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Senate Expected to Quickly Pass Cybersecurity Legislation this Week
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
The US Senate is expected to quickly pass The National Cybersecurity Protection Act, which calls for more specificity around the cybersecurity role of the Department of Homeland Security, according to reports....
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Swedish Police Raid The Pirate Bay, Knocking File Sharing Sites Offline
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Police in Sweden raided The Pirate Bay office in Stockholm on Tuesday, seizing equipment and knocking the website offline. According to a statement by police, the raid was carried out Tuesday morning in connection to violations of copyright law. ...
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Bitcoin Exchange Blockchain.info Fixes Security Issue Caused by Web-Wallet Update
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Bitcoin exchange Blockchain.info has issued a warning on Tuesday about a security issue with its private key generation. According to a post Tuesday morning, the issue was discovered early morning on December 8 and was "immediately resolved."...
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EU Internet Businesses Face Trade Barrier Due to NSA Surveillance
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
At a data protection workshop in Paris, a top EU official said Monday that NSA surveillance is hurting EU internet services providers wishing to do business in the US. "The law…which empowers the NSA to basically grab everything which...
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ResellerClub Presents HostingCon India in Mumbai this Week
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Since its inception on Nov.1, 2012, ResellerClub presents HostingCon India is back later this week for its third run. After successful stints in Mumbai in 2012, Delhi in 2013, and China and Amsterdam in 2014, HostingCon is back to Mumbai. The two-day...
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Iomart Acquires Hosting Provider ServerSpace for $6.65 Million US
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Iomart reported its half yearly results on Tuesday, including the disclosure that it has acquired hosting and cloud company ServerSpace for £4.25 million ($6.65 million USD)....
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CenturyLink Acquires Cloud DR Provider DataGardens
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
CenturyLink has acquired Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service provider DataGardens. Building on an existing relationship, the acquisition gives CenturyLink a proven, fast cloud DR service it can offer its customers and technology that enhances data...
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Alipay Reports Enormous Growth in Mobile Ecommerce in China
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
The availability of online-payment services has played a major role in making goods and services widely available throughout China, including rural areas, according to a report from Alipay, China's largest online payment service provider by volume....
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NetFortris LiveWatch Software Gains Deeper Insight into Network Bandwidth Utilization
Monday, December 8, 2014
NetFortris' cloud analytics software suite now gives enterprises insight into their enterprise application bandwidth, as well as bandwidth used by rogue applications, allowing administrators to optimize networks for performance and eliminate...
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Google Opens Registration for Gigabit Fiber Internet in Austin
Monday, December 8, 2014
This week, Google announced a signup list for 1-gigabit-per-second fiber-to-the-home internet connections in the South and Southeast areas of Austin, Tx., offering internet to individuals and businesses that is at least 100 times faster than...