Internet News
Italian court restores Mediaset's .com domain
Italy's largest private broadcaster Thursday welcomed the decision of a Rome civil court to restore its right to use the mediaset.com international Internet domain after failing in a bid to recover it from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in February.
Comcast is first U.S. ISP to offer IPv6 to home gateway users
Comcast has moved into the next phase of its IPv6 roll-out, becoming the first U.S. broadband ISP to enable next-gen Internet services for residential customers that use home gateways.
China scrubs online rumors from Internet, shuts down sites
China has taken down more than 210,000 online posts and closed 42 websites since mid-March as part of a crackdown on Internet rumors, which authorities claim represent a danger to society, officials said Thursday.
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More criticism for anti-piracy agreement in Europe
A wide cross section of groups and individuals spoke out against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) at a European Parliament event on Wednesday.
Google Chrome browser tabs can travel from device to device
Tabs opened in the Google Chrome browser will soon travel with the user to other devices so long as the user is signed in, according to a company blog post.
Exponential bandwidth growth and cost declines
Global Internet traffic is expected to grow 32% per year from 2010 to 2015. In 2010, an average of 46 terabits/second traveled over the Internet and should surpass 199 terabits/second in 2015. But while IP traffic is growing exponentially, the budgets for network equipment are growing at less than 10%.
Chrome: Fastest on Macs, Favorite on Weekends?
Browser statistics are not unlike weather forecasts on TV: If you don't like what you hear, change the channel--or wait a day--and the story will likely change.
Complaints about iPad Wi-Fi problems continue to climb
Complaints from owners of Apple's newest iPad that their device has trouble connecting to wireless networks continue to mount.
Facebook selects NASDAQ for listing, report says
Facebook will list its stock on the NASDAQ stock exchange following what some observers say is he most anticipated IPO in a decade, according to a report today in the New York Times.
Yahoo laying off 2,000 workers to save $375M
After weeks of rumors of a pending reorganization, Yahoo announced this morning that the company is laying off about 2,000 workers.
Yahoo CEO needs to outline his vision after layoffs
As Yahoo laid off about 2,000 employees Wednesday, industry watchers were asking when its CEO will lay out his vision for the struggling company's future.
Expedia, Tripadvisor file antitrust complaints against Google in Europe
Tripadvisor and Expedia are the two latest companies to complain to Europe's competition regulators about Google.
IE's browser share recovers, Chrome down for third straight month
Internet Explorer posted another major gain in share last month, the second in the first quarter of the year, perhaps signaling a turnaround in Microsoft's fortunes, a Web metrics company said Sunday.