Oct 022009

Hello net neutrality: Network Wold

As the old adage goes, “Be careful what you wish for — you might get it, and wish you hadn’t.”

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Sep 162009

Slashdot Stories (20):

sholto writes “US intelligence agencies are advising top US IT executives to weigh their laptops before and after visiting China as one of many precautions against corporate espionage. Symantec Chief Technology Officer Mark Bregman said he was also advised to buy a new cellphone for each visit and to throw it away after leaving. Bregman said he kept a separate MacBook Air for use in China, which he re-images on returning, but claimed he didn’t subscribe to the strictest policies. ‘Bregman said the US was also concerned about its companies employing Chinese coders, particularly in security.’”

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Sep 162009

US Spec Ops operates psywar websites targeted at UK • The Register:

The secretive US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded arms globocorp General Dynamics a $10m contract to set up a network of psychological-warfare “influence websites” supporting the Global War On Terror. France and Britain are specifically included as “targeted regions”.

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