The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats.
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The disruptions are also linked to Iran’s stated plan of rolling out a national intranet that it says will be faster, more secure and clean of “inappropriate” content, observers say.
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Syria has seen a massive slump in Internet traffic, with the country effectively cut off from the Web, an Internet monitor reported. It is the latest in a series of cyber-blackouts to strike Syria since the conflict began two years ago
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Quantum networking could enable the most secure communication possible.
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Bill to overturn 1992 court decision has support of Obama, Amazon and Walmart — but its future in the House is uncertain
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Norway is taking steps to tackle websites like The Pirate Bay to eliminate online copyright infringement by amending the Copyright Act. The revisions are popular in parliament and if passed will grant authorities the right to block sites at the ISP level.
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….the proposed system would basically spy on everything you type into your Web browser, sending off full details of your requests to the cloud for analysis, where they would be checked in some way — for example, against blacklists or whitelists.
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Justice Department agreed to issue “2511 letters” immunizing AT&T and other companies participating in a cybersecurity program from criminal prosecution under the Wiretap Act, according to new documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
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Legislation that would empower states to tax online purchases cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Monday after winning an enthusiastic endorsement from President Obama.
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A bill to help states force online retailers to collect sales taxes cleared a hurdle in the Senate, and even its fiercest opponents are looking to the House for a last stand.
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