Tag: Internet

Syria cut off from global internet

Internet connections between Syria and the outside world have been cut off, according to data from Google and other global internet companies.Tuesday's shutdown effectively...

My year without the Internet

Tech writer Paul Miller just spent 12 months going cold turkey from the Internet. He thought it would make his life happier. More productive....

85% of internet users worldwide choose mobile: report

Recent reports have shown that 85% of users around the world name mobile phone as their first choice, making it the most preferred channel...

Internet apocalypse now? Experts say no

The amplified DDoS attack by Web hosting provider CyberBunker against antispam outfit SpamHaus Project is big news. The New York Times weighed in, as...

Google’s ultrafast Internet draws startups to KC

Inside a small bungalow on the street separating Kansas City, Kansas, from its sister city in Missouri, a small group of entrepreneurs are working...

PTA, IT Ministry at odds over internet censorship system

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Ministry of Information Technology are at odds over installation of a system to regulate and monitor websites, their...

Japanese anti-nuclear vote melts away

Eight million people signed an Internet petition demanding an end to nuclear power and hundreds of thousands joined public protests. Yet Japan handed an...

Fatwa in India bans uploading photos on matrimonial, social sites

An organisation of Sunni Muslim clerics prohibited uploading photos on the internet for matrimonial purposes and on social networking sites. The fatwa issued by...

Internet marriages an emerging trend in Pakistan

Sania was just a schoolgirl when she logged onto an internet chat room and met a young college student called Mohammad. They fell in...

Etihad Airways launches Etihad Wi-Fly connectivity

Etihad Airways today launched its new “Etihad Wi-Fly” inflight Internet and mobile connectivity service, powered by the Panasonic Avionics Global Communications Suite. The...

South Korean presidential hopeful, vows freer internet

A South Korean presidential candidate has promised to get rid of encryption technology that has tied South Korean Internet users to a single web...

Superstorm Sandy knocks out data centres, Internet sites

Internet traffic and websites worldwide have been hit by the effects of superstorm Sandy which has damaged data centres or cut their power, industry...

Indian govt defends Internet blocking

India on Friday defended itself against accusations of heavy-handed online censorship, saying it had been successful in blocking content blamed for fuelling ethnic tensions. The...

Mobile phones trump computers among online Chinese

Mobile phones have overtaken computers as the most popular device for getting online in China, the government said Thursday, as it announced the number...

Russian Wikipedia shuts down in protest at Internet bill

The Russian-language Wikipedia website shut down Tuesday and symbolically blacked out its logo in protest at a bill that would allow the state to...

Know your Memes

If you are a frequent user of the internet, you will have noticed the current internet trend: expressing yourself through memes. But what is...

Regimes chase to rule the Internet

Internet has once more become an eyesore for governments that are being threatened by dissidents and newly emerging “net-activism” and/or more recently “hack-activism” which...