A US decision to ease sanctions on Cuba and two other countries to allow exports of Internet services is intended to “destabilize” the communist island, Cuba’s government has said. The US State Department announced March 8 it would ease sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Sudan to increase...

People in Russia are already accustomed to their government officials’ lavish lifestyles that they seldom take notice and always assume that they cannot do anything about the corruption in their country. However, when the interior ministry of Russia made an announcement about buying a golden, Russians...

After shutting down businesses and television channels, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is now planning to regulate the Internet and pointed out a Web site that he said made a false report of the death of one of his ministers. Chavez said Saturday that he was not in favor having an open Internet “where...

Everyone thought that China and Google would get into a compromise after a dispute erupted early this year over hacking and censorship. But on Friday, all hopes were shattered when the Internet regulator of China declared that Google must obey the country’s laws or suffer the consequences. Li Yizhong,...

After being announced on Tuesday that an ISP related to a botnet has been taken down, experts confirmed on Wednesday that it is back on track. Internet service providers reported on Tuesday that Troyak, the ISP linked to the Zeus botnet, has been taken down. However, by Wednesday, it has found its way...

Sex.com, considered to be one of the most bankable domain names on the Internet right now, will be placed in auction next week. In 2006, the domain name was reportedly sold for $14 million. A lending firm in New Jersey backed that purchase. However, according to legal notices, DOM Partners LLC will foreclose...

An Egyptian military court decided to release a blogger who posted an article that was deemed false. The trial ended happily for the man when he apologized and promised to remove his posting, his lawyer said Sunday. Ahmed Moustafa, a 20-year-old engineering student was charged with “tarnishing the...

Bing, Microsoft’s own search engine, has been found to be more prudish than national governments in censoring sensitive materials with sexual contents. The Open Net Initiative said Friday that it ran a test of Bing with a version customized for Arab countries. In the test, ONI found that Bing filtered...

It can be remembered that Twitter has recently made pacts with Microsoft, Google and Yahoo. Now the social networking site is striking similar partnerships with smaller players in the online community. The new deals would bring more income to Twitter and it is also poised to get its technology more polished...

Google quickly responded to needs of people trying to find loved ones in Chile after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook the South American nation early Saturday. The new online tool called simply as “person finder” has been activated by Google so that people from other countries can located any relative...