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Comcast hack: Just a generic attack or BitTorrent revenge?

Comcast's portal had its DNS records hi-jacked in an attack. The big question: Was Comcast just a big target or was this a BitTorrent revenge attack as some folks have speculated? If you recall, Comcast had drawn some fire over traffic shaping on its network and curtailing...

Tags: BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., Attack, Dancho, TorrentFreak, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-29

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News to know: Limelight's Olympics; Software prices; Wordcamp 2008; Windows 7 Server

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet Larry Dignan: Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn? Podcast: CIO tells how he reduced impact...

Tags: Olympic Games, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Semantic Web, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-08-18

News to know: Salesforce and Google; LiveMesh; Cloud computing; Linux

Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterprise Garett Rogers: Google announces SalesForce integration with Google Apps Techmeme Mary Jo Foley: The big reveal: Live Mesh Statement: Blockbuster proposes to buy Circuit City  ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Data Center, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Miro going nowhere without net neutrality

Miro going nowhere without net neutrality"Net neutrality" ...... means only not charging companies for the bandwidth they use, but spreading the costs to all customers.What you're talking about is restricting particular providers for commercial advantage. That's supposed to be illegal under current rules. Unless there's some kind of...

Tags: Net Neutrality, Miro

Discussion threads 2008-02-05

RIAA site was hacked today: are the hackers right, or wrong?

Earlier today, Sunday, the site of the let's sue infringing college kids-happy Recording Institute of America RIAA was hacked clean. The site is back up now ,but for the few hours it was down, all the pages looked like the grab TorrentFreak took,...

Tags: RIAA, Site, Hacker, Hacking, Security, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-20

News to know: RealPlayer flaw; Wireless speakers; Ubuntu installation; Amazon's EC2

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: IE users beware: RealPlayer zero-day flaw under attack. Mozilla plugs 10 more Firefox holes. Heather Clancy: Green business backlash: We could see this coming. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Ubuntu 7.10 - Installation walk-through. Gallery. Christopher Dawson: Microsoft matters less...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Speaker, AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Wireless, Flaw, Purchasing & Procurement, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Comcast said to be thwarting Torrent sessions: Good, I say. You?

Seems as though Comcast has been nipping BitTorrent transfers in the bud by blocking the seeding step that Torrent users must undertake before their PCs are Torrent-enabled for individual sessions.Good, I say.Not that I have any love for Comcasteven though this post is being uploaded over a Comcast broadband connection....

Tags: BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-08-18

Lawgarithms Links for 8/13/07

Remember that between entries here you can keep up with the Live Web and other issues I'm spotting by subscribing to my Google Reader Starred Items. Among the links now playing:Two-word license agreement: "F--- YOU!", from Boing Boing by Cory DoctorowFair Use for YouTube & MySpace Users, from Slashdot...

Tags: Google Inc., BitTorrent, Google Reader, Blog, Lawgarithms, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2007-08-13

Lawgarithms Links for 7/20/07

Now that I'm smitten with keeping a link blog, I'll endeavor once a week or so to cull through it for things I think might be of particular interest to Lawgarithms readers. So, here we go. I'm curious whether you find such undertakings useful or not, so there's...

Tags: Social news, Social networking, Privacy, Patent, Live Web, Links, Licenses, Lawsuits, DRM, DMCA, Copyright, Collaboration, Blogging

Blog posts 2007-07-20

Can ISPs police illegal P2P downloads?

A Belgium court ruled that ISPs have to take steps to thwart peer-to-peer networks and piracy. Good luck delivering on that one. The ruling could be significant since it sets a precedent in the European Union, but there are a few nuts and bolts to figure out on the technology...

Tags: Web Technology, Telecommunications, Hollywood on Demand, General

Blog posts 2007-07-05

News to know: iPhone; Dell's net gear; DRM-free movies

Notable headlines:Engadget on how iPhone delay story happened. Techmeme discussion.Larry Dignan: iPhone: The pieces are falling in place for lift-off. AppleInsider: Apple iPhone receives FCC approval. Russell Shaw: iPhone test results now live on FCC site: here are pics, links.Dan Farber: Dell's Project Hybrid: Pre-packaging the datacenter. Photos right: Dell...

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-05-18

The EU's ongoing joust with iTunes

The EU's ongoing joust with iTunesit too bad...Apple won't cave to Microsoft and Microsoft won't cave to Apple.Cave being... they both want control of the DRM.Good thing we have choicesI completely agree. If the consumer does not like DRM then they should not buy it, and quit whining. ...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, Apple Inc., irony, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2007-03-16