Seven people have keys to the Internet

To "restart" the Internet in the event of a major attack on the infrastructure are seven people across the world have been designated to be a part of the cryptographic key needed to restart.

It is about DNSSEC system, which stands for Domain Name System Security Extensions, which include ensure that the URLs on the Internet can be verified with the right owners and to ensure data is correct, for example, to prevent fake pages that have taken over a DNS name.

If the servers involved in DNSSEC, comes under attack, they will automatically disconnect from the network to limit the damage. To connect all the servers again, used a key, called the DNSSEC root key, which is split between seven smart cards awarded to seven individuals from England, USA, Burkina Faso, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, China and Czech Republic.

Five out of seven people are needed to restore the system, which is done by people flown to a secure place in the U.S., after which the key input, and the servers are connected again. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which overlooks the whole procedure.

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90% Internet will be based on video soon

Over the last several years, it is p2p traffic that has stood for the vast majority of the traffic found on the Internet, but this year, according to Cisco end.

In its annual report on Internet traffic, Visual Networking Index Forecast, said Cisco, that already this year, the amount of data that represents video, released amount of p2p traffic.

This is particularly the rise of streaming video derived from services like YouTube has drastically increased, and over the next four years, the volume grow so much that it will constitute 90% of total traffic in 2014.

There will be a decreased amount of p2p traffic, it just grows slower than the video. Therefore, it is estimated that in 2014 total will be sent four times as much data over the network, which this year, equivalent to 767 exabytes.

In addition to video content becomes easier and easier to access, then the growing amount of data might be linked to the quality of video material increases.

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Google removes legal music blogs from the web

Google services, Blogspot and Blogger, housing many different blogs, including several with a focus on music. Lately, the Internet giant, however, removed a number of popular blogs that have existed for several years.

At Google, it is thought that these blogs breaking copyright laws because they have received complaints about the material which can be downloaded on the sides, known as DMCA complaints (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).

Complainants, however, according to the people behind the various blogs unfounded, as they have been allowed to reproduce the material, typical of the music companies' PR agencies or the artists themselves.

The announcement gives Google does not have much and calls for bloggers to come up with a DMCA modklage. It is however problematic, since many do not know the procedure for how to do this, and even if they do, they often do not know what specific music file has complained.

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Start navigating your organization with GPS using your cellphone

According to a latest news from Wireless Week, American Automobile Association has started using GPS for navigating their organization using the mobile phone. The AAA has 50 million members and 24% of all households in the United States.

The association recently launched its AAA Mobile service on the Sprint network and expects to have it available through other carriers soon, according to Jeff Green, managing director of the association's location-based technology effort. The service uses the Networks in Motion platform and initially is available on nine GPS-enabled devices.

The service allows members to receive audible, turn-by-turn directions plus information from the AAA's database like ratings of hotels, restaurants and points of interest from its guidebooks. A click of a button sends the member's GPS location to a AAA representative for roadside assistance.

The service carries a $9.99 monthly subscription charge. AAA will promote the service to its members through its regular channels. Sprint apparently won't advertise it, since the carrier has its own white-label on-deck GPS service provided by TeleNav.

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Say Good Bye to iPhone!

According to NY Times, Researchers at a security firm Independent Security Evaluators have announced that they have found a vulnerability in the Apple iPhone that allows them to extract personal information and "take control" of the device from a malicious website or WiFi connection.

In a video, they have presented a demo of of the exploit as well as answers to questions, but does not provide would-be hackers any detailed instructions. Apple has reportedly been notified of findings. A full disclosure of the hack will be released at the BlackHat conference on August 2nd, while a preliminary is currently available.

According to the site, in their proof of concept, the exploit can read the log of SMS messages, address book, call history, voicemail data and transmit it to the malicious site.

Read the remarks of principle security analyst here in detail.

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iChemistry --- Interesting and Funny

Represent the web using Chemistry's famous Periodic Table. Wellington Grey arranged the most popular sites all over the web in the familiar format of Periodic Table. Most of them involves, Yahoo, Google, Skype etc.

Instead of arranging webs into typical solid, liquid and gases form, Grey has categorized the web into search engines, internet tools, site ranking, aggregators, webcomics, productivity and so on.

But its really interersting and funny. Enjoy the new form of web!

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Save the Internet -- before July 16!

The FCC has launched a public inquiry into whether America should protect Net Neutrality and the Internet's level playing field.

Network Neutrality — or "Net Neutrality" for short — is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet.

Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination.
Net Neutrality is the reason why the Internet has driven economic innovation, democratic participation, and free speech online. It protects the consumer's right to use any equipment, content, application or service on a non-discriminatory basis without interference from the network provider. With Net Neutrality, the network's only job is to move data — not choose which data to privilege with higher quality service.

Tell the FCC to protect the Internet's Level Playing Field.

Learn more in Net Neutrality 101.

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Jailed Chinese Reporter Joins Yahoo! Suit

The Associated Press reports that Shi Tao, who was sentenced in 2005 to 10 years in prison, is now seeking compensation from Yahoo. He claims the Hong Kong and Chinese branches of the company provided information to the Chinese authorities that led to his arrest. 'Shi, a former writer for the financial publication Contemporary Business News, was jailed for allegedly providing state secrets to foreigners. His conviction stemmed from an e-mail he sent containing his notes on a government circular that spelled out restrictions on the media. Yahoo has acknowledged turning over data on Shi at the request of the Chinese government, saying company employees face civil and criminal sanctions if they ignore local laws. It denies Yahoo Hong Kong was involved.'"

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