has yet to restore most of its telecommunications network.
Qwest disconnected SkyWi on Dec. 30 because of a billing dispute, leaving thousands of Internet and phone customers without service in the six states where SkyWi operates: New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and Texas.
The cutoff created a crisis situation in some New Mexico communities because public safety — including fire, police and medical services — were affected.
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Authentication company VeriSign, which operates two of the root servers for the Internet, has warned that the Web is still vulnerable to attack, despite continued investment in hardening systems.
VeriSign chief technology officer Ken Silva, speaking to ZDNet Asia sister site ZDNet UK at the RSA Conference Europe 2008 last week, said that, while certain parts of the Internet infrastructure had been made more secure, there are still weak spots.
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Upwards of 50 million Americans were expected to watch the encounter between John McCain and Barack Obama last night in the second of three presidential debates. Last Thursday a record 70 million saw Sarah Palin fail to disgrace herself in the obligatory running-mates match.
And in homes, halls and bars across America, how did people watch this crucial rite of presidential passage? On television. These debates are almost the only times – Read the rest of this entry »