Internet
InfoTech: Hong Kong's plans to nationalise domain registration
Hong Kong is renowned for being one of the world's free wheeling economies and societies. But things are changing under the skin and a proposal to nationalise the management of the territory's domain registration and management may be the thin end of the wedge, implies a seasoned campaigner for shareholder rights.
InfoTech: ICANN's new plans - a cause for celebration or concern?
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has just concluded a meeting in Paris. The meeting lasted a week - the consequences will last far longer, and cost a lot more than a week alongside the Seine.
InfoTech: ISPs act against child porn
Is it the beginning of the end for free speech, or the actions of responsible corporate citizens? Or is it a fear that now monitoring technology has moved on, the risk that ISPs and carriers may be prosecuted as conspirator in child pornography cases? And does it have a wider implication for internet crime? Nigel Morris-Cotterill, Head, The Anti Money Laundering Network, reviews the background and impact of a recent US decision.
Internet: UK ISPs blame BBC for bandwidth woes
UK ISPs are complaining that just one company's output is threatening their business.
InfoTech: online crime reaches new high - again
A report by the USA's FBI says that internet crime in 2007 was the worst so far.
InfoTech: Asia Domain land rush ends
The landrush phase of the launch of the .asia top level domain ended today. The results of the auction are amusing.
Infotech: Social networking - killer app or just killer?
The news that AOL is to spend USD850 million to buy Bebo, which began life as a student-orientated social networking site, emphasises the importance that companies are attaching to this medium. What are the pros and cons of the phenomenon?
Infotech: The Net's not working as expected.
The whole design of the internet was supposed to make it so that a break in one place would mean that communications continued to work. After recent cable breaks disrupted global traffic, YouTube says that its latest problems arose with an ISP in Pakistan, half a world away from YouTube's US servers.
Internet: ICANN plans to block domain scams
ICANN ("Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers")'s system to help consumers is being exploited by fraudsters and others, resulting in expense to registrars and problems for "real" internet users."
Infotech: UK plans to ban illegal downloaders
It's a good way to get headlines, but surely the British government's plan to ban illegal downloaders from using the internet is unworkable.