We could see a new UK-based internet domain coming soon, ending in .uk. It should have tightened security, but will be more expensive for companies and individuals looking to protect their names.
So, will you be shelling out on yourname.uk?
Tagged ‘internet’
Smartphones are taking over the world, and mobile internet usage continues to shoot up. But there’s a real and growing problem with that, even in our own backyard, as a new report published today by the Open Rights Group reveals: the over-zealous site-blocking carried out by mobile networks. Whatever happened to net neutrality?
What have you got planed for Saturday? A bit of light online shopping? Heading to Facebook to tell the world how hungover you are? Booking tickets for the next big gig? Nope, nope and nope. Anonymous, the web’s most infamous hacking group, plans to take the internet down in protest. Read on for the full details. Read more
Online piracy is a sticky situation that’s not going to go away any time soon. On one side you’ve got the pirates doing anything they can to not get caught. On the other, the IP industries desperately trying to protect profits. There’s no easy answer, but then maybe there isn’t one. Vint Cerf, one of the so-called ‘fathers of the internet’ doesn’t have a solution, but he’s at least got a couple of bright ideas, as we discovered during a talk yesterday… Read more
Imagine you run the Pirate Bay. You’ve got to be watching your back at all times, forever nervous that someone’s going to bring the walls down around you. The solution? Takes to the skies, of course. News from the Swedish file directory’s official blog is that it’s building “something extraordinary” to help it do exactly that. Read more
“Sign here, please” – we scrawl our name and look shiftily around. We’re in one of Britain’s most secure technology centres. Sky‘s broadband SNS centre is so secret, we’re not allowed to tell you where it is, in case it’s targeted by terrorists. We feel like Jack Bauer, with more child-like handwriting and some crumpled Non-Disclosure paperwork stuffed in our back pocket. Step inside with us, and see what Sky’s so desperate to keep secret. Read more
End internet hate: Electricpig takes the good fight to the government
On 31 March 2012 the COI, the Central Office of Information, will shut down. For those unsure, the COI is the body responsible for public service announcements in the UK – you know, the woman with a flaming head, and the moonwalking bear.
Its work is going in-house within the different government departments, which means we’ll still have the ads and posters. Just as well, because we’ve got a suggestion of the highest importance.
Instead of advising us on how to cross the road and live our physical lives, how about some gentle moral guidance for our virtual ones? Never mind benefit frauds, it’s time to make trolls social outcasts. Read more