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Behavioral targeting: What you need to know

Behavioral targeting is advertising's attempt at supplying you with specialized ads developed from your Internet history. The intent of this article by Michael Kassner is to shed light on how behavioral targeting works and how it could affect you. by Michael Kassner

Tags: Web Server, Web, Advertisement, Query, Internet Service Provider, Behavioral Targeting, Server, Equipment, Web Browser, Web Page, Cookie, Phorm, NebuAd, NebuAd Cookie, NebuAd Equipment, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Browsers, Internet, Michael Kassner

Blog posts 2008-07-31

Deep Packet Inspection: What you need to know

All sorts of public and private entities would love to monitor your Internet browsing habits. It's now possible using "Deep Packet Inspection." Michael Kassner will shed some light on the technology involved and possible privacy issues. by Michael Kassner

Tags: Traffic, Internet Service Provider, Technology, Deep Packet Inspection, Deep Packet Inspection Deep Packet Inspection, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Michael Kassner

Blog posts 2008-07-27

Is your network ready for the 'net video onslaught?

NBC is getting ready to test the infrastructure of your network whether you like it or not. They plan to provide 2200 hours of streaming video of the upcoming Olympic games, enabling viewers to watch their favorite sports at their leisure. by Andy Moon

Tags: Bandwidth, Network, Video, Corporate Communications, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Marketing, Internet, Andy Moon

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Comcast and Bit Torrent collaborate on network traffic management

In an astounding turn to events, foes turned friends as Comcast and BitTorrent announced their agreement to collaborate on bringing better traffic management to Internet connections. This includes treating BitTorrent applications the same way as other applications and targeting high bandwidth users in a protocol agnostic manner. ...

Tags: BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Productivity, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2008-03-28

The impossibility of perfect uptime

You might have read about the recent -- some call it annual -- BlackBerry outage in North America or reports of Amazon's S3 storage service being unaccessible for several hours just last month. As an IT professional, you may wonder how much downtime is considered acceptable or if perfect uptime...

Tags: Uptime, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Satellite TV, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2008-03-03

Will government crack downs on pirates stop file sharing on networks?

Back on the 12th of February The Times reported on a leaked ‘Green Paper' suggesting that Internet users suspected of downloading films or music will be penalised by Internet Service Providers ISPs who would be legally obliged to take action against them. A "three-strike" system would mean that users suspected...

Tags: Network, Government, Internet Service Provider, Piracy, Service Provider, File-sharing, Internet Service, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Business Services, Justin Fielding

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Comcast in the hot seat

A public forum has been convened by the Federal Communications Commission FCC on Monday at the Harvard Law School. The question that emerged there, according to CNET's News.com appears to be: Is what Comcast is doing clear enough? Comcast has already confessed to slowing down certain...

Tags: Bandwidth, BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., Forum, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Evolution of the Internet too much for ISPs?

Over the past few years we have seen quite a sudden evolution of the Internet and serious changes to the way people use it. Today's Internet users want to see media rich sites full of downloadable content. Consumer devices and entertainment systems like the Xbox 360 or the Playstation3...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Justin Fielding

Blog posts 2008-02-24

Code of practice demanded for broadband connection speeds in the United Kingdom

The Consumer Panel, established by the U.K. communications regulator OfCom, has called for a mandatory code of practice from ISPs to provide consumers with clear information on the realistic speeds to expect from their Internet connections and an option to shift to other packages if expectations are not met. ...

Tags: Broadband, Internet Service Provider, Speed, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2007-12-22

Internet activists up in arms over Roger's hijacking of Web pages

Rogers Communications Inc. is drawing fire for what some critics are calling a violation of Net Neutrality. It appears that Rogers is testing the deployment of Deep Packet Inspection DPI technology to splice into customers' Web traffic, inserting its own messages into a Web page. Below...

Tags: Web, Web Page, Rogers Communications Inc., Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-12-11

Software to detect if your ISP is tampering with your Internet connection

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released software that will help users determine whether their Net connection is being tampered with by their service provider. An excerpt from Associated Press: "People have all sorts of problems, and they don't know whether to attribute that to some sort...

Tags: Internet Connection, Software, Tampering, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Majority of Internet bandwidth consumed by P2P services

New research from German deep packet inspection gear maker Ipoque shows that P2P traffic consumes anywhere between 49 and 89 percent of all Internet traffic in the day. At night, it can spike up to an astonishing 95 percent. Ipoque gathered over three petabytes of information...

Tags: Bandwidth, P2P, Traffic, Encryption, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-11-28

French accord could herald the end of file-sharing

While you folks in the United States were having your Black Friday last week, an anti-piracy accord was being signed in France that could have far-ranging repercussions where file-sharing is concerned. What it means is this, according to The Register: The plan has been drawn up...

Tags: Accord, France, U.K., File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-11-25

Legit Web video distributor asks FCC to stop ISP traffic throttling

A Web-based distributor of online video content has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, asking for traffic throttling be prohibited by ISPs. The petition was filed by Vuze, which uses the BitTorrent protocol to distribute its contents. Gilles BianRosa, CEO of Vuze, said,...

Tags: FCC, Internet Service Provider, Video, Vuze, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Corporate Communications, Federal Government, Internet, Marketing, Government, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-11-18

Man wrongly detained for 50 days after misidentification by ISP

Police in India wrongly arrested and detained a Bangalore man for 50 days after his ISP, Airtel, fingered him for online activities he did not commit. The man, Lakshmana Kailash K., a 26-year-old techie, was arrested at his home on August 31 and whisked away for allegedly...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Image, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-11-06

Comcast declares war on BitTorrent

According to TorrentFreak, Comcast has decide to go one step further than the BitTorrent throttling that is increasingly practiced on most ISPs over the last two years. In the last couple of weeks, more and more Comcast users have started to notice that their BitTorrent transfers were...

Tags: BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-08-18

ISP caught doing DNS hijacking in fight against bots

According to Wired Blogs, Internet service provider Cox Communications is reportedly diverting attempts to reach certain online chat channels. When a legitimate attempt is made to connect to certain channels, Cox sends the IP address of its own IRC server instead of responding with the correct one....

Tags: DNS, Internet Service Provider, Malware, Bot, Cox Communications Inc., Marvin_, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Networking, Internet, Security, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-07-29

Configure a split DNS system on Windows Server 2003

A typical practice for organizations is to run servers for internal use separately from those for external use. But if the organization uses network address translation NAT, the servers must be accessible from two different IP addresses. In this Windows Server 2003 tip, learn how to rectify this situation by...

Tags: DNS, Microsoft Windows Server, Internet Service Provider, Network Address Translation, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Scott Lowe MCSE, Domain names, Internet service providers (ISPs), NETWORKING, Microsoft Outlook, server, DNS server, IP address, Microsoft Win, Windows Server 2003 Tips Newsletter, Network, IP, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Technical articles 2006-07-25

A lack of coordination is why technical support isn't working

According to Jonathan Yarden, technical support is failing on a much greater level than most people know, and he thinks one main reason is because IT pros just aren't working together. In this edition of Internet Security Focus, find out why Jonathan Yarden argues that IT pros working together could...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Jonathan Yarden, Internet, Cyberthreats, Internet service providers (ISPs), SECURITY, Viruses and worms, network, virus, worm, Internet Security Focus Newsletter, Problem, Networking

Technical articles 2006-03-17

Why new European data retention laws won't keep us safe

Last month, the European Parliament passed far-reaching legislation concerning data retention, which will require telecommunications companies to store vast amounts of data about customer activities. While proponents of these directives argue that it will help law enforcement find and capture terrorists and other criminals more easily, Jonathan Yarden isn't convinced....

Tags: Jonathan Yarden, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, Internet Security Focus Newsletter, Law Enforcement, Directive, Data Retention, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Networking

Technical articles 2006-01-06