Comment Re:BT / Virgin Media / etc (Score 1) 218
Not all UK law is statute law -- perhaps you'd like to check that before replying?
Submission + - Home Router for high speed connection?
soulprivate writes: My cable company recently has begun to offer Internet access plans with speeds over 30 Mbps (60, 80 and 100 Mbps). However my D-link router is unable to go beyond 30 Mbps if I use NAT. It reaches 60-70 Mbps only if NAT is disabled.
Is there any recommendation for a brand/model of residential router that is able to get more than 70 Mbps with NAT enabled? I have been looking for benchmarks or comparisons, to no avail. Does anyone knows one? or what are your experiences at home?
Is there any recommendation for a brand/model of residential router that is able to get more than 70 Mbps with NAT enabled? I have been looking for benchmarks or comparisons, to no avail. Does anyone knows one? or what are your experiences at home?
Submission + - Film studios issue ultimatum to ISPs (itnews.com.au) 1
bennyboy64 writes: The court case between the film industry and ISP iiNet drew to a close yesterday after the film studios issued an ultimatum: Take copyright responsibilities seriously or leave the industry. 'Businesses such as ISPs want to enjoy the benefit of being able to make money out of the provision of internet service facilities and they enjoy that benefit. But it carries with it a responsibility,' said Tony Bannon SC, the film industry's lawyer. 'They provide a facility that is able to be used for copyright infringement purposes. If they don't like having to deal with copyright notices then they should get out of the business'. iTnews has done a short one minute interview with iiNet's CEO Michael Malone as he left the court on the final day. The judge also, on the final day, dismissed the Internet Industry Association's involvement in the case.
Submission + - Mininova removes all 'infringing' torrents (torrentfreak.com)
Pabugs writes: I woke up this morning to cruise the Mininova movies category to find the torrents were removed and the line at the top stating 'From now on, only Content Distribution torrents are allowed' — Could it be that 'The Man" is gaining a foothold in the piracy battle? — I guess we'll have to wait and see, in the meantime, I'm a little less thankful on this Thanksgiving knowing that Corporate interests are now crushing my movie habits — Mininova was one of the few places I could find movies that most rental places won't carry and being forced into purchasing a crappy film for preview @ $9.99 isn't worth it to me.
Submission + - SPAM: London Stock Exchange timeline of technical proble
ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes: The London Stock Exchange has halted electronic trading after experiencing its fourth major technology glitch in just over a year. Here we take a look at the technological trials and tribulations of one of the world's biggest exchanges.
Link to Original Source
Link to Original Source
Submission + - Dumbing down programming? (zdnet.co.uk) 1
RunRevKev writes: The unveiling of Revolution 4.0 has sparked a debate on ZDNet about whether programming is being dumbed down. The new version of the software uses an English-syntax that requires 90 per cent less code than traditional languages. A descendant of Apple's Hypercard, Rev 4 is set to "...empower people who would never have attempted programming to create successful applications". ZDNet report that "One might reasonably hope that this product inspires students in the appropriate way and gets them more interested in programming."
Submission + - 30000 UK ISP Users Face Illegal P2P Threat Letters (ispreview.co.uk)
Mark.JUK writes: Solicitors at ACS:Law have been granted approval by the Royal Courts of Justice in London to demand the private personal details of some 30,000 customers suspected of involvement with illegal file sharing from UK broadband ISPs. The customers concerned are "suspected" of illegally file sharing (P2P) approximately 291 movie titles, they now face threatening demands for money (settlement) or risk the prospect of court action. It's noted that 25,000 of the IP addresses that have been collected belong to BT users.
Submission + - Epic Climate Research Scandal (dailymail.co.uk)
PHPNerd writes: While it is clear now that humans are the cause of global warming, a very disturbing scandal has recently been uncovered that threatens to destabilize and discredit the work that has already been done, now being referred to by many as "Climategate". One of the world's leading climate change research centers, the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit, has been accused of manipulating data on global warming after thousands of private emails and documents were leaked via hackers. The CRU plays a leading role in compiling UN reports and tracks long-term changes in temperature and the documents leaked contain verified proof of falsified data and e-mails from leading scientists the world over. Even more disturbing, it appears that Obama's Science Czar John Holdren is directly involved in the CRU's unfolding scandal, and according to files leaked, willingly engaged in ridiculing and bullying people who legitimately and scientifically disagreed. While the complete ramifications of this scandal are yet unknown, it is clear that many well-respected scientists will have their reputations destroyed for engaging in such behavior.
Submission + - Missing decimal comma, huge sums debited (poste.it)
mario.m7 writes: Poste Italiane, the Italian postal service has suffered yesterday from an abnormal computation in ATM and credit card operations, since the decimal comma was not taken and the whole sum debited multiplied by 100, resulting in a 115,00 Euro transaction debited as 11.500 Euro!
Il Sole 24 Ore reports that thousands of accounts are in the deep red and locked, so that no more operations are possible. Poste Italiane are gradually recovering the problem, fixing the error and re-crediting the sum debited in excess. Consumer associations have offered support to clients in case this inefficiency will last for more time and cause damages.
Il Sole 24 Ore reports that thousands of accounts are in the deep red and locked, so that no more operations are possible. Poste Italiane are gradually recovering the problem, fixing the error and re-crediting the sum debited in excess. Consumer associations have offered support to clients in case this inefficiency will last for more time and cause damages.
Submission + - Wikileaks publishes 500,000 9/11 pager messages (wired.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: Wikileaks is preparing to release 500,000 intercepted pager messages from a 24-hour period encompassing the September 11 terrorist attacks. The messages show emergency services springing into action and computer systems sending automated messages as buildings collapse. Wikileaks implies this data came from an organised collection effort.
Submission + - Kids to get an Internet "Panic Button" (smh.com.au)
CuteSteveJobs writes: Children who feel they are being bullied, harassed or groomed online could call for help instantly using a "panic button" on their PCs under a plan by the Australian Government's cyber-safety working group. The button shall look like a "friendly dolphin", who will connect the child victim instantly to police or child protection groups. Australian Internet Censorship Advocate Hetty "Save the Children" Johnson says the Internet needs something like 000 or 911. Will this be another scheme wasting taxpayer dollars in lieu of parental supervison, or could it actually work? Are 1 in 4 children really sexually abused by the Internet? Can flaming and trolling be classified as bullying?
Comment Re:As somebody who moved Toronto to London recentl (Score 1) 1095
A-Z as in A-to-Z as in A-to-Zed (leave 'Zee' at home.)
Submission + - Filesharing laws unenforceable on mobile networks (zdnet.co.uk)
superglaze writes: UK mobile broadband providers currently have no way of telling which subscribers are file-sharing which copyrighted content, ZDNet UK reports. This represents something of a problem for new laws that have been proposed to crack down on unlawful filesharing. According to the article, databases could be built to make it possible to identify what specific users are downloading, but the industry is loath to fund this sort of project itself.
Also, as an analyst points out in the piece, prepay users are mostly anonymous in the UK, which creates a new challenge for the government's plans. And if that isn't enough, connection-sharing apps like JoikuBoost would make identification pretty much impossible anyway.
Also, as an analyst points out in the piece, prepay users are mostly anonymous in the UK, which creates a new challenge for the government's plans. And if that isn't enough, connection-sharing apps like JoikuBoost would make identification pretty much impossible anyway.
Submission + - Smoking near apple computers voids warranty (consumerist.com)
lvorthma writes: The Consumerist reports Apple has refused to repair computers under warranty if they have been exposed to second hand smoke. According to the article, "two readers in different parts of the country claim that their Applecare warranties were voided due to secondhand smoke. Both readers appealed their cases up to the office of (God) Steve Jobs himself. Both lost." There is no mention of smoke damage in the Applecare legal terms. I'm not a smoker, but pissing off tons of apple users who are smokers seems like a poor business strategy destined to ruin repeat sales.
Submission + - NYSE: Data Centers Are Our Future (datacenterknowledge.com)
miller60 writes: The growth of high frequency trading is driving a data center arms race on Wall Street, and NYSE Euronext intends to win. The exchange says its new data center in New Jersey will be the Death Star of trading facilities, reflecting a major shift for the NYSE's business.“We really see our data centers as the future of our market,” said Stanley Young, CEO of NYSE Technologies. “We think of our data centers as the exchanges used to think of our trading floors years ago.” That's driving an intense focus on fast connections and the cost of power as new business metrics for the financial markets.
