Tag: skype

  • Microsoft’s $8B Skype Deal Shocks Analysts

    Microsoft’s $8B Skype Deal Shocks Analysts

    Microsoft is reported to have closed a $8.5bn (£5bn) deal for the internet phone service Skype, in a deal that has shocked analysts who think it would be a substantial overpayment for the company.

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  • 1/6 defcon: bad calls & fake claims

    warrantless cell phone search gets green light in california* voip decision means skype now illegal* first solar eclipse of the year jan4* quadrantid meteor shower due jan4 night* reporter behind wmd claims calls assange ‘bad journalist’* fake white house holiday email is cyber attack*

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  • fcc gets votes to pass ‘net neutrality’ rules

    fcc gets votes to pass ‘net neutrality’ rules

    video: fcc confident ‘net neutrality’ is legal from wsj: The top communications regulator won support to pass contentious new rules for Internet traffic, a move likely to face legal challenges and create uncertainty about Internet regulation. The Federal Communications Commission is set to approve on Tuesday Chairman Julius Genachowski’s proposed rules governing net neutrality -…

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  • 9/30 defcon: total domination & digital infringement

    obama’s internet wiretap move: just one small facet of total domination project* video: obama working on plan to wiretap skype, facebook, blackberrys & more* wiretapped phones, now internet?* 100k+ germans ask google to blur their homes* feds’ requests for google data rise 20%* net censorship takes center stage in ‘online infringement’ bill* the leaked list…

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  • defcon 1/6: new zealand, skype, surveillance & planets

    new zealand’s cyber spies win new powers from stuff.co.nz: New cyber-monitoring measures have been quietly introduced giving police and Security Intelligence Service officers the power to monitor all aspects of someone’s online life. The measures are the largest expansion of police and SIS surveillance capabilities for decades, and mean that all mobile calls and texts,…

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  • defcon 11/19: arms race, web games, cern & biometrics

    raytheon to provide cybersecurity across dod networks* obama said to be close again to naming cybersecurity chief*place your bets: is cyber czar announcement really near?*US cyber defenses full of holes* senate panel: 80% of cyber attacks preventable*web security company warns of ‘cyber arms race’* icann attendees: america, surrender the root zone file!*nasa: the moon is…

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  • defcon 9/3: powergrab, spyware, surveillance & cyborgs

    expanding cybersecurity powers for president provokes debate*white house seeks to capture & archive citizens’ comments on its socialnet sites*obama’s latest cyberspace power grab*cybersecurity act returns with fresh coat of paint*what’s really wrong with the cybersecurity bill?* world war 3.0: 10 critical trends for cybersecurity*dhs needs to plug some cybersecurity holes, audit finds*new browser red-flags disputed…

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