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Its Creators Call Internet Outdated, Offer Remedies - Wall Street Journal
In 1969, at the Pentagon’s Advanced Research Projects Agency, Larry Roberts oversaw a program of connected research computers called ARPAnet that became the foundation for the Internet. Four decades later, he has spent nearly $340 million trying to redo that same technology, which he now believes is far behind the times. “We can no longer rely on last-generation technology, which has essentially remained unchanged for 40 years, to power Internet performance,” says Mr. Roberts, who is 69 years old. Last month, his start-up, Anagran Inc., introduced a piece of gear called the flow router that he says can help modernize the Internet. The equipment analyzes Web traffic to discern whether it is an email, a movie or a phone call and then carves out the bandwidth needed for transmission.
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Canadians rebuff restrictions on their Internet access - eBay Canada
A poll conducted by Leger Marketing found that Canadians are generally unaware of the concept of “net neutrality,” the principle that Internet service providers should not be allowed to impose restrictions on the web content or applications consumers can access. The concept of prioritizing Internet traffic or “traffic shaping” has been proposed by Internet service providers as a way to fund the upgrade or expansion of their networks. The study, commissioned by eBay Canada in June, found that although just 34 per cent of Canadians are familiar with the term net neutrality, 67 per cent agree with the principle once it is explained.
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GPL defenders say: See you in court - CNET News
The Software Freedom Law Center files suit - and could roil the waters for more folks than just the single defendant. A legal team enforcing the most widely used license in the open-source and free software movement has shown that it’s not afraid to take its cases all the way to court. For years, violations of the General Public License, or GPL, have been met with quiet discussions to resolve compliance problems that can result when open-source software is used improperly. Now, however, the Software Freedom Law Center is taking a hard-line approach, filing a copyright infringement lawsuit against Monsoon Multimedia for allegedly failing to abide by requirements of the GPL.
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Financial Times Will Allow More Free Access to Web Site - New York Times
The Financial Times, preparing for a fierce battle with The Wall Street Journal over business readers and online advertising revenue, will give casual readers free access to its Web site this month, according to executives at The Financial Times. The Web site of the London-based business newspaper, which currently charges for much of its content online, as of mid-October will allow users to get up to 30 articles a month for free, said John Ridding, chief executive of the newspaper. Anyone who wants to view more online material will have to subscribe to the site.
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German official says ‘nein’ to Google-DoubleClick deal - CNET News
The data protection commissioner of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has come out against Google’s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. Such a merger would “lead to a massive violation of data privacy rights” for consumers in the European Union if the databases of the two companies were combined, says Thilo Weichert, data protection commissioner for Germany’s northernmost state. In a letter to the European Commissioner for Competition, Weichert writes that search engines in general already violate consumer rights to “informational self-determination” by retaining data for so long, among other things.
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