Australia - Big Brother will be watching you

Australian Government To Force Internet Users To Install State-Approved Software - informationliberation
The
Australian government is set to intensify its war against Internet
freedom by forcing web users to install state-approved anti-virus
software. If they fail to do so, they will be denied an Internet
connection, or if their computer is later infected, the user's
connection will be terminated.



"AUSTRALIANS would be forced to install anti-virus and firewall
software on their computers before being allowed to connect to the
internet under a new plan to fight cyber crime. And if their computer
did get infected, internet service providers like Telstra and Optus
could cut off their connection until the problem was resolved," reports
News.com.au. ...

The Risks of Computing On-line

The Hidden Risks of Cloud Computing - Security - Lifehacker
Read the link for the whole post.

I don't do it because sometimes I am somewhere I can't connect.

Big Brother and the Internet - Proposed bill gives Obama the power to shut down the Internet

Proposed Bill Gives Obama the Power to Shut Down the Internet | Maximum PC

9 Good Things the Internet Has Ruined Forever

9 Good Things The Internet Has Ruined Forever - OMG Lists.com - When we list, the world listens- The Ultimate Pop Culture List Site!

Google to help fight against bittorrent throttling ISPs

Google Joins Fight Against BitTorrent Throttling ISPs | TorrentFreak

Hundreds of ISPs all over the world limit and restrict BitTorrent traffic on their networks. Unfortunately, most companies are not very open about their network management solutions. With a newly launched website, Google is now helping out by supporting applications that distinguish the good ISPs from the bad.

Death of Free Internet in Canada?

Another Point of View: Reloaded: Death Of Free Internet In Canada? < read me!

The great value of the open Internet is that it allows us to envision and, in fact, produce a more democratic media system.

But the open Internet is under threat by the very companies that bring it into our homes and workplaces, Internet Service Providers (ISPs). These big telecommunication companies want to become the gatekeepers of the Internet, charging hefty fees to reach large audiences, as they do with other mediums.

Big telecom companies are trying to do away with the governing guidelines of the Internet called "net neutrality" (or "common carriage"). Net neutrality requires that Internet service providers not discriminate - including speeding up or slowing down web content - based on its source, ownership or destination. Net neutrality protects our ability to direct our own online activities, and also maintains a level playing field for online innovation and social change.

The activity of limiting or slowing access to specific content and services is referred to as "traffic shaping" or "throttling," and it fundamentally changes how the Internet works. According to Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, ISPs already have a "history of blocking access to contentious content (Telus), limiting bandwidth for alternative content delivery channels (Rogers), and raising the prospect of levying fees for priority content delivery (Bell)."

If we let big ISPs have their way, media producers, online entrepreneurs and social change makers will need to ask Bell, Rogers and other big ISPs for permission and pay large sums of cash to effectively distribute content or innovate.

Porn - the leading edge of the Internet

Thank You, Porn! 12 Ways the Sex Trade Has Changed the Web - PC World

For an industry that many people won't admit they've ever patronized, pornography has had an amazing impact on virtually every new medium, from cave painting to photography. Dirty pictures have been credited with ensuring the future of the VCR, boosting cable TV subscriptions, helping to kill off the Betamax and HD DVD formats, and (perhaps most important) driving the growth of the Internet.

In fact, the adult entertainment industry has been on top of many of the Net's most crucial tech innovations--but not because it invented any of them.

Internet becoming more popular than sex?

Almost half of women prefer Internet to sex- The Inquirer

First, the Internet has become more popular than TV. Now, it seems, it threatens to become more popular than sex. Oh my goodness!

Internet in space

NASA tests &squo;interplanetary internet&squo; | The Daily Telegraph

NASA said a test of DTN software loaded on board the International Space Station would begin next summer.

Another step to the Britain of V

Internet black boxes to record every email and website visit - Telegraph

The Internet Party

The Internet Party - Funny Videos | Cracked.com

 

What if web sites got together for a party...

Note: the word at the end of the video is "blumpkin". It is not a pleasant thing - If you look it up in Urban Dictionary don't say I didn't warn you.

Don't let the Internet end.

I Power

Bell Canada and TELUS (formerly owned by Verizon) employees
officially confirm that by 2012 ISP's all over the globe will reduce
Internet access to a TV-like subscription model, only offering access
to a small standard amount of commercial sites and require extra fees for every other site you visit.

Social Networking Surpasses Porn As Number One On The Internet

Porn knocked off top spot by social notworking - The INQUIRER