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Paul Miller, a technology blogger, is trying life without the Internet for a year.

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(CNN) -- Maybe it seems like the fastest way for a gadget-and-technology blogger to commit career suicide, but Paul Miller gave up the Internet at midnight Tuesday.

Miller, who was and still is a senior editor at a tech news site called The Verge, plans to stay offline for a full year. When he needs to post something to the website that employs him, he will hand his editors a thumb drive with his stories saved in offline files. If he needs to look up a phone number, he'll get on the phone and start calling people -- who hopefully know people who know the person that he's trying to reach for an interview. There's no other way without access to professional websites and directories, he said.

"I'm going to try to use the six degrees of separation a little bit," he said on Tuesday afternoon in an interview -- by phone, of course. "I have a lot of co-workers and they know a lot of people and so anybody I can get a phone number for I'll call that person and maybe they have a phone number for another person. So I'll have to follow that sort of chain."

Why go to all this trouble? For years, the idea of a digital sabbatical has appealed to the hyper-connected set -- people who spend most of their days in front of computer screens, checking blogs, reading Twitter and somehow trying to figure out how to get their work done in between. At the office, they dodge dozens of click-me-now messages per minute, each demanding instant attention.

Even away from work, phones chime and vibrate to the point that, according to a market research study from Martin Lindstrom, the buzz of a vibrating phone is now one of the top three "most powerful, affecting sounds" -- after a baby giggling and the Intel chime, he wrote in The New York Times.

Depending on your perspective, it may be either surprising or fitting that a technology blogger would get so caught up in the online tornado that he would quit, completely, and for a full year.

On one hand, the Internet is Miller's passion and livelihood.

"I love the Internet," he said. "It allows people to interact in really deep and meaningful ways and to create awesome things and do awesome things. I think it's a wonderful invention and I have no ill will against it."

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According to Randstad Canada's latest global Workmonitor survey, the majority of Canadian workers are not blocked from accessing the internet in the workplace.

TORONTO, May 2, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Findings from Randstad's latest Global Workmonitor, surveying employees in 32 countries around the world, reveal that most Canadian workers have access to the Internet at work, and nearly half own a private smartphone or device.

According to the survey, most Canadian employees report having access to the Internet at work (76%). In Canada alone, 13 per cent of employees say they have a smartphone which includes e-mail that is provided by their employer, while another 47 per cent of respondents report owning a smartphone privately.

When it comes to employers limiting access to the internet at work, Stacy Parker, Executive Vice President of Marketing for Randstad Canada says employers should rethink their assumptions about internet usage."The use of email and the Internet has become an integral part of today's workplace. They offer a great deal of benefits to corporations, such as improved communication among employees, improved customer support and research capabilities," says Parker.

"For a lot of companies, including our own, instant messaging is a legitimate work tool that allows for quick communication between colleagues, helps avoid inter-office voicemail-tag and cuts down costs on long distance charges," says Parker.

The overall global results indicate most employees around the world are also provided with Internet access in the workplace, especially in Japan (83%), India (93%), China (93%), and Malaysia 89%). Belgium is at the low end with 66 per cent.

Additionally, nearly half of all global respondents say they own a private smartphone which includes email from work, while the number of employees with a Smartphone that is provided by their employer is significantly lower. In China (84%), Hong Kong (79%), India (71%) and Malaysia (71%), smartphone ownership is much higher than average, while Belgium (26%) and Czech (25%) sit at the lower end of the spectrum.

While there are plenty of positives to having internet access in the workplace, Parker does acknowledge that organizations have valid concerns about security risks, and employee productivity. "Many employers are concerned, for instance, that employees will waste time "browsing", rather than using the Internet efficiently and productively. But it's important for companies to harness the comfort levels their employees have with Internet-based resources," she explains. "Failure to do so could very well lead to the loss of top talent and can open the door for competitors to gain an advantage through a better equipped and enabled workforce."

Source: Randstad Canada A complete press report, including detailed regional differences, is available on http://www.randstad.com/press-room/research-reports

The Randstad Workmonitor: After the successful introduction of the Workmonitor in the Netherlands in 2003 and more recently in Germany, the survey now covers 32 countries around the world, encompassing Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas. The Randstad Workmonitor is published four times a year, making both local and global trends in mobility regularly visible over time. The quantitative study is conducted via an online questionnaire among a population aged 18-65, working a minimum of 24 hours a week in a paid job (not self-employed). The minimal sample size is 400 interviews per country, using Survey Sampling International. Research for the first wave of 2012 was conducted from January 20 to February 14, 2012.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - April 29, 2012) - Symantec Corp.(NASDAQ: SYMC - News) today announced the findings of its Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 17, which shows that while the number of vulnerabilities decreased by 20 percent, the number of malicious attacks continued to skyrocket by 81 percent.In addition, the report highlights that advanced targeted attacks are spreading to organizations of all sizes and variety of personnel, data breaches are increasing, and that attackers are focusing on mobile threats.

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Symantec blocked more than 5.5 billion malicious attacks in 2011, an increase of 81 percent over the previous year.In addition, the number of unique malware variants increased to 403 million and the number of Web attacks blocked per day increased by 36 percent.

At the same time, spam levels fell considerably and new vulnerabilities discovered decreased by 20 percent.These statistics, compared to the continued growth in malware, paint an interesting picture.Attackers have embraced easy to use attack toolkits to efficiently leverage existing vulnerabilities.Moving beyond spam, cyber criminals are then turning to social networks to launch their attacks.The very nature of these networks makes users incorrectly assume they are not at risk and attackers are using these sites to target new victims.Due to social engineering techniques and the viral nature of social networks, it's much easier for threats to spread from one person to the next.

Advanced Targeted Attacks Spread to Organizations of All Sizes

Targeted attacks are growing, with the number of daily targeted attacks increasing from 77 per day to 82 per day by the end of 2011.Targeted attacks use social engineering and customized malware to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.These advanced attacks have traditionally focused on public sector and government; however, in 2011, targeted attacks diversified.

Targeted attacks are no longer limited to large organizations.More than 50 percent of such attacks target organizations with fewer than 2,500 employees, and almost 18 percent target companies with fewer than 250 employees.These organizations may be targeted because they are in the supply chain or partner ecosystem of a larger company and because they are less well-defended.Furthermore, 58 percent of attacks target non-execs, employees in roles such as human resources, public relations, and sales.Individuals in these jobs may not have direct access to information, but they can serve as a direct link into the company.They are also easy for attackers to identify online and are used to getting proactive inquiries and attachments from unknown sources.

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Is Internet TV the future of television? Could it be the answer for tech companies looking for a jolt? Technology titans like Apple (www.apple.com), Netflix (www.netflix.com), and Google (www.google.com) can answer that question after seeing their stocks surge soon after entering the rapidly growing Internet TV market. Internet TV, the distribution of television content via the Internet, is growing at a rapid pace with Internet-enabled television orders expected to reach 143 million in just two years.

86% of all Internet consumers in the U.S. watch online videos. Actually, today alone, 108 million people will watch 1.3 billion videos. Yes, that was today alone, according to Comscore. These numbers are expected to grow exponentially over the next five years. Some are even predicting the Internet to be the down fall of Cable and Satellite TV packages. Mark Suster is comparing it to music albums vs. singles. People are paying for television that they don't watch. Television is a $350 billion market and consumers watch only a fraction of what they pay for. With Internet TV, consumers are given all the control. Consumers can build their own packages and pay for only what they watch. It may not be a week, a month, or even a year away, but it won't be long until Internet TV explodes affecting many other industries on its way to the top.

So, how can investors prepare for such a disruptive change? The answer could be technology companies entering the Internet TV space. Regency Resources, Inc. (RSRS.OB - News) has recently signed a Letter of Intent to Merge with Digitally Distributed Acquisition Corp. (DDA). The business combination will target the distribution of content in the rapidly expanding internet broadcast TV market. Martin Greenwald, CEO of DDA and now CEO of Regency Resources, Inc. (RSRS.OB - News) has been a pioneer in the media distribution sector for over 30 years and believes that a move to internet television is a perfect culmination of a career spent bringing media to a viewing public in the most advanced way possible.

DDA has developed exclusive technology over the past four years specifically designed to enhance the delivery of content through internet TV as well as through proprietary software protocols. This innovative technology is in the final stages of beta testing, which will insure delivery of content in a more efficient and dramatically less expensive manner than existing systems.

In preparation for entering the rapidly growing Internet TV industry, Regency Resources (RSRS.OB - News) has appointed two seasoned veterans to their leadership team. First, Bruce Venezia has been appointed as Vice President of Content Acquisition. Mr. Venezia's career spans 30 years in the sourcing, negotiating and licensing of independent programming for the home entertainment market. His responsibilities will include working with content owners to solidify relationships, identify synergies and opportunities in order to ultimately unlock significant value from key video and media libraries.

Next, Joseph Q. Bretz has been appointed President and member of the Board for Regency Resources (RSRS.OB - News). Mr. Bretz is a technology and entertainment entrepreneur and producer offering singular expertise in the development of TV and Internet initiatives through his involvement in numerous projects over a 15 year career in the industry. His history of introducing new technologies came to prominence in 2002 with the revolutionary direct-to-hard-disc production of the California Music Awards' 25th Anniversary show, which effectively introduced an alternative and effective post-production methodology. Bretz has continued to draw upon his expertise and innovative approach through the development of TV and Internet initiatives including documentary and feature productions along with music and digital-media projects. Bretz continues to forge new alliances and to collaborate with an A-list of tech company clients and celebrities. He is also a member of the Academy for Recording Arts & Sciences.

Regency Resources, Inc. (RSRS.OB - News) is positioning themselves to take advantage of the rapidly growing Internet TV industry with appointment of experienced and successful media professionals. Other tech companies have already greatly benefited after entering this market. Google (www.google.com) developed Google TV by integrating the Android operating system with the Google Chrome internet browser. They have created an interactive television overlay. Google TV launched in October of 2010. Google Inc. stock is up 35% since October of 2010. Then, Apple (www.apple.com) developed Apple TV as a small form factor network appliance designed to play digital content originating from the iTunes Store, Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, MobileMe, MLB.tv, NBA League Pass, NHL GameCenter, or any Mac OS X or Windows computer running iTunes onto an enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen television. Apple Inc. previewed their Apple TV in 2006 but announced the second generation in September of 2010. Apple stock is up 148% since September 2010. Lastly, Netflix (www.netflix.com) specializes and was one of the original pioneers of Internet TV. Netflix stock gained nearly 500% from 2010 to its high of $304.79.

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