Lance Whitney / CNET News:
Report: China hijacked U.S. Internet data — A Chinese state-run telecom provider was the source of the redirection of U.S. military and corporate data that occurred this past April, according to excerpts of a draft report sent to CNET by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Liz Gannes / GigaOM:
What’s Next for Posterous: Geo, Groups, Premium — Posterous, the email-based blogging platform, emphasizes simplicity and ease of use, yet it keeps adding new features. Unlike, say, Twitter, the company isn’t so dogmatic about simplicity that it forgoes functionality like media hosting and mobile clients.
Kevin Murphy / The Register:
Sex.com sells for m — You don’t get many of them to the pound, eh — The storied domain name sex.com is set to be sold for m, The Register has learned. — Bankrupt Escom LLC sex.com’s current owner, has sealed a deal to hand over the domain to a company called Clover Holdings Ltd …
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Judge Clears CAPTCHA-Breaking Case for Criminal Trial — A federal judge in New Jersey has cleared the way for a landmark criminal case targeting CAPTCHA circumvention to proceed to trial. — The case targets a ring of defendants who used various means to bypass CAPTCHA …
Foremski / Silicon Valley Watcher:
TRUSTe Responds To Facebook Privacy Leaks… Facebook privacy policies are certified and monitored by TRUSTe, a private company that makes a big business out of issuing privacy seals for thousands of web sites. — In response to Facebook’s recent privacy breach, in which apps developers shared private data …
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
National Schools Film Week sports seriously NSFW domain — An initiative by the National Schools Film Week (or NSFW) encourages UK students and their teachers to view a wide variety of films at local cinemas. — It’s a festival that has the interests of schoolchildren at heart, until it asks them to key in their web address.
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
National Schools Film Week sports seriously NSFW domain — An initiative by the National Schools Film Week (or NSFW) encourages UK students and their teachers to view a wide variety of films at local cinemas. — It’s a festival that has the interests of schoolchildren at heart, until it asks them to key in their web address.
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
National Schools Film Week sports seriously NSFW domain [TNW UK] — An initiative by the National Schools Film Week (or NSFW) encourages UK students and their teachers to view a wide variety of films at local cinemas. — It’s a festival that has the interests of schoolchildren at heart …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Bing, Now With Extra Facebook: See What Your Friends Like & People Search Results — At long last, Facebook’s social data is coming to search in a big way. Bing is now making use of it to show new “Liked By Your Friends” matches and Facebook-powered people search results.
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Big media wants more piracy busting from Google — Filmmaker Ellen Seidler shows how a visit to a site that offers her pirated movie also displays ads via Google. — When it comes to fighting online piracy, some music and film industry executives think Google could be doing more to help.