http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Whether dealing with Internet traffic or vehicle traffic, congestion can slow everything down. One team of researchers working on improving network transmission efficiency has developed a strategy that identifies certain links or edges that can be removed to decrease the overall congestion. Somewhat counterintuitively, these links - which the researchers call "black sheep" - are those that connect the busiest hubs. In a sense, the strategy is similar to closing some of the busiest roads during rush hour, and finding that vehicles reach their destinations faster than before. http://phys.org/news249664422.html Technology Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:14:19 EST news249664422 British businesses are being warned of possible Internet breakdowns, data caps and "unavoidable" mobile phone problems during the London 2012 Olympics, in official advice from the Games organisers. http://phys.org/news247642778.html Technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:39:49 EST news247642778 Caution is spreading among popular file-sharing services known for letting users circulate pirated Hollywood content. http://phys.org/news246733942.html Technology Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:12:31 EST news246733942 One of the world's largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company executives were charged with violating piracy laws, federal prosecutors said. http://phys.org/news246212851.html Technology Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:27:50 EST news246212851 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have a startlingly upbeat idea for data center managers coping with packed rooms, Internet traffic bursts, and high costs looming in having to reconfigure data center designs. The researchers find that data centers can use ceilings to bounce off data signals. Doing so enhances data transmission speeds by 30 percent. http://phys.org/news243666155.html Technology Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:40:01 EST news243666155 Search engine giant Google on Thursday formally launched the construction of a new data centre in Singapore to cope with the explosive growth of Internet traffic in the Asia-Pacific region. http://phys.org/news243148598.html Technology Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:16:48 EST news243148598 A US firm specializing in Internet censoring equipment on Friday confirmed that Syria was using its products to block web activity, amid a brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests. http://phys.org/news239085101.html Technology Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:31:53 EST news239085101 Verizon Communications, the largest U.S. cell phone carrier, is suing to overturn new government regulations governing the flow of Internet traffic. http://phys.org/news236663208.html Technology Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:47:03 EST news236663208 (AP) -- A media and Internet advocacy group sued the federal government Wednesday over its new rules covering Internet traffic, saying they don't protect wireless traffic from interference by phone companies. http://phys.org/news236448427.html Technology Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:07:19 EST news236448427 (AP) -- Hackers who broke into a Dutch web security firm have issued hundreds of bogus security certificates for spy agency websites including the CIA as well as for Internet giants like Google, Microsoft and Twitter, the government said Monday. http://phys.org/news234461300.html Technology Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:08:31 EST news234461300 Global online traffic will quadruple by 2015 as the number of gadgets linked to the Internet climbs to 15 billion, according to a forecast by networking colossus Cisco. http://phys.org/news226208888.html Technology Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:48:37 EST news226208888 (AP) -- Demand Media Inc. fared better than analysts anticipated in the first quarter, easing investor worries that Google Inc.'s recent changes to how it culls search results may have damaged the online content generator's ability to win Internet traffic. http://phys.org/news223893545.html Technology Fri, 06 May 2011 09:39:35 EST news223893545 (AP) -- News of Osama bin Laden's death caused traffic to increase at popular U.S. news sites. Yet outages and slowdowns were less severe than during major news events in the past, meaning fewer people were stuck staring at error messages. http://phys.org/news223615831.html Technology Tue, 03 May 2011 04:30:45 EST news223615831 (AP) -- If you're worried about privacy, you can turn off the function on your smartphone that tracks where you go. But that means giving up the services that probably made you want a smartphone in the first place. After all, how smart is an iPhone or an Android if you can't use it to map your car trip or scan reviews of nearby restaurants? http://phys.org/news222838975.html Technology Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:43:22 EST news222838975 The Russian security service is proposing to ban Skype, Hotmail, and Gmail as their "uncontrolled use" may threaten Russia's security, a service official said during a government meeting on Friday. http://phys.org/news221479072.html Technology Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:58:01 EST news221479072 Internet service has been completely severed in violence-torn Libya for the second time in two weeks, US online traffic monitoring firms said Friday. http://phys.org/news218471083.html Technology Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:24:52 EST news218471083 (AP) -- The last of Egypt's main Internet service providers, the Noor Group, has gone dark. http://phys.org/news215760041.html Technology Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:30:03 EST news215760041 An Internet blockade in Egypt inspired Google on Friday to provide an improved tool for tracking access to the firm's popular websites. http://phys.org/news215492518.html Technology Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:40:01 EST news215492518 Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday filed a legal challenge to new federal regulations that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic flowing over their networks. http://phys.org/news214766974.html Technology Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:29:50 EST news214766974 (AP) -- Federal regulators adopted new rules Tuesday to keep the companies that control the Internet's pipelines from restricting what their customers do online or blocking competing services, including online calling applications and Web video. http://phys.org/news212161854.html Technology Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:51:04 EST news212161854 (AP) -- New rules aimed at prohibiting broadband providers from becoming gatekeepers of Internet traffic now have just enough votes to pass the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday. http://phys.org/news212088549.html Technology Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:29:20 EST news212088549 There is no single entity behind the Internet. It is made up of different networks that are managed by service providers. These service providers – or operators – manage what data is being sent and monitor the amount of traffic being used in terms of simple web browsing, multimedia streaming or peer to peer file sharing. When the data traffic on a network is too dense what experts call "bottlenecks" can occur, slowing the delivery of information to your computer, which can result in a slower Internet experience. http://phys.org/news211111428.html Technology Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:20:05 EST news211111428 (AP) -- A proposal to prohibit broadband providers from blocking or discriminating against Internet traffic flowing over their networks has an uncertain future with just lukewarm support from large phone and cable service providers and fierce opposition from Republicans. http://phys.org/news210398141.html Technology Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:40:01 EST news210398141 Highly sensitive Internet traffic on US government and military websites was briefly "hijacked" and routed through Chinese servers earlier this year, a report to the US Congress said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news209221353.html Technology Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:20:01 EST news209221353 An elite US cyber team that has stealthily tracked Internet villains for more than a decade pulled back its cloak of secrecy to recruit hackers at a DefCon gathering. http://phys.org/news199941313.html Technology Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:20:01 EST news199941313 (AP) -- Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites. http://phys.org/news199681942.html Technology Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:12:56 EST news199681942 Telecom giant TeliaSonera said Thursday it would go to the Swedish supreme court in an attempt to get a ruling forcing it to provide film companies with the identities of people behind a filesharing website overturned. http://phys.org/news193593630.html Technology Thu, 20 May 2010 17:30:01 EST news193593630 (AP) -- The head of the Federal Communications Commission thinks he has come up with a way to salvage his ambitious national broadband plans without running into legal obstacles that have threatened to derail him. http://phys.org/news192369394.html Technology Thu, 06 May 2010 13:30:07 EST news192369394 (AP) -- Google Inc. spent $1.4 million in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on everything from its decision to stop censoring search results in China to the tussle over open Internet rules before the Federal Communications Commission. http://phys.org/news191045889.html Technology Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:40:01 EST news191045889 (AP) -- A federal court threw the future of Internet regulations into doubt Tuesday with a far-reaching decision that went against the Federal Communications Commission and could even hamper the government's plans to expand broadband access in the United States. http://phys.org/news189778686.html Technology Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:18:19 EST news189778686