Search Engine Shutoff - Tehran. Political unrest resulting from the presidential election in Iran has escalated to a internet battle between the Iranian government and activists, according to the BBC and other sources. In response to the election, supporters of
Gaming industry is helping the search engines. Playing computer games can now achieve more than just the rosy glow of a high score. A new multi-player web-site launching today could help "teach" computers to recognise images and music just like
Digital State Discuss Google’s Approach in China. It would appear that Google's delicate balancing act in China is yet again being challenged. In March, Google made public their plan to move its Chinese-language Internet search operation in Hong Kong in
A worm that is able to seize control of industrial plants has infected the computers of employees at Iran’s first nuclear power station just weeks before it is meant to go online. The IRNA news reported that the malware has
Digital State discuses the FBI and the World Wide Web. September 2010 sees the Federal Bureau beginning to put a case together in order to gain more authority in regards to the goings on within the World Wide Web. They
The end of September saw technology trade groups focusing on a fight against U.S legislation that would ultimately see the government with the power to shut down Web sites that are believed to be breaking piracy laws. However the Senate
Recent news reports have described Libya as a “war zone” amid the chaos which has hit the North African country. This has caused enormous disruptions to Libya’s internet links as inbound and outbound traffic has decreased to a fraction of
The Advertising Standards Authority are fearsome regulators of all media related advertising. Starting 1 March 2011 they plan to extend to regulating online marketing. This is to cut down on websites which are wrongly advertising their products and services. ASA
Digital State discuses J C Penney. Roughly two months ago the search marketing world heard the news that J C Penney’s ranking were dropping on Google because it was proven that their site had been optimised for the search engines
Digital State Consulting discuss Googles challenge to China over censorship. Google has thrown down the gauntlet to China by saying it is no longer willing to censor search results on its Chinese service. The world's leading search engine said the