industryterm:internet browsing

Daniel Soar · How to Get Ahead at the NSA · LRB 24 October 2013
►http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n20/daniel-soar/how-to-get-ahead-at-the-nsa

On 29 September the New York Times ran a story reporting that MAINWAY was being used ‘to create sophisticated graphs of some Americans’ social connections’. The next day, not wanting to have its thunder stolen, the Guardian, which after all owned the Snowden story, having broken it, ran a front-page piece saying that MARINA provided the ability to look back on the past 365 days of a user’s internet browsing behaviour. The only new piece of information in the story – new in the sense that it hadn’t been already been reported in the Guardian – was the business of the year’s worth of history. It was a case of my database is scarier than yours.

Roguelikes and system requirements.
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First off, I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this. I was wondering if a netbook (like an acer aspire one) would be enough to play most/all roguelikes? I haven’t owned an actual computer in years now (tablet for Internet browsing at home) but I miss my favorite genre of game. I’d rather not pour hundreds of dollars into a pc just for a few games which is why I ask if a netbook would suffice.. But if not what would I need? submitted by allthingsfluff [link] [4 (...)

Lebanon : : BlackBerry service disrupted in Lebanon, Mideast
►http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2011/Oct-10/150929-blackberry-service-disrupted-in-lebanon-mideast.ashx

Telecoms Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui said Monday that BlackBerry subscribers could experience delays in services, as Research in Motion Ltd says it is investigating an unidentified issue affecting Blackberry services in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

“BlackBerry subscribers may experience delays in sending or receiving messages, or using other services such as Internet browsing, instant messaging or receiving push notifications (News, Facebook, Twitter),” Sehnaoui said on his Twitter account Monday.

He added that the problem was from RIM and would keep users updated for any new developments regarding the issue.

However, BlackBerry did not elaborate further on the issue, but telephone companies whose customers use the company’s smartphones said they have witnessed problems with Internet access and BlackBerry’s popular messenger service.

Le délai avant réception de votre message BlackBerry au Liban est facile à expliquer : celui-ci est d’abord intercepté par la NSA américaine, puis visé par le Hezbollah, transféré à Damas, censuré à Tel Aviv, expédié pour consultation en Arabie séoudite, et enfin affiché sur votre petit écran. Si c’est écrit en arabe, c’est un peu plus long (il faut des traducteurs assermentés à chaque fois). Rien que de très normal, donc.