Showing posts with label Internet Future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internet Future. Show all posts
Internet regulation: ITU in crossfire
Immediately before the start of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) on Monday sought the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Hamadoun Touré, again, to oppose censorship and control of pleasure allegations against his organization. In a press conference called by the ITU-chief of Syria to restore the broken internet and mobile phone access immediately. Syria had to ensure the freedom of communication contractually obligated Touré stressed. The ITU sees itself as part of the heated debate over the future telecommunications contract even against claims, they simply abolished altogether.
Of 3 to 14 December will be on the WCIT in Dubai amends the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR), an international law agreement on basic issues of telecommunications. The ITR were last revised in 1988, they set the regulators centering both between countries and between carriers that ensure the smooth functioning of the global telephony. After presenting some of the ITU stakeholders (both states and telecom providers) the Internet will now be included in the regulations, in addition to imagine particularly the carriers to transfer the principle of the "sender pays" and quality of service of the telephone network to the Internet and thus overturn the net neutrality. For Internet users then would not the same Internet, the network connection would link the citizens in future only with a virtual world, which constructed its operators. Of individual states also come desires for stricter control of the internet content, which is rejected by the U.S. and some EU representatives sharp.
Search for meaning in the Internet
After five years, ending the big IT research program "Theseus". It will make information easier to find by using the so-called semantic technologies - thus taking on even Google.
How many people live in Hamburg? You type this question into Google, you get a straight answer instead of a list of three million web pages in which "Hamburg" happen and "inhabitants". The required information, the user may then - usually of a text - pick out yourself. The new search engine "Alexandria" responds the other hand simply "1770629". The software has thus understood that a certain property of the Hanseatic city is looking for and it is exactly this information.
Alexandria is a partial result of the IT research program "Theseus" in which have in addition to the Federal Ministry of Economics some 60 partners from research and industry. Their goal: to simplify access to information linking data to new knowledge and enable new services on the Internet. Therefore from 2007 to 2012 flowed around 100 million euros in funding, an additional 100 million contributed by the industry, including heavyweights such as SAP and Siemens. To this day, Theseus refer to some 50 patents, 800 publications and about 130 running systems. Thus Theseus was one of the largest IT research projects ever.
Magic fingers instead of touchscreen
Canadian scientists want to turn almost any surface a user interface for tablets and smartphones.
Meanwhile, hardly comes from a portable electronic device without a touchscreen: Whether smartphone, tablet or the new Windows 8 laptops, hardware will be affected. Here, the popular finger gestures of wiping over the tap to allow for spreading but always perform only in a restricted area - those surfaces, which gives access to the capacitive sensor. This stuck mostly in the screen, which means that the user in the operation always obscures part of the screen.
BT is testing broadband network with 10 Gb / s
Together with the in Threemilestone, Cornwall, UK-based company is testing Arcol British Telecommunications (BT) is a 10 Gb / s high-speed network connections over fiber. It is a method of using the BT XGPON (tens of gigabits on a Passive Optical Network) system. As it uses the same transmission fiber, which is also used Arcols normal, 330 Mbit / s is a fast Internet connection. Which suggests that BT uses an optical wavelength division multiplexing (wavelength division multiplex, short WDM).
Record at the DE-CIX: 2 terabits per second
The German internet exchange DE-CIX in Frankfurt transported to the tips now more than 2 terabits per second (Tbit / s). At the beginning of 2009, the traffic at DE-CIX in the tips, only half of this value. On average it took that 600 Gb / s, which ran across the Internet nodes. Today, the DE-CIX transported an average of about 1200 Gb / s
According to DE-CIX CEO Harald A. Summa mark the 2 Tbit / s while a new peak, the traffic will however continue to grow: "We believe that the Internet traffic will continue to grow by about 80 percent per year. "Technically, the DE-CIX can currently cope with a maximum of 40 Tbit / s. In addition, the star-designed infrastructure with 12 data centers in Frankfurt area was distributed in the center working a to redundant core switch cluster that uses his hand for another 14 switches connected to the ISP.
Broadband kill net neutrality
Representatives of network equipment appeared at the annual congress of the German broadband initiative convinced that video applications, connected TV and the Smart Grid a "differentiation" of quality and price ranges in the Internet required. Video on Demand is really about "a horror for the web," said Walter Haas of Huawei Germany. Given these bandwidth killer "we will have to talk about different service qualities." Especially with the streaming of HD video looks regulatory expert good opportunities for access providers linked to "sell higher-priced products Connection".
Given the penetration of smart meters and networked household appliances, especially in a real time measurement presented decent bandwidth requirements, withstand Alf Henryk Wulf Alstom Germany an intensified debate on net neutrality for "inevitable". Many saw the Internet as a fundamental right, acknowledged the ambassador of the Energy and Transport Group. "We need but another payment model." He advocated tiered offer different qualities in the transmission of data packets, "without discriminating against anyone."
Broadband providers want content providers and end-users ask for some time to build up their high-speed lines to the checkout and direct traffic paying customers preferred. Such plans for the construction of toll booths and checkpoints on the information highway and represent the principle of the Internet as a universal power into question the hitherto conceded to all participants regardless of their financial strength or size the same opportunities. Since adopting new, absorbing much bandwidth applications form, the debate intensified about the open Internet.
Bottlenecks in the network capacity, the industry complains directly. "We stand at 100 Mbit / s in terms of connections in the home," stated Udo Schaefer Alcatel-Lucent Germany. At the backbone networks are 400 Gbit / s per channel commonplace, with a fiberglass several Tbit / s On the other hand Shepherd made clear: "In the order of 100 Gb / s, we will have to move in a line." Certain services are then throttle possibly after a certain bandwidth usage.
On a systematic expansion of fiber optic networks for Hans-Joachim Grallert from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, there's no way. Even when the much-vaunted "technology mix" with wireless, cable TV and landline this would make the glass come about for the connection of mobile phone cells or connecting basis points yet again to the game. Overall, an "individualization" of the network traffic is observed, since at any time about any video retrievals and who knows, maybe even wanted to watch a football game from different angles. For transmission of 3D TV you also need two video streams, which increased the bandwidth hungry to sizes between 20 and 50 percent.
There go the expansion of fiber to the home as well as to cloud services, social media and scientific applications, Robert Henkel added from the party responsible for communication networks-General of the European Commission. He advocated a clever grouping of technologies in order to raise the total bandwidth up.
Hans-Joachim Otto, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, was confident that held in the broadband strategy of the Federal Government targets are achievable. Currently, 51 percent of households in this country could be supplied with 50 Mbit / s, after the end of 2011 the rate was 48 percent. By 2014, the government plans for 75 percent by 2018 and to provide for 100 percent of the population corresponding connectivity. Especially the six years distant goal but was due to the "great economic gap" in the last 25 percent is hardly realistic, gave the SDP Member of Parliament Martin Dörmann consider. Here better promotion programs be required. Andreas Schuseil from the economics department built on the other hand, the second "digital dividend" with the release of other, initially reserved for radio frequencies that could be developed hopefully by 2015.
Crooks go to the cloud
The Black Hole developers have a new version of their exploit kits go on the net. The illegal software had been "written from scratch", the unknown developers advertise in a Russian-language publication on pastebin. In it they praise to include new features, such as temporary exploit URLs are valid for only a few seconds, making it difficult to analyze.
Black Hole is one of the dominant exploit kits on the underground market. With his help, can be exploited vulnerabilities to install malware. When last have become known Java gap developers had even published a suitable exploit module before Oracle has released a patch.
Especially high are the barriers to entry do not - you need criminal energy and money. The kit can be rented daily, even for a few dollars and then runs on a server, the Black Hole gang. An annual license for the dedicated server will cost 1500 U.S. dollars. With Black Hole and other hazards on the Web is also the Trojans article employs the modules of the current EU-issue.
Image recognition on the index finger
Usually, people point to things they find interesting - or to emphasize what is involved in a conversation straight. A new project by researchers at MIT, the pointing gesture wants to put into something else: For a new method by which a user can learn more about his environment, Technology Review reported in its online edition. For this they have developed a new intelligent ring, which can detect the environment.
The system is named Eyering and allows the user to point to an object and to get an instant feedback on what subject he had just interpreted. The project is produced in the laboratory by Pattie Maes, a professor at the MIT Media Lab. The Eyering visually impaired, for example, serve as a navigation aid and as a reading device: one Denotes a text, a voice that speaks. Also conceivable is the use as a translation system, or as a learning aid for children. If all goes well, will soon be the prototype of a commercial product.
Maes' development is still made of plastic and comes from a 3-D printer. The Eyering contains a small camera, a processor and a Bluetooth radio. To use the device, you press twice, first to a small button on the side and then say a command to retrieve the desired function. Currently, the system can, among other currencies, texts, identify prices on price tags and colors. The actual logic is separated out into a smartphone, where the image recognition is performed. The Eyering will later cost under $ 100. Until that happens, the system still needs to go through further iterations. "Currently we are at a stage where we have to show that it is a useful development," says Roy Shilkrot project staff.
Music from the Internet brings audio industry momentum
New audio systems with connection to your home network displace the good old stereo system: On the art-fair IFA are speakers for streaming services, Bluetooth speakers or headphones on your smartphone a big trend. "Audio pulls right at the IFA to" Fiede Schillmöller observed by the California sound specialists Sonos. Hi is also a recurring theme: "We are delighted that is increasingly important that sound quality," says the chief executive of the U.S. manufacturer Harman, Dinesh Paliwal. The audio market showing new growth potential, it is, at the Association for Consumer Research (GfK) for the IFA. "Docking devices and headphones are booming like the emerging streaming audio segment". Bad only runs the business with MP3 players. Fulfill their tasks now smartphones.
When streaming - transferring music directly from the Internet - Sonos pioneer notes that it is at once increasingly competitive. Now mix in the speakers for integrating into the home Wi-Fi network with more and more companies like Philips and Samsung. Loewe also announced at IFA, are increasingly in addition to the TV business on Audio: "We currently have three audio products on offer in the coming 12 to 18 months it will be at least ten," said Loewe CEO Oliver Seidl. "Now we see more competition and helps us together auzfzubauen this market," says Sonos Manager Schillmöller. "The whole area is undergoing a radical transformation, as well as to develop new players, of whom we know nothing. Sonos will double again this year, the number of customers. Meanwhile there Sonos systems worldwide, 1.5 million spaces.
While Sonos wants to continue to focus on listening to music in the home, other manufacturers rely on the spontaneous party on the road. Several vendors point to the lasting until Wednesday Mass handy speakers that connect instantly via the Bluetooth wireless technology with your phone and then play any music from there - as the recorded tracks as well as music from the network of platforms such as Spotify or Soundcloud . "Listening to music has not developed as much as other aspects of our digital lives," said Bandar Atabi the London company Jawbone. Gives its Jambox introduced in November 2010, it now also a greater number with a rich bass sound.
Bluetooth has the advantage that it consumes much less power, according to the IFA as the Danish manufacturer Jabra. There are similar devices with an integrated battery and a robust housing there including TDK and Logitech. Onto mobile music in an automobile uses hi-specialist Harman. "Many people spend 15 to 18 hours per week per week in the car," says CEO Paliwal. Harman wanted them offer the same sound quality as the house. At IFA Harman has just put down under the radio tower one BMW 3 Series, which promises "with DSP multi-channel amplifier and 16 speakers with uncompromising sound of the atmosphere and fidelity a live performance."
When streaming the music is heavily compressed in part to keep the file to be transferred over the Internet to a minimum amount. To minimize the associated quality losses as low as possible, manufacturers like Harman and put on your Sonos software that adapts the incoming audio signals for an optimal playback on the latest hardware used. "We see a strong trend towards better quality streaming services," says Schillmöller. That's why he does not consider that much of the Bluetooth devices - this technique is not ideal for the transmission of music. "And there are even people who hear the difference between various power cables."
Study: Internet addiction may be genetic
Researchers at Bonn University and the Centre for Mental Health (ZI) will have found a link between internet addiction and a particular genetic mutation.
In their study, the researchers surveyed over several years, 843 men and women to their network usage patterns. 132 of which showed a behavior that the researchers einstuften as problematic: The individuals in question should have been mentally very intensely involved with the Internet and felt uncomfortable when they had no access to it.
When comparing the genome of the "problem users" with the healthy control subjects showed a significant deviation. Among the 132 person much more likely to change a particular gene region was observed, which should also play a role in nicotine addiction. Remarkably, the mutation should have occurred more frequently, especially in women, while the other hand, surveys indicate that more men are prone to Internet addiction.
"It is possible that the gender-specific genetic evidence on a specific subset of Internet addiction such as due the use of social networks and the like," believes Dr. Christian Monday, psychologist and author of the study. According to his view, the data provide strong evidence in any case that there is molecular genetic causes of Internet addiction. However, further studies are necessary, also to find any evidence of better therapies.
Currently, according to the Drug Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Germany's approximately 560,000 people between 14 and 64 are dependent on internet. For further 2.5 million of the use of the network is problematic. Nevertheless, the concept of "Internet addiction" controversial - in the draft to the fifth edition of the standard work Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, for example, so far he has not found its way.
Europe between Internet freedom and the fight against terrorism
The coordination office of the initiative CleanIt, who is committed to the use of the Internet by terrorists, has published a new draft (Word document) for a course of action. This is now more on their real goal, the fight against terrorism, aligned, a crackdown on copyright violations and child pornography are no longer part of, funded by the European Commission project. But CleanIt continues to pursue the development of easy-to-use reporting systems, the user can point to illegal content with a single click or a hotline.
In addition, the responsibilities of content providers to be redefined. It is not the main task of preventing the abuse of their services as for the dissemination of hate propaganda or incitement to terrorist attacks, according to the revised paper. Many online vendors but are willing to support the project. For this purpose it is important that providers and other service providers in their terms and conditions prohibit the unlawful terrorist activities in the network explicitly. Only relevant material could easily be taken from the grid.
The use of automatic detection systems for suspicious content, the project partners, which include besides the Dutch representatives of the justice and interior ministries of Germany, Britain, Belgium and Spain as well as Europol, not rule remains. Set the relevant procedures, using a rule on the screening of all internet traffic techniques for "deep packet inspection", the paper must also be used to "transparent". In addition, automated systems should not even rule on the legality arrant activity or content, and must work in the scope of applicable law. At the same time the authors warn that automated detection systems are "often not mature." Moreover, they could jeopardize Internet freedoms or even themselves may be illegal. Recommended clearer therefore, use of user-autonomous filters to block terrorist or rousing content of end use.
The partners, who met recently in June in Berlin to see the legislature in Europe required to define more clearly to be controlled activities in the network and the matters better, to harmonize, so as prosecutors and providers act effectively against it. Internet companies are recommended to exchange data on branded content directly and thus make it difficult to relist with another provider.
The authors of this guide penetrate unchanged that platform providers such as social networks limit the anonymity in which terrorists and other criminals could move easily. Users have become accustomed to conceal their true identity in forums, what the authors' view is often unnecessary, but the criminals play into their hands. The police should show presence in online communities so that terrorists and sympathizers, there can not feel safe. The plan is now to finalize the policy document at a workshop in Utrecht in September and at a conference in Brussels in November and say goodbye.
Surfing with the phone more popular
More and more people in Germany surfing via mobile phone or smartphone. According to a poll by TNS goes over a third (34 percent) of the surveyed 14 - to 64-year olds in Germany with the mobile phone online, 2011, there was only one-fifth (19 percent). In total, 86 percent of respondents use the Internet. 85 percent also do this on the PC, on the waived so only a fraction of respondents across while surfing. The survey of a total of 1531 persons aged 14 to 64 years in Germany was conducted on behalf of ARD advertising, telecom, IP Germany, Vodafone and ZDF.
Who goes into the net with his smartphone surfing, so in half of the cases in social networks (48 percent). One third also calls news (33 percent) or from videos (28 percent). Rather few mobile web users use their mobile phones on the other hand for online shopping (10 percent) and banking (11 percent). Other devices play surfing in comparison to PC and Smartphone only a minor role. For example, only one is of 20 respondents with a tablet into the grid (5 percent), 7 percent used for other network-enabled devices like TVs or game consoles.
Similar results are also presented on Monday, the online survey in 2012 by ARD and ZDF, the nationwide from February to April 1800 adults were interviewed. Accordingly, three-quarters of adults in Germany (76 percent) online. This corresponds to the claims to a total of 53 million users, 1.7 million more than last year. The highest growth rates were recorded at the stations of the target group: Since then, nearly 77 percent are of the 50 - to 59-year in power, 2011, it was 69 percent. Among the over-60s 39.2 percent online.
The rise of mobile internet usage to 23 percent, given the focus of the study on adult channels not quite as steep as with TNS, including teens with. ARD and ZDF also account for the trend that mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones are replacing the stationary access, but to create "new use situations." Smartphones are therefore particularly popular with the under-30 year olds. Tablets, now available in 8 percent of German households are to a domain of 30 - to 49-year be. 15 percent of all Internet users have questioned the study, now an Internet-enabled TV.
Internet Protocol version6 (IPv6) on its way to be Launched on 6th June 2012
Internet society and several major internet companies including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo etc are going to launch Internet Protocol version6 (IPv6) on 6th of June 2012. This will be the next step ahead of IPv4 and is a more better way of identifying devices by IP addresses so they can communicate in more better ways.
In this age of technology where each and every second more and more devices are connected to the internet IPv4 isn't enough to provide enough address space. presently over 4 billion addresses are provided by IPv4 with address space of about 32 bits.
In this condition to provide more connectivity to more and more devices to the global internet introduction and launching of Internet Protocol version6 is a great success and a milestone in the history of internet. With the help of Internet Protocol version6 unlimited number of devices will be able to connect to global internet. Major internet companies are working for many years to replace IPv4 with IPv6 to provide better connectivity to global internet. On 17 January 2012 Internet Society and major internet companies i.e Google, Microsoft, Yahoo etc have unanimously announced that Internet protocol version6 will be launched on 6 June 2012.
Benefits and major consequences are quite visible
1.It will replace IPv4
2.Unlimited number of devices will be able to connect to global internet
3.It will expand address space
4.previous address space of 32 bits will be replaced by broad address space of 128 bits
5.end to end next generation internet service
Many companies started testing this IPv6 in June 2011 but from 6 June 2012 it will be permanent. That's the reason all the services of major internet companies will be available only on IPv6.In this scenario Google has also launched a test service to provide its users a service to test whether their device can cope up with Internet Protocol version6 or not.
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