Stories about: Comcast

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Today's PC hardware limits streaming 3D content 18 March, 2010 08:02

Content providers are increasingly streaming 3D video over the Internet, but many computers are not yet 3D-ready and users may not be all that interested in that viewing option, analysts said.
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Guilty plea for hacker who took Comcast off Web 26 February, 2010 07:21

A member of a telephone hacking group known as Kryogeniks has pleaded guilty to taking Comcast's Web site offline in May 2008.
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Comcast launches first public U.S. trial of advanced DNS security 24 February, 2010 04:46

Comcast unveiled on Tuesday an aggressive plan to deploy new DNS security mechanisms that are designed to protect Web site operators and consumers from a specific type of hacking attack that involves hijacking Web traffic and redirecting it to bogus sites.
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Google's leading, but where do other Web giants stand on IPv6? 05 February, 2010 08:01

The most popular Web sites are under increasing pressure to add support for IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to IPv4, the Internet's main communications protocol.
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YouTube support of IPv6 seen in dramatic traffic spike 02 February, 2010 07:53

Google has quietly turned on IPv6 support for its YouTube video streaming Web site, sending a spike of IPv6 traffic across the Internet that has continued from last Thursday until Monday.
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FBI arrests alleged cable modem hacker 29 January, 2010 22:30

U.S. federal authorities arrested a 26-year-old man on Thursday for allegedly selling modified cable modems that enabled free Internet access, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Communications without borders 25 January, 2010 12:26

Australian IT company appoints LG-Nortel to deploy VoIP communications for international growth
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Web sites must support IPv6 by 2012, expert warns 22 January, 2010 10:04

Corporations and government agencies must IPv6-enable their public-facing Web sites in the next 24 months or risk upsetting a growing number of visitors with lower-grade connectivity.
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Chinese ISP hosts 1 in 7 Conficker infections 17 December, 2009 19:29

Security experts have known for months that some countries have had a harder time battling the Conficker worm than others. But thanks to data released Wednesday by Shadowserver, a volunteer-run organization, they now have a better idea of which Internet Service Providers have the biggest problem.
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Will 2010 be the year of IPv6? 17 December, 2009 09:13

Will IPv6 finally arrive stateside in 2010? That's the question U.S. ISPs and network equipment vendors are asking themselves after seeing a rise in IPv6 activity during the last six months of 2009.
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10 predictions for 2010 11 December, 2009 06:01

No doubt, a leading IT story in 2010 will be the role that sector will play in the expected economic recovery, as well as how IT markets themselves recover. OK, so that's a no-brainer to predict, but we're latching on to some more specific details in that regard, and we've found a limb or three to walk out on as well. In no particular order we present the 2010 edition of our annual predictions.