May 4th, 2012 by 
David Goldstein
The filesharing website The Pirate Bay has been blocked to millions of UK internet users following a high court ruling earlier this week. … more
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May 4th, 2012 by David Goldstein
Young people are increasingly turning to virtual private networks (VPNs) to anonymise their free sharing of music and movies, a new study has suggested. … more
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May 2nd, 2012 by David Goldstein
Internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK will soon have to block online access to the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay following a ruling by the High Court. However, trivial technical workarounds could limit the usefulness of the measure. … more
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May 1st, 2012 by David Goldstein
[news release] Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today released its Fourth Quarter, 2011 State of the Internet report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as Internet penetration, mobile traffic and data consumption, origins of attack traffic, IPv6 adoption and global and regional connection speeds. … more
May 1st, 2012 by David Goldstein
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK internet service providers, the High Court has ruled. … more
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April 30th, 2012 by David Goldstein
Mobile network Everything Everywhere has taken fresh steps to lobby for 4G data services in the UK. … more
April 29th, 2012 by David Goldstein
This paper provides estimates of the economic value created by broadband Internet using measures of new gross domestic product and consumer surplus. The study finds that the economic value created in 30 OECD countries correlates roughly with the overall size of their broadband economies. … more
Posted in Broadband, Governance, Telecom |
April 22nd, 2012 by David Goldstein
Meetings in Mexico City will bring together key actors to address the digital divide
[news release] ITU’s Regional Development Forum for the Americas region is meeting in Mexico City this week to discuss the latest developments in broadband with CEOs and other board-level officials representing many of the world’s most dynamic ICT companies. … more
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April 21st, 2012 by David Goldstein
An expert on white collar crime says the entertainment industry’s efforts to label illegal downloading as theft are not being taken seriously. … more
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April 21st, 2012 by David Goldstein
The European Court of Justice laid down a law interpretation today that could have a profound impact on the prosecution of alleged pirates in Sweden. … more
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