Internet Filtering: New Zealand joins the growing crowd

Last month NZ government has stealthy launched their filtering system. From now on, New Zealand Internet users are in good hands. Sad. Here is what their opposition says: Does New Zealand have internet filtering? Yes. The Department of Internal Affairs ran a trial internet filtering scheme in conjunction with Ihug, Watchdog, Maxnet and TelstraClear from May 2007 to September 2008. The system is now running with...

Open letter to Google: free VP8, and use it on YouTube – Free Software Foundation

Open letter to Google: free VP8, and use it on YouTube – Free Software Foundation. With its purchase of the On2 video compression technology company having been completed on Wednesday February 16, 2010, Google now has the opportunity to make free video formats the standard, freeing the web from both Flash and the proprietary H.264 codec. To sit on this technology or merely use it as a bargaining chip...

Member of the Czech Presidency is going to a job with AT&T

Member of the Czech Presidency team negotiating on the the Telecoms Package is going to a job with AT&T. His new job title will be External Affairs Director. Based in Prague, he will be responsible for the region of Central and East Europe, Germany and Russia. no comments Europe. Liberté, égalité, fraternité my ass of democracy. EU negotiator lands top job in AT&T Source: www.iptegrity.com Telecoms...

Web 2.0 & Death of the Network Engineer

found it by googling related:michael.tabolsky.com. agree with google. it is related anyway, if you are into Internet business on any layer then it is worth reading comments included. Web 2.0 & Death of the Network...

What is inside the Telecoms Package?

Excuse my skepticism, but whenever there is a “market regulation” law popping out in a parliament, I always start from finding who benefits from it. And usually there is  always an industry or corporation behind it which is lobbying for the new law. I don’t think it has to do something with global conspiracy but rather an obvious and logical thing. Anyway, what is there in Telecoms Package? who is...