Trials for mandatory filtering would never be accepted in an academic statistics journal The Federal Government’s ISP filter trials lack proper methodology and are not representative, according to experts in statistics and testing from two of Australia’s leading universities. The criticisms come after two of the nine ISPs participating revealed only 15 of their customers, [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Expert: Smaller ISPs will feel bite of mandatory filter
A leading tech expert has warned that small Internet service providers (ISPs) could face huge expenses in purchasing and maintaining a mandatory filter, as proposed by the Federal Government. Associate professor at the University of Sydney and senior researcher for one of Australia’s leading ICT research organisations (NICTA), Bjorn Landfeldt, said while large telcos had [...]
Screen-blocking systems stop prying eyes
Oculis Labs thinks it has stared down a long-known gaping hole in data protection You’ve probably been in this situation before: A colleague strolls up behind your computer during work hours and your personal e-mail is in view. To protect computer users in such instances — and some that are much more problematic — a [...]
AT&T and 4chan fuss gets ugly, then despicable
When goliath AT&T went mano-a-mano with a tiny site called 4chan.org, perhaps AT&T didn’t realize what it’s like to start a fight online. Things have gone from bad to worse to downright despicable ever since AT&T, in a move it said was meant to protect one of its customers from a Web-based attack, blocked access [...]
10 ways your voice and data can be spied on
Attackers seeking to do harm or mischief to networks work with an ever expanding arsenal of tools that sometimes seem to be the stuff of spy fiction, but they are all too real. 10 cutting-edge spy gadgets Here are 10 cloak-and-dagger ways, legal and illegal, to secretly tap into networks and computers to capture data [...]
Microsoft opens mobile app store to developers
Microsoft officially opened its Windows Marketplace for Mobile application store to software developers on Monday as the giant software maker moves to catch up to the success of Apple’s iPhone App Store. Microsoft is now accepting submissions of mobile phone software applications from registered developers in 29 countries and is offering prizes for the most [...]
Survey: 50% of Gamers play for 5 hours daily
In the Game&Game site, ahead of the European region finals of the 2009 Game & Game World Championship (herein GNGWC2009), a unique questionnaire is being conducted that is attracting attention. Presently, in the Game&Game homepage, voting is being carried out for how long gamers play daily. This voting, which has been conducted since last July [...]
Texting while driving increases crash risk 23-fold
Drivers of heavy trucks who were texting while driving were at a 23 times greater risk of a crash or near crash than those who were not, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute reported last night. The findings of a series of studies (pdf format) released by the institute also showed that the risk to truck [...]
IE icon too familiar for Microsoft EU settlement?
Updated Details could undermine Microsoft’s proposal to let Windows users pick their browser, the company’s effort to keep Internet Explorer on the right side of European Union regulatory law. Speaking with TechFlash, Opera Software CTO Hakon Wium Lie has questioned the use of the famous IE icon in a ballot screen Microsoft said it’s willing [...]