Limitations may be put on use
Certain Internet providers are putting on the broadband brakes when it comes to heavy users, reports Reporter News.
Though local Internet providers like Suddenlink and AT&T have not announced any plans, both said the idea of putting a cap on users' Internet usage is something they might consider in the future.
On Thursday, Comcast said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month.
ICT upgrade for London's iconic buildings
Historic Royal Palaces has upgraded its telecoms infrastructure to improve communication across different sites, and enhance visitor experience, says Computing.co.uk.
VOIP is being used to process bookings and receive enquiries from visitors to Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte's Cottage.
Communications supplier Actimax, which implemented an integrated system from Alcatel, provides 24-hour technical and maintenance support.
Psychologist invents new uber-wiki
An American psychologist has invented a new form of wiki in which every word is directly linked to its author, reports The Register. He believes the so-called "mememoir" project will "revolutionise publishing in all of science".
The Mememoir super-attribution wiki is the brainchild of Dr Robert Hoffman, an academic psychologist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition and visiting brain at MIT.
Hoffman argues that it's difficult to tell who's said what on an ordinary, intensively-edited wiki page.
Russia Web site owner killed
The owner of an opposition Internet news site in Russia's volatile Ingushetia region was shot and killed on Sunday after being detained by police, says CNet.
Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the www.Ingushetiya.ru Web site, was arrested at Nazran airport, in southern Russia, after disembarking a flight, according to a statement by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders. Yevloyev was later found dumped on the side of the road, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, the news site's deputy editor, Ruslan Khautiyev, told the Associated Press. Yevloyev later died at a hospital, Khautiyev said.
Yevloyev had angered the region's Kremlin-backed administration with bold criticism of police treatment of civilians in the region, the AP reported. A court in June accused him of spreading "extremist" statements and ordered him to close his site, but it reappeared under a different name.
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