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Less Than 1 Year Until The Internet Runs Out of Addresses
The Internet will run out of Internet addresses in about 1 year's time, we were told today by John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). The same thing was also stated recently by Vint Cerf, Google's Chief Internet Evangelist. The main reason for the concern? There's an explosion of data about to happen to the Web - thanks largely to sensor data, smart grids, RFID and other Internet of Things data. Other reasons include the increase in mobile devices connecting to the Internet and the annual growth in user-generated content on the Web. IPv4 countdown on Twitter - less than a year to go before IPv4 addresses run out.. » read more
Pentagon Manhunt
(This story has been updated to reflect new developments on Assange's whereabouts, including the cancelation of a scheduled appearance in Las Vegas.) Pentagon investigators are trying to determine the whereabouts of the Australian-born founder of the secretive website Wikileaks for fear that he may be about to publish a huge cache of classified State Department cables that, if made public, could do serious damage to national security, government officials tell The Daily Beast. The officials acknowledge that even if they found the website founder, Julian Assange, it is not clear what they could do to block publication of the cables on Wikileaks, which is nominally based on a server in Sweden and bills itself as a champion of whistleblowers. American officials said Pentagon investigators are convinced that Assange is in possession of at least some classified State Department cables leaked by a 22-year-old Army intelligence specialist, Bradley Manning of Potomac, Maryland, who is now in custody in Kuwait. And given the contents of the cables, the feds have good reason to be concerned.. » read more
Schizophrenia Is The New Ad Gimmick - Privacy Fears Mount as Ad Targeting Grows
In the quest for better targeted advertising, marketers are using high-tech tools that can pinpoint a person's location, demographics and habits, raising the hackles of privacy activists. Online or in the shopping mall, these efforts are becoming more prevalent. Google, Yahoo and its advertising partners can track a user's browsing habits in an effort to deliver more relevant marketing messages. Offline, new digital signs with hidden cameras can use facial recognition software to tailor messages similar to the scenario in the science fiction film "Minority Report." Some analysts say the new technology is positive, enabling firms to get the most for their advertising dollars.. » read more
Internet addicts guilty of starving baby to death
A South Korean couple were convicted Friday of abandoning their newborn daughter, who starved to death while they addictively played an online game raising a virtual child. The husband, a 41-year-old taxi driver, and his 25-year-old wife were sentenced to two years in prison, but the woman's term was suspended because she is pregnant. The couple played at Internet cafes on average 10 hours every day and bottle-fed their baby only once a day, prosecutors said in an affidavit. The girl, who was born prematurely and weighed 5 pounds (2.25 kilograms), was often fed rotten formula and was beaten when she cried out of hunger, the affidavit said.. » read more
U.S. Cyber Command: Waging War In The World’s Fifth Battlespace
On May 21 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced the activation of the Pentagon’s first computer command. And the world’s first comprehensive, multi-service military cyber operation. U.. » read more
Google clamps down on Obama's Social Security story Now offering warning that some sites referencing dispute 'may harm' computers
Internet behemoth Google apparently is clamping down further on consumers' access to a report about President Obama's Social Security number, which points out the number was designated for a Connecticut applicant, by warning that some sites carrying information on the situation "may harm your computer." WND had reported two days earlier, in the wake of the revelations about Obama's Social Security number and the questions raised by the report, that Google was suppressing access to information about the report, linking to completely unrelated stories when consumers would search for the issue on the site's news tab. Now a similar search of the web portion of the site brought up several warnings. For a reference to the report at hunsbergers.net, another at cleanclock.. » read more
CIA Director tells Cap-to-Cap delegates: Cyber attack could be next 'Pearl Harbor'
WASHINGTON D.C.—Central Intelligence Agency director Leon Panetta told 300 Sacramento Metro Chamber Cap-to-Cap delegates that the next “Pearl Harbor” is likely to be an attack on the United States’ power, financial, military and other Internet systems. Panetta addressed the Sacramento delegation that includes 43 elected officials and hundreds of business and civic leaders who are in Washington D.C.. » read more
Draft of Secretive International Copyright Treaty Leaked -- Confirms Fears About Internet Freedom
On the table: losing internet access due to infringement allegations, and widespread data sharing across national borders. Negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) resumed last week in Wellington, New Zealand, with Canada, the United States, the European Union, and a handful of other countries launching the eighth round of talks. While even the most optimistic ACTA supporters do not expect to conclude an agreement before the end of the year, the next five days may prove to be a pivotal point in the negotiations since over the past several weeks, there have been two major leaks that could dramatically alter the still-secret discussions. The first leak was an internal Dutch government document chronicling the positions of each ACTA participant on treaty transparency. The level of ACTA secrecy is highly unusual for an agreement focused on intellectual property issues, leading to a steady stream of parliamentary resolutions and political demands for transparency coming from around the globe.. » read more
Business News: Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) Battles Government in Email Search without Warrant
The battle is escalating in the fight between Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) and the U.S. government over access to emails, after the Department of Justice pressured Yahoo to release emails related to a case which is under seal. The government agency used an argument that has already been rejected by the court in which they state once an email has been opened, it is no longer protected by the Stored Communications Act (SCA), which prohibits access to them without a warrant. At this time Yahoo has asked a federal court to block the attempt to access the emails by the government without a search warrant.. » read more
Help Protect Net Neutrality
Dear Holistic Community Announcements List, Our ability to have a free and open Internet is under attack. The Federal Communications Commission has been attempting to stop big telecoms from inspecting and filtering the Internet content you access, or blocking websites and applications they, the Big Telecoms, don't like, and overcharging you for using the Internet. But a recent court decision prevents the FCC from regulating net neutrality in the way it tried. Now the FCC faces an important decision. Will it stand up for consumers and reclassify broadband Internet providers to ensure the Internet stays free? The FCC has asked for public comment on their net neutrality plans.. » read more
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