Category Archives: Internet

Internet related platforms, services or discussions.

Yet More Snooping In Britain

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Rod McCall

Two interesting bits of info this week in the UK, as if privacy actually mattered there. Firstly, spying bins which look for wifi signals from passing mobile phones and use them to target advertising and no doubt other data at … Continue reading →

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The US is now the World’s STASI

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Rod McCall

The blanket spying (or wiretapping) on communications data in the USA predominantly  applies to non-US nationals according to the BBC (US security services seem to acknowledge this with some pride). As I reported in an earlier article on cloud computing the … Continue reading →

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LiveCity Workshop on Smart and Pervasive Communications for Enhanced Communities

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rod McCall

The LiveCity project are hosting a workshop at SaCoNet  2013 in Paris on: LiveCity Workshop on Smart and Pervasive Communications for Enhanced Communities You can join us on the 17th June and more information can be found at: http://www.lissi.fr/saconet2013/livecity  

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Review: Mega Cloud Service

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Rod McCall

The charming Kim Dotcom set up a new could service after his somewhat dodgy megaupload.com was shut down by the equally lovely US law enforcement authorities. Being the kind of chap he is he set up mega.co.nz which although still … Continue reading →

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Review: Mediafire

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Rod McCall

Updated: June 7th 2013. Are you looking for an alternative to Dropbox or Google Drive? If so perhaps Mediafire is the answer. To give you some background I have had enough of spending a lot on new computers when there … Continue reading →

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