News tagged with internet addresses

ICANN resumes bids for new Internet suffixes

(AP) -- The organization overseeing a major expansion of Internet addresses has reopened its system for letting companies and organizations submit proposals.

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ICANN targets May 22 to resume name expansion

(AP) -- The organization behind a major expansion of Internet address suffixes hopes to resume taking proposals on May 22 following a technical glitch that shut down its computer system for weeks. ...

Technology / Internet

created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Man linked to 'Anonymous' pleads not guilty (Update)

(AP) -- An Ohio man linked to the hacker collective "Anonymous" pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of breaching the websites of the Utah Chiefs of Police Association and the Salt Lake City Police Department.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

British PM faces backlash over 'snooping' plans

British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing a growing backlash from within his own party over plans to extend the government's powers to monitor people's email exchanges and website visits. ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Obama urges end to US reliance on foreign energy

US President Barack Obama called on Saturday for an end to America's dependence on foreign energy sources -- and to the multi-billion-dollar subsidies given each year to oil companies.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 17, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 48

Latin American Web access could double in a decade

Latin America is the world's fastest-growing market for Internet access, and could double within a decade, the group that oversees Internet-related tasks said Friday.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: 5 ways to control your privacy on Google

Like it or not, your relationship with Google is becoming a lot more intimate. The company recently expanded its ability to combine data from its various services to create a highly detailed profile on you.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Chinese hacked into US Chamber: report

A Chinese group has hacked into America's largest business lobbying organization, compromising all data on its servers and information about its three million members, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Anonymous exposes visitors to child porn sites

The online "hacktivist" group Anonymous claimed on Wednesday to have published the Internet Protocol addresses of nearly 200 visitors to child pornography forums.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

US tracked email of Wikileaks volunteer: report

US authorities have obtained a secret court order to force search giant Google and a small Internet provider to hand over information from email accounts of a volunteer for whistleblower website WikiLeaks, ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 17

Review: Skype phone and adapter for home calling

(AP) -- With two new products, Skype has made it easier to make Internet calls from home phones, for savings on international calls and potentially also domestic ones.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet address group names Steve Crocker chair

(AP) -- Steve Crocker, who as a UCLA grad student in the late `60s helped develop the foundation for the Internet today, is the new chairman of the organization responsible for the Internet's address system.

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created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coming soon to the Internet: The .whatever address

A quarter-century after the creation of ".com," the agency that assigns Internet addresses is loosening its rules and allowing suffixes named after brands, hobbies, political causes and just about anything ...

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Beyond '.com,' names for Antarctica, Urdu and more

(AP) -- Unless you're a Luddite, you're bound to know of ".com," the Internet's most common address suffix.

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created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sony faces another hack attack

Another unit of Sony Corp. has come under attack from hackers - this time a mobile Internet service provider in Japan called So-net Entertainment Corp.

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created May 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0