New tool would help internet providers thwart file-sharing
Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 11:59 AM ET Comments17Recommend11
CBC News
Internet providers who selectively slow certain kinds of traffic on their networks, such as file-sharing, could soon have a new tool at their disposal to prevent savvy users from evading the speed controls.
Research by Italian engineers shows how providers like Bell and Rogers can use statistical methods to curb internet traffic even when the content is encrypted.
Bell, Rogers and some other Canadian internet service providers, or ISPs, currently limit the speeds of certain peer-to-peer file-sharing programs like Limewire and BitTorrent during peak internet hours. The companies say the practice, called "throttling," is necessary to keep their networks from congesting.
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Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP
Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 11:42 AM ET Comments60Recommend44
The Associated Press
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ENERGY
Crime
The energy underworld
Last Updated: Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 8:02 AM ET Comments1Recommend11
By Nathan Vardi Forbes
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/19/f-forbes-energyunderworld.html
Bell's BlackBerry service disrupted
Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 6:10 PM ET Comments1Recommend5
CBC News
Bell Canada said it was investigating the cause of Monday's two-hour BlackBerry service interruptions. -->
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Rogers draws fire for iPhone rates
Rogers Communications Inc. is taking fire from potential customers, who are outraged by the rate plans it announced on Friday for Apple Inc.'s iPhone.
AT&T to sell new iPhone without contract in U.S.
Canada losing ground, Conference Board says
Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 9:08 AM ET Comments152Recommend141
CBC News
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/27/canada-report.html
Fine, demerit points for Quebec drivers talking on cellphones
Potential Iran-Israel conflict sends oil prices up
BCE Inc. retaining $294M in Q2 dividends
Canada, US to team up on Arctic seabed mapping project
The United States and Canada, which have been known to disagree on certain Arctic sovereignty claims, will collaborate for the first time on a United Nations scientific mapping project aimed at extending their sovereignty in the Arctic.
IN DEPTH: Arctic sovereignty
BC carbon tax kicks in on Canada Day
British Columbians will pay more at the gas pump as the provincial government's carbon tax on all fossil fuels takes effect Tuesday.
Tech heavyweights team up to fend off patent lawsuits
Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 2:53 PM ET Comments4Recommend8
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/30/patent-pool.html?ref=rss
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RIM reaches final BlackBerry settlement with NTP
Last Updated: Friday, March 3, 2006 | 6:48 PM ET
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