If you're a broadband nut, then you may not be the first to remark about the absurdity of space-age fibre optic cables sitting under the curb while the nation's domestic broadband infrastructure continues to be delivered via old-fashioned copper cable and wireless technology which can only delive...
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Reaching out from the Global South
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Would the world be a better place if Electronic Disruption was completely legal?
THE electronic disruption of Internet traffic to several sites associated with the censorship of Wikileaks over the past months, has riveted public attention on the predicament of online civil disobedience in particular the use of distributed denial of service (DDoS) as a form of protest. The dig...
Hacker Network Protocol responsible for restoration of Egyptian Internet
Egyptian Internet service was restored this week after hackers started building a Fidonet based Bulletin Board Network which allowed Egyptians to connect to the Internet via telephone and modem. The fallback plan announced by hacker group Anonymous on twitter resulted in partial restoration of se...
Nelson Mandela RIP ROLLED on Twitter
A trending topic on TWITTER has people up in arms. The RIP rolling hoax in which famous celebrities are "killed off" by twitter fans abusing the public trust has made waves around the globe. The words RIP Nelson Mandela appeared in tweetboxes carried by sites as conservative as Time.Com and NYtim...
The Tutu Israel tango
Practically everyone I know has an opinion about Israel. If you're a progressive Jew like me, chances are you've condemned your own family for holding religious ideas about the Jewish state. Zionists are not exactly the easiest of people. Belief in the nation-state is highly problematic when com...
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