Category Archives: Tech

• A cloud with Chinese characteristics 20 November 2012 | David Wolf no comments

  The PRC government has built a policy framework that hampers access to Cloud-based services based offshore to the point where they are not viable alternatives to local storage. ...

• Governments still present biggest threat to Internet 20 November 2012 | Jillian C York no comments

  Governments seeking to exert control over their populations still remain the biggest threat to the Internet. ...

• Internet cafes become facilitation centres 18 November 2012 | K M Sree no comments

  Internet cafes, once the centres of attraction for net-savvy and educated youth, are now getting transformed into online facilitation centres. ...

• Chinese authorities force businesses to help censor the Web 15 November 2012 | Jonathan Ansfield, with Adam Century no comments

  As the Chinese cyberpolice stiffened controls on information before the Communist Party leadership transition taking place this week, some companies in Beijing and nearby cities received orders to aid the cause. ...

• India is second only to US in accessing private details of Internet users 15 November 2012 | Ishan Shrivastava no comments

  India ranks second globally in accessing private details of its citizens on the internet, next only to the US, by requests for private data to Google. ...

• Teenager launches top-selling iPhone app “Summly” 2 November 2012 no comments

  An app for iPhone designed by 17-year-old Nick D'Aloisi which provides summaries of news stories soared to number nine in Apple's app store just two hours after its release in the US. ...

• Online tools to skirt Internet censorship prove too popular 21 October 2012 | James Ball no comments

  U.S.-funded programs to beat back internet censorship are increasingly being used in repressive countries, but the popularity of those initiatives has led to online bottlenecks. ...

• 5 lakh cyber warriors to bolster India’s e-defence 16 October 2012 | Indrani Bagchi and Vishwa Mohan one comment

  A new initiative intends to train five lakh cyber warriors in the next five years to meet a critical gap in India's defences: internet security. ...

• Dark Social: We have the whole history of the web wrong 12 October 2012 | Alexis C Madrigal no comments

  But most sharing on the web is done via "dark social" means like email and IM that are difficult to measure. ...

• Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE pose security threat 8 October 2012 | Ellen Nakashima no comments

  Congressional investigators plan to turn over to the FBI evidence of potential cyber-espionage involving Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies ...