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September 1, 2010

IPv6 transition requires support from vendors

Operators can do only so much when deploying IPv6 to ensure a smooth transition from IPv4. While most operators seem to be on track with updating their infrastructure for IPv6 readiness, their overall success with the transition will also depend on cooperation from vendors, content providers and other network providers.

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July 8, 2010

FASTTAKES: NTT DoCoMo, Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, GfK, Pew

NTT DoCoMo plans to create its own applications platform to encourage the development of an apps market, FT.com reports.
 

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June 25, 2010

THE WRAP: Google wins one, Telstra insider trading probe

This week Google won one legal battle but faces a whole lot more, while users complained of a glitch in the iPhone 4. 

June 24, 2010

Google wins Viacom case, faces voice suit

Google has won an important legal victory, with a US court rejecting a $1 billion copyright suit from Viacom, but faces a fresh one over its Google Voice technology.
 
US TV giant Viacom had filed suit in a New York court three years ago over the posting of its material on Google-owned YouTube.
 
But the judge said Google was shielded fr

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June 18, 2010

One in four online minutes spent social networking

Social networking accounts for one in every four and a half minutes of the world’s internet browsing time – some 110 billion minutes per month – according to statistics from Neilsen.
 
The analytics firm said three quarters of gl

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June 16, 2010

Google and telcos

Google is perhaps the company that inspires the greatest amount of paranoia and fear among telecom industry players. This fear is well-placed.

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June 9, 2010

China defends net censorship

The Chinese government has defended its extensive internet censorship, claiming it is necessary for state security.
 
In a familiar defense of the world’s heaviest web monitoring and filtering system, a white paper today said the government aimed to “guarant

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May 18, 2010

YouTube claims 2+ billion hits daily

YouTube said it now gets more than 2 billion hits each day, having passed the 1 billion mark only seven months previous.

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April 27, 2010

YouTube hits sports channels for six with IPL

A couple of straws in the wind for the online media business.
 
First, TV.

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April 22, 2010

Google reveals details on govt data requests

For the first time Google has revealed details on requests from government agencies for data about its users.
 
The disclosure comes a day after privacy officials from ten governments called on the search firm to tighten its privacy controls.
 
Google is disclosing the number of requests it had received for user data, and the number of gov

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