- Internet outages in Bangladesh may soon become a thing of the past National Internet outages in Bangladesh may soon become a thing of the past as recent evidence suggests that the country is no longer reliant on a single submarine fibre-optic cable connecting it to the rest of the world.
- Internet-enabled TVs aren't being used to browse the internet The notion of using an internet-enabled TV for anything other than accessing video services is failing, that's according to NPD's John Buffone.
- World IPv6 Launch – this time it's for real Tomorrow, June 6, is World IPv6 Launch day - the date at which the internet's biggest vested participants have agreed to permanently enable IPv6 on their products and services to ensure the internet's "continued growth as a platform for innovation and economic development".
- Ireland faces its own SOPA battle Before the end of January Ireland will have enacted its own SOPA-style legislation - without discussion or vote in the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament - allowing parts of the internet deemed to aid piracy or infringe copyright to be censored from the Irish public.
- Cheezburger CEO: I can has Wikipedia support in SOPA blackout protest? Ben Huh, best known as CEO of Cheezburger, has publicly called for Wikipedia to join Cheezburger and Reddit in their 12-hour SOPA blackout protest next Wednesday.
- Report: Ireland, the internet and mobile devices in 2011 As the year draws to a close we delve into our own site analytics to see what mobile devices Irish internet users were using in 2011. It comes as no surprise to find that Apple's iPhone leads the way by a country-mile.
- Record companies want to control what we access online, Irish Government obliges Threatened by legal action from EMI Ireland, the Irish Government has agreed to publish an order next month, "plugging a gap" in Irish copyright law and effectively allowing record companies to restrict access to whole websites in Ireland as they please.
- DNSCrypt secures "last mile" internet vulnerability OpenDNS has released a 'technology preview' of a new security tool known as DNSCrypt. DNSCrypt encrypts all DNS data between you and your internet service provider (ISP) or DNS provider, like OpenDNS, preventing illegal traffic "snooping, tampering, or even hijacking".
- Over 146,000 Irish households and businesses still on 2Mbps broadband or less Figures published yesterday in the latest Irish Communications Market ComReg quarterly report suggest that 146,326 households and businesses in Ireland are currently subscribed to broadband packages of 2Mbps or less. Data concerning Q1 2011 indicates that 123,934 residential broadband subscriptions and 22,392 business broadband subscriptions are currently active for packages offering between 144kps and 1.99Mbps download speeds.
- First ever Irish Internet Expo will take place this October Internet Expo, the first ever event of its kind in Ireland will take place in the RDS, Dublin this October 14th-15th. The two-day exhibition will help Irish and international businesses showcase their products and services to an anticipated 3,000 strong attendance.