customers.

Internet startup Digg gets infusion of $28.7 million (Rocky Mountain News)
Digg Inc., an Internet startup that specializes in rating news stories, is making a little news of its own with a $28.7 million round of financing.

MTV Networks Adopts Visible Measures for Internet Video Measurement (Broadcast Newsroom)
BOSTON , Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Visible Measures, the independent third-party measurement firm for Internet video publishers and advertisers , today announced that MTV Networks (MTVN), a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), will deploy the company's market-leading Internet video metrics platform across all of MTVN's more than 340 destination Internet video sites.

PM welcomes internet safety group (Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The prime minister has welcomed the introduction of a new internet safety group as a world-leading institution.

Robert Hernreich - Internet game to raise awareness about victims of war is launched (BBC News)

A charity launches an internet game, in which the object is to help a displaced Ugandan boy find his mother. Robert Hernreich

BOSTON , Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Visible Measures, the independent third-party measurement firm for Internet video publishers and advertisers , today announced that MTV Networks (MTVN), a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), will deploy the company's market-leading Internet video metrics platform across all of MTVN's more than 340 destination Internet video sites. Robert Hernreich

TOKYO, BUSINESS WIRE -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, and Japan Internet Exchange Co. Ltd. (JPIX), the largest Internet exchange in Japan, today announced that JPIX has extended its peering fabric to the Equinix Tokyo-2 (TY2) Internet Business Exchange (IBX(R)) data center located in Shinagawa. Robert Hernreich

High-tech TV is here. AT&T Inc. today rolled out what officials call a "three-screen strategy," which links its new high-definition television service to its wireless Internet and cell phone platforms. Customers would pay about $100 for the bundle and, while... Robert Hernreich

An Internet entrepreneur's latest effort to make space launch more affordable paid off Sunday when his commercial rocket, carrying a dummy payload, was lofted into orbit from the South Pacific. Robert Hernreich

US lawmakers have posted on the Internet their hastily-crafted draft legislation to rescue the country's troubled financial sector, saying the unusual step was taken in the spirit of openness. Robert Hernreich

Digg Inc., an Internet startup that specializes in rating news stories, is making a little news of its own with a $28.7 million round of financing. Robert Hernreich

Sprint Nextel Corp. opened its new wireless network to customers in Baltimore on Monday, offering Internet service for laptops for $30 per month. It's the first commercial network in the U.S. to use so-called WiMax technology for mobile customers. Robert Hernreich

The prime minister has welcomed the introduction of a new internet safety group as a world-leading institution. Robert Hernreich

Robert Hernreich - onmouseover="return window.status='http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/29/council_child_safety/'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/29/council_child_safety/">Byron Review's internet enforcer goes into action

onmouseover="return window.status='http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/29/council_child_safety/'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/29/council_child_safety/">Byron Review's internet enforcer goes into action
Promises child net protection strategy within a year The UK government is today launching the UK Council for Child Internet Safety with support from BT, Microsoft, Facebook and over 100 other organisations and companies.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.suntimes.com/business/spirrison/1190632,CST-FIN-spirr29.article'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.suntimes.com/business/spirrison/1190632,CST-FIN-spirr29.article">Second City expands comedy empire online
Brad Spirrison: Like much of the Internet, improvisational comedy is fueled by audience participation. For nearly half a century, the Second City has incorporated user-generated media to stage its theatrical productions. So it should be no surprise that the company is using these principles to sketch out its future on the Web.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080928-163436/Amadeus-eyes-growth-of-Internet-transactions'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080928-163436/Amadeus-eyes-growth-of-Internet-transactions">Amadeus eyes growth of Internet transactions
MANILA, Philippines -- Software maker Amadeus is expecting to do a relaunch of its Internet Booking Engine (IBE) as part of its strategy to encourage more travelers to book online instead of the traditional method.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/brown-hails-new-child-internet-safety-council-945638.html'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/brown-hails-new-child-internet-safety-council-945638.html">Brown hails new child internet safety council
Prime Minister Gordon Brown today hailed a "path-breaking" new organisation designed to protect children online.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080929/BLOG01/80929030'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080929/BLOG01/80929030">MIKE WENDLAND: Does your boss know you're surfing?
There's yet another survey to report today on how the Internet is changing the workplace and this one concludes that with workers frittering away about 25% of their work hours doing personal things online, we've got a serious problem in lost productivity.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080929/wl_uk_afp/britaininternetchildren_080929082432'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080929/wl_uk_afp/britaininternetchildren_080929082432">New watchdog to keep children safe online
A new government agency was launched on Monday aimed at protecting children from cyber-bullying when they use the Internet.

onmouseover="return window.status='http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7638581.stm'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7638581.stm">Internet game to raise awareness about victims of war is launched
A charity launches an internet game, in which the object is to help a displaced Ugandan boy find his mother.

Robert Hernreich - Internet startup Digg gets infusion of $28.7 million (Rocky Mountain News)

Digg Inc., an Internet startup that specializes in rating news stories, is making a little news of its own with a $28.7 million round of financing. Robert Hernreich

Sprint Nextel Corp. opened its new wireless network to customers in Baltimore on Monday, offering Internet service for laptops for $30 per month. It's the first commercial network in the U.S. to use so-called WiMax technology for mobile customers. Robert Hernreich

Robert Hernreich - Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman - Guardian Unlimited

Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman - Guardian Unlimited
The concept of using web-based programs like Google's Gmail is "worse than stupidity", according to a leading advocate of free software. Cloud computing – where IT power is delivered over the internet as you need it, rather than drawn from a

Zippi Releases Web 2.0 Interface to Easily Call on Zippi's Services - MSN MoneyCentral
Zippi Networks Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ZIPI), turning America's "Clutter into Cash," today announced that the Company has completed its Web 2.0 Interface at www.zippi.com . Current economic conditions with over 600,000 jobs lost since January of 2008