Author Archives: Justin Lockamy

Interesting Stats on Internet Use

GigaOM shares some interesting stats on how internet use has evolved in recent years, complete with pie graphs!

Virtual Burglaries Highlight Brave New World

In another instance of technology racing ahead of the law, some petty criminals have allegedly started stealing virtual items from a virtual home, leading to police investigation.

Valuing Quality over Quantity in Cybersecurity

Aaron Barr writes of the necessity to increase cybersecurity not by simply adding more personnel, but by paying those personnel better and developing a common means of categorizing threats.

White House Forms Internet Policy Group

The White House Office of Science and Technology announced yesterday the launch of a subcommittee devoted to internet policy and privacy.

Scottish Cyber Criminal Pleads Guilty

Matthew Anderson, in his role as leader of an international cyber crime ring, infected numerous computers with Trojans to steal sensitive personal information.

Google’s Cars Took More Than Pictures

Google’s cars, which snapped pictures through neighborhoods for its Street View application, also plucked emails, URLs, and passwords from residential Wi-fi networks.

Senators Question Chinese Telecom Deal

A bi-partisan group of senators wrote FCC chairman Julius Genachowski to express concern over a potential deal between Sprint Nextel, Cricket, and Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE.

Senate Candidates Argue Over Net Neutrality

Current California senator Barbara Boxer (D) and her Republican rival, Carly Fiorina, share their views on net neutrality.

Cyber Espionage a Growing Problem

The New New Internet runs down the degree to which many countries experience the increasing trend in cyber espionage.

Net Neutrality, Baseball, and Cable TV

The recent Fox-Cablevision fee dispute (leading to blackout) upset not only baseball fans, but net neutrality fans as well.