The Federal Communications Commission is opening up unused airwaves between television channels for wireless broadband networks that will be more powerful and can reach farther than today’s Wi-Fi hotspots.
The Hill reports that US Cyber Command’s General Keith Alexander has raised the idea of such a regime for the protection of infrastructure and other high value networks from cyber attacks, but difficulties exist in accomplishing that goal.
Jeremy Kirk over at IT World reports on the increase and suggests it is largely due lax enforcement on the part of the Russian registrars and government officials.
From cnet UK – the EU has awarded €10m to Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, a team of diverse companies including Sony-Ericsson, BMW, and Deutsche Telekom, to develop a universal online-based application platform.
The second part of NPR’s series on the Law of War in Cyberspace, focused on viewing the Internet as a weapon.
Cyber security experts say they have identified the world’s first known cyber super weapon (Stuxnet)designed specifically to destroy a real-world target – a factory, a refinery, or just maybe a nuclear power plant.
The Fair Elections Now Act, if passed, would appropriate revenue from auctioning spectrum in order to fund elections for House members.
Now that most public schools and libraries have basic internet access, the FCC is hoping to retool its E-Rate program (part of the Universal Service Fund) so that these same institutions can now have broadband access.
NPR has the first of a two-part report on the law of war and its application to cyberspace. Worth a listen.
Marvin Ammori 