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A standard for 7Gbps communications over wireless has been released by the WiGig industry group, and promised that products will appear by the end of 2010. The group intends to use the unlicensed 60GHz band to enable higher speed wireless communications between devices, and will utilise Wi-Fi's higher-layer protocols, which means the new technology can be introduced without a substantial change to existing products. The unified wireless specification announced today by the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGighttp://www.hellkom.co.za/news/technology/572-New-WiFi-spec-provides-speeds-up-to-7Gbps.htm |
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Federal prosecutors in the US have given Megaupload's web hosts the go-ahead to delete its massive trove of data as early as Thursday. The erasure may go ahead on the basis that authorities had completed their search under the warrants, which no longer gave them a right to access that data and cleared the way for the service providers to do what they wanted, according to the Associated Press. A letter filed last Friday by the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia permitted Megaupload... |
The crackdown on file-sharing site Megaupload is expected to do little to reduce overall piracy of music, software and Hollywood movies, while potentially stifling emerging means of distributing content online. In the wake of last week's surprising indictment of the digital storage company and seven executives, other companies have begun changing their policies even as Megaupload officers maintained their innocence in a first court appearance in New Zealand. Filesonic.com stopped allowing people to download... |
Google has changed its privacy policy, streamlining it across its multiple services including search, email, video and social networking sites. More than 60 different policies will be combined into one that will go into effect 1 March, the company said. Google said the new policy will give people more relevant search results and help advertisers find customers. Google has previously faced criticism over the sharing of users data. "We're rolling out a new main privacy policy that covers the majority of of... |
Facebook estimates that it benefits the UK to the tune of more than 2bn a year, including the development of an almost ã500m "app economy" that has sprung up around the world's most popular social networking website. The company commissioned a study by Deloitte, which concluded that Facebook supports 35,200 UK jobs and fuels 2.2bn to UK GDP each year, and published the document at the DLD conference in Munich on Tuesday. Deloitte's estimates looked at the direct economic impact of Facebook Ö such as... |
Google has announced that uploads to YouTube now total one hour of video every second. "Can you imagine how many 'Nyans' that is?" the company ask in a blog post announcing the milestone, referring to the mind-numbing "Nyan Cat" video that has been watched over 60 million times. On a separate website, "One Hour Per Second", Google answers that question in an animated flood of stats. "In 24 seconds of uploads to YouTube," one stat notes, "one full day elapses and the Nyan Cat says 'Nyan' over 345,600 times... |
Two men sought worldwide in connection with a U.S.-led crackdown on the online file-sharing website Megaupload have been arrested, a New Zealand government lawyer told a court on Monday. U.S. authorities had issued international warrants for Sven Echternach, 39, a German, and Andrus Nomm, 32,
of Estonia for their involvement in alleged internet piracy and money laundering. The two had been arrested in Europe, New Zealand government lawyer Anne Toohey told a court hearing on an application for bail by... |
Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has said its co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in a shake-up. Mr Lazaridis, who founded RIM in 1984, will become vice chairman. Mr Balsillie will continue to sit on the board but not have any operational role. Chief operating officer Thorsten Heins will replace them on Monday. Investors have called for a strategy change as the company struggles to compete with Apple and Google. The departure of RIM's co-chief executives was... |
The arrest of Megaupload's founders has led to other file storage sites taking action in an apparent attempt to protect themselves from legal action.Filesonic has disabled its sharing functions, allowing users to access only their own files. Uploaded.to has blocked US access to its site entirely, with a message saying "sorry about that". Experts said that the sites were attempting to show that they were taking piracy seriously. "If those websites are found to be communicating the works - ie facilitating... |
Megaupload, one of the internet's largest file-sharing sites, has been shut down by officials in the US. The site's founders have been charged with violating piracy laws. Federal prosecutors have accused it of costing copyright holders more than $500m (320m) in lost revenue. The firm says it was diligent in responding to complaints about pirated material. In response, the hackers group Anonymous has targeted the FBI and US Department of Justice websites. The news came a day after anti-piracy law protest... |
Google said Thursday that its Google+ social network now has 90 million users, up from 40 million in October. Engagement is also growing, Google CEO Larry Page said during a fourth-quarter earnings call. More than 60 percent of Google+ users engage with the service daily and 80 percent engage weekly, he said. Google has shipped a new Google+ feature every day since the network's June debut, Page continued. This week, for example, the service added support for automatic video posts via Webcam, eliminating ... |