The holidays have come and gone, but it looks like Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) has yet to take off his Santa suit. He’s submitted a new bill that would update the Federal Communications Commission’s E-Rate program, which subsidizes computer equipment and Internet connectivity for schools.
The Australian government found itself victim of a cyberattack on Wednesday morning as a protest against the government’s plan to begin filtering certain types of pornography from being accessed online The attack was carried out by the group Anonymous (yes, that Anonymous) as part of “Operation: Titstorm,” an effort to push back on Australia for including a plethora of perfectly legal content as part of its Internet filtering initiative. Two government sites were taken down temporarily, and officials have (unsurprisingly) condemned the attacks
People have wondered for years what Google might be up to with all that dark fiber it had bought up around the country. Now, we may have an answer: deliver open-access, fiber-to-the-home Internet service at speeds of 1Gbps.
After years of research, professional infighting and maneuvering from various interest groups, the nation’s psychiatrists Tuesday unveiled proposed changes to the manual used to diagnose and treat mental disorders around the world. The draft document, released by the American Psychiatric Assn., for the first time calls for binge-eating and gambling to be considered disorders, opening the way for insurance coverage of these problems
Microsoft has issued Security Advisory (977377) to address a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. The TLS and SSL protocols are implemented in several Microsoft products, both client and server.
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