Archive for: June 2009

June 30, 2009

Deep-Packet Inspection in U.S. Scrutinized Following Iran Surveillance

Filed under: Uncategorized - 30 Jun 2009

wired_logoWired | Kim Zetter | June 29, 2009  6:54 pm: Following a report last week that Iran is spying on domestic internet users with western-supplied technology, advocacy groups are pressuring …

June 27, 2009

U.S., Russia Differ on Treaty for Cyberspace

Filed under: Uncategorized - 27 Jun 2009

(The New York Times has been running a series of articles on cyberwar and cyberthreats.  More Articles in This …

June 25, 2009

U.S. vs. Japan: Residential Internet Service Pricing

Filed under: Uncategorized - 25 Jun 2009

U.S. Residents Pay More and Receive Lower Speeds

Washington DC | New America Foundation | June 25, 2009:  Today, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative released a report comparing residential high-speed Internet pricing in the United States and Japan.  With …

June 24, 2009

Substantial decrease in number of patent apps filed

Filed under: Uncategorized - 24 Jun 2009

From bnmeeks@verizon.net posting to the Dave Farber IP list:

Subject: Is This Foreshadowing of American Innovation?

Since we’ve been discussing patents in the last couple of days, I thought the following short article about the PTO needing more money because its revenue …

Gates Creates Cyber-Defense Command

Filed under: Uncategorized - 24 Jun 2009

Ellen Nakashima | Washington Post Staff Writer | June 24, 2009:  … Gates said he will recommend that President Obama designate that the new command be led by the director of the National Security Agency, the world’s largest electronic intelligence-gathering …

June 23, 2009

Preview new IETF web site

Filed under: Uncategorized - 23 Jun 2009

The IETF Secretariat has been working on an overhaul of the IETF web site.  The new site is being previewed at www6.ietf.org and is scheduled to go live on July 6; of course the existing site is …

June 20, 2009

Will US Cyberwar Plan Compromise Privacy?

Filed under: Uncategorized - 20 Jun 2009

IEEE Spectrum – Inside Technology | Robert Charette | Tue, June 16, 2009:

On the 29th of March, President Obama said that his administration would “pursue a new comprehensive approach to securing America’s digital infrastructure.”

In fact, the …

June 19, 2009

Preliminary agenda for IETF 75 released today

Filed under: Uncategorized - 19 Jun 2009

The preliminary agenda was released today for IETF 75, to be held July 26-31, 2009, in Stockhold, Sweden.  If you haven’t noticed, IETF publication and meeting support activities have changed greatly in the last year.  The RFC and draft documents …

June 18, 2009

NY Senate releases data, software under free open-source

Filed under: Uncategorized - 18 Jun 2009

From http://open.nysenate.gov: To pursue its commitment to transparency and openness the New York State Senate is undertaking a cutting-edge program to not onlyrelease data, but help empower citizens and give back to the community. Under this …

Google Translate and Facebook Quickly Add Persian

Filed under: Uncategorized - 18 Jun 2009

From TechCrunch by Leena Rao June 18, 2009: Google and Facebook have both added the Persian language Farsi to their capabilities. The Persian version of Facebook will be available starting tonight. …

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