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Syrian Internet outage persists, Speak2Tweet allows phone tweets

Syrian Internet outage persists, Speak2Tweet allows phone tweets
  • Posted November 30, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • It appears Syria's recent and continued Internet outage has rekindled public interest in Google's Speak2Tweet service. Speak2Tweet allows individuals without Internet access to use Twitter by calling a voicemail system. The audio messages left behind are then made publicly available on…

Syria pulls the plug, Internet traffic comes to a halt

Syria pulls the plug, Internet traffic comes to a halt
  • Posted November 29, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Syria's tether to the digital world appears to have been severed, cutting off Internet access to and from the country entirely. In addition to an apparent Internet blackout, Syrians may also be facing isolated landline and cellular phone service disruptions according…

RIM resolves BlackBerry outage in Europe, Middle East and Africa

RIM resolves BlackBerry outage in Europe, Middle East and Africa
  • Posted September 21, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Research in Motion confirmed reports this morning of a BlackBerry UK outage spanning across Europe, the Middle East and Africa -- a region often referred to as the EMEA. Shortly afterward, RIM announced it had resolved the issue but warned…

Gauss: Stuxnet-like cyber-espionage toolkit targets Middle East banks

Gauss: Stuxnet-like cyber-espionage toolkit targets Middle East banks
  • Posted August 10, 2012, 1:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Kaspersky security analysts have identified another cyber-threat (PDF) targeting the Middle East as part of ongoing research into Flame. Named Gauss, it displays all the hallmarks of being part of the same family as Flame (Stuxnet, Duqu) and is compromising financial…

Flame malware subverts Windows Updates, infects networked PCs

Flame malware subverts Windows Updates, infects networked PCs
  • Posted June 5, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, Microsoft
  • Flame or Flamer, an admittedly sophisticated piece of malware, appears to have more tricks up its sleeve than security researchers had initially believed. Security firm Kaspersky has discovered that the virus turns infected PCs into Windows Update servers which may…

Orange to offer free Wikipedia access to mobile users in Africa and the Middle East

Orange to offer free Wikipedia access to mobile users in Africa and the Middle East
  • Posted January 25, 2012, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News

  • Wireless phone operator, Orange and online encyclopedia Wikipedia have struck a deal that will make its digital content available free of data charges to millions of phone users across Africa and the Middle East, according to the Guardian newspaper...

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