Internet

Internet "Mr Right" not so righteous (TVNZ)

5 Jul 2008

Women looking for Mr Right on the Internet are being warned there is a Mr Con-man lurking amongst the contenders by a NZ Internet safety group. Several women have been caught out by the man, who describes himself as lonely, sad and suffering from terminal cancer.

Vint Cerf Comments on Government's Role in Internet Broadband Access (CircleID)

5 Jul 2008

Some offhand comments by Google's Vint Cerf at a recent event seem to have a triggered a panicky "Vint Cerf proposes nationalizing the Internet" buzz that's been ramping up fairly rapidly. Holy BitTorrent, Batman! Army paratroopers seen dropping into parking lots at AT&T and Comcast, while the Transportation Security Agency orders us all to remove our shoes before surfing the Web! Settle down, ...

Internet addressing agency loses its addresses (MSNBC)

5 Jul 2008

This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.