2nd September 2012 Archive

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• France U-turns on public TV advertising

  May be forced to abandon the telco tax

  It might seem a no-brainer for the French government to revive prime time TV advertising on the France Television public channels, after all public finances are under relentless pressure, and the advertising ban was the controversial policy of the last government, brought in by Nicholas Sarkozy in January 2009. But the problem …

  Media 2 Sep 11:02

• Pirate Bay founder arrested in Cambodia

  Shades of Assange as international warrants unleashed

  Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, has been tracked down and arrested in Cambodia. Warg is believed to have been living in Cambodia since charges were laid against the founders of the Pirate Bay over copyright infringement in 2009. Sweden has no extradition treaty with Cambodia. Warg’s former lawyer Ola …

  Policy 2 Sep 22:33

• US Geological Survey detects earthquake on Twitter

  The Earth moved for Filipino Tweeps before needles moved for boffins

  Twitter has beaten instruments to the punch at the US Geological Survey – but the geeks at the country’s lead earth-sciences agency are perfectly happy. Launched last year to distribute earthquake information, the USGS has found its Tweet Earthquake Dispatch (TED) to be equally effective at receiving on-the-ground posts about …

  Science 2 Sep 23:12

• Taiwan to ramp up cyberwar efforts

  ‘Chinese hackers’ attacking government networks

  While budget constraints are crimping its overall military spending, Taiwan is to increase its outlays on cyberwar, according to the Taipei Times. The newspaper says the Ministry of National Defense has published plans to expand the Communication Electronics and Information Bureau, CEIB, adding a specialist “electronic and …

  Security 2 Sep 23:51