OMG Article Directory Google Slapdown!!!
July and August were terrific months traffic wise, the best we have ever had over here at ArticleSnatch.com. It was a nice test of scale for the platform that we are running on. At the end of August we noticed something that other sites have seen – the dread Google Slap! Google Slap Toward the [...]
Japanese Police Bust Virus Writer
Police in Kyoto have arrested three men, who were involved in a plot to infect users of the P2P file-sharing network Winny with a Trojan horse that displayed images of anime characters while erasing music and movie files. The malware called Harada is thought to be connected to the Pirlames Trojan horse which anti-spam firm [...]
Net Neutrality Groups Press FCC
Free Press, the organization behind SaveTheInternet.com, responded to the Federal Communications Commission’s expressed intent to investigate Comcast and Verizon Wireless over alleged content blocking. The group urged the FCC to respond quickly in order to protect the free flow of information on all networks. read more More: continued here net neutrality groups press fcc
Australia Plans Net Filters Amid Censorship Cries
Australian government denies mandatory censorship of pornography and violence equates what China does in terms of blocking web content. read more More: continued here australia plans net filters amid censorship cries
Mozilla’s Devilish Deal With Google
Two aspects of Mozilla’s close ties with Google over development of the Firefox browser have Chris Soghoian concerned about a conflict of interest in play.People who adopt Firefox as a replacement for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer think they are turning aside a monopolist in favor of a more secure and open browsing alternative. It may not [...]
Google Custom Search Overlay
The Google Custom Search blog just announced a new feature, the Custom Search Results Overlay. What it does is provide a way to have the results of a user’s search overlay itself on top of the screen containing the search box. You can see an example of this here. It’s an interesting idea. A bit [...]
Comcast Impersonates China and Gnutella, Too
Some of the uproar last week was regarding Comcast’s blocking of BitTorrent traffic, a move that, by itself raised concerns about the power over content and packets the cable company was usurping. Over the weekend it came to light that Comcast not only blocked BitTorrent, but also Gnutella and Lotus Notes. Back in September, CNet [...]
RSF: China Blocked Google Sites
A high level meeting of China’s Communist government took place this week, during which time Reporters Without Borders said China redirected certain Internet traffic to Baidu.Attempts to reach Google Blog Search and YouTube from China have been unsuccessful since October 17, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) charged today. The organization, which supports press freedom worldwide, said [...]
Net Neutrality, Now With Less Spin
Have the telecoms and cable companies just abandoned the Net Neutrality fight altogether? It used to be they staged aggressive rhetoric battles, created questionable studies, and pretended to honor Net Neutrality on their own – without legislation. Lately though, they seem to have gone radio silent about the matter and have even abandoned the so-called [...]
YouTube Finally Gains Anti-Piracy Tool
Google has faced a lengthy stream of complaints and a lawsuit from Viacom over the continued uploading of copyrighted videos by YouTube users. The debut of their long-awaited content ID tool could help its relationship with Hollywood.The beta version of YouTube Video Identification has been in the works at Google for some time. They announced [...]
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