Category «Internet»

New Survey Finds Gaps in U.S. Broadband

News release: “Sixty-five million Americans depend on broadband services for work, education, entertainment and communications. But too many other Americans have no access to broadband services, according to a new telecom industry survey. Aggravating the country’s broadband gap is the current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) definition of broadband, 200 kilobits per second. At that rate, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Wireless Web

FCC Releases Data on High-Speed Services for Internet Access

News release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released new data on high-speed connections to the Internet in the United States. Twice a year, all facilities-based broadband providers are required to report to the Commission basic information about their service offerings and types of customers pursuant to the FCC’s local telephone competition and broadband data …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

Red Cross – Iraq: no let-up in the humanitarian crisis

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) press release: “Five years after the outbreak of the war in Iraq, the humanitarian situation in most of the country remains among the most critical in the world. Because of the conflict, millions of Iraqis have insufficient access to clean water, sanitation and health care. The current crisis …

Subjects: Internet

The Diverse and Exploding Digital Universe

The Diverse and Exploding Digital Universe, An Updated Forecast of Worldwide Information Growth Through 2011, March 2008, By International Data Corporation. “In this companion to last year’s EMC-sponsored white paper, IDC again calibrates the size (bigger than first thought) and the growth (faster than expected) of the digital universe through 2011. IDC also explores new …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

VoIP: Who Might Be Spying on Your Communications?

VOIP-News: “Email, IM (instant messaging) and even VoIP solutions like Skype and Vonage have taken over communications in both the business and social worlds. These systems work well because they’re a much-needed solution for high phone bills, static-filled communications and dropped cell-phone calls. Internet-based communication methods also give users optimum remote access, since all one …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, Internet, Privacy

First Online Free Expression Day Launched on Reporters Without Borders Website

“Reporters Without Borders calls on Internet users to come and protest in virtual versions of countries that are Internet enemies…There are 15 countries in this year’s Reporters Without Borders list of “Internet Enemies” – Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. There were only …

Subjects: Blogs, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Internet

Rand: Byting Back – Regaining Information Superiority Against 21st Century Insurgents

Byting Back – Regaining Information Superiority Against 21st-Century Insurgents, RAND Counterinsurgency Study – Volume 1, by Martin C. Libicki, David C. Gompert, David R. Frelinger, Raymond Smith. “U.S. counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan have failed to exploit information power, which could be a U.S. advantage but instead is being used advantageously by insurgents. Because …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management