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E-Mail Privacy: What You May Be Giving In When You Are Flying Out

Written by on Friday, March 2nd, 2007 in anonymity, Privacy and Security, Privacyand Security, email, Information Access.

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Since 5 march 2003, United States authorities have had access to most European airlines\’ passenger databases. According to this agreement – justified by the need to fight international terrorism – the European commission gives the USA online access to passenger name record (PNR) data of all Europe-based airline carriers for flights that go to, from or through the USA. Photo credit: Eduard Kachan The PNR data consist of all relevant information related to a passenger\’s flight: departure and return flights, connecting flights, special services required on board the flight (meals such as kosher or halal), payment information (such as the credit cards used to purchase the ticket) and e-mail address. EU forbids the transfer of personal data to other countries …

Publish And View Online Video Using Free Software: A Present To Richard Stallman

Written by on Thursday, March 1st, 2007 in Privacyand Security, Technical Support, alternative news, news, free software, Wi-Fi, anonymity, email, RSS, Video Production, Video-Internet Television, ContentDeliveryAnd Distribution, Social Networking, Online Collaboration, video publishing, Video - Internet Television, Information Access.

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Publishing and viewing online video is an incredibly simple prospect these days, and the hardest part of it is choosing which of the many video sharing services to use. However, if you are hoping to use free software - free as in freedom, in the GNU, Richard Stallman sense of the word - it isn\’t always quite so simple. A great many of the online video sharing websites use proprietary formats, with Adobe\’s Flash video being the most popular. So what can you do if you want to publish and watch online video without betraying your commitment to the free software cause? Photo credit: Aurelio A. Heckert and Tina Rencelj If you\’re willing to dig around there are a surprising …

.EU domains will get a price reduction as of Jan ‘07

Written by on Friday, December 1st, 2006 in registering a domain name, registrars, registering a domain, registrations, european internet, eurid, domain, Articles, email, .eu, Domain Names.

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From of Jan 2007, .eu domain will have 5 - 10 euro price reduction. . Apparently this is to cover both registration and renewal. EURid lowers the registration and renewal fee for .eu domain names from 10 to 5 euro.

EURid, the registry for .eu domain names, has decided to lower the fees associated with owning a .eu domain name. As of January 1st 2007, the price for registering a domain name and the annual renewal fee will be 5 euro as opposed to today’s 10 euro.

This substantial reduction is possible thanks to the huge interest in .eu and the high number of registrations. Note that this fee, set by EURid, is charged to the accredited .eu registrars and that they in turn set the prices for their customers. Many registrars bundle their services also to include web hosting and email packages, for instance. However, EURid is convinced that the price reduction will be carried forward and that end users will also benefit from reduced registration and renewal rates, given the competition between registrars.

“EURid is now following up on its promise to reduce the fees after one year of operation. We hope this will stimulate more users to see the advantage of having a true European Internet presence by choosing a .eu domain name,” says Marc Van Wesemael, managing Director of EURid.

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New Media Tools Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 79

Written by on Sunday, November 19th, 2006 in instant messaging, online communities, tags, email, Digital Imaging, spam, Social Networking, Online Collaboration, RSS, Independent Publishing.

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Online collaboration? Video and photo sharing online? Independent publishing tools? You need not go search any further. Robin Good and Livia Iacolare bring together the most interesting new media tools they found during the last seven days and share their initial impressions and info on them in this weekly report. Photo credit: Ljupco Smokovski Photo slideshow creator allows you to create videos with your pictures and add music to them 3D social platform enables you to socialize, show and browse within a 3D environment Collaboration platform lets you manage your online work with the support of VoIP communication Instant whiteboard for online collaboration that you can access from any Flash-enabled browser Event organizer lets you plan events, manage subscriptions and…