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The global outlook series on Internet Services provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers a rudimentary overview of the industry with an on-the-fly focus on broadband services, and details trends such as, increased broadband penetration and growth in e-Commerce applications and online advertising. Additionally, issues such as, impact of the ongoing recession, commercialization, threat to user choice and increased user monitoring are also covered. The report identifies and discusses key regional markets, such as, the US, China, Japan, India, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, the UK, China, India, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, and Brazil among others. The reader stands to gain macro-level insights into recent industry developments such as service introductions, mergers & acquisitions and other noteworthy strategic corporate developments. Also included is an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of 159 companies worldwide.

1. GLOBAL INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 1

The Importance of Internet Services 1

Recession Fails to Suppress ISP Market 1

Asia Strengthens its Lead in Global Internet Subscriptions 2

Table 1: World Internet Usage (2010): Percentage Share

Breakdown by Top 10 Countries -China, US, Japan, India,

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Internet voting systems are inherently insecure and should not be allowed in the upcoming general elections, a noted security researcher said at the RSA Conference 2012 being held here this week.

David Jefferson, a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and chairman of the election watchdog group Verified Voting, called on election officials around the country to drop plans to allow an estimated 3.5 million voters to cast their ballots over the Internet in this year's general elections.

In an interview with Computerworld on Wednesday, Jefferson warned that the systems that enable such voting are far too insecure to be trusted and should be jettisoned altogether.

Jefferson is scheduled to participate in a panel discussion on the topic at RSA on Thursday. Also on the panel are noted cryptographer and security guru Ron Rivest, who is the "R" in RSA, and Alex Halderman, an academic whose research on security vulnerabilities in e-voting systems prompted elections officials in Washington to drop plans to use an e-voting system in 2010.

"There's a wave of interest across the country, mostly among election officials and one agency of the [Department of Defense] to offer Internet voting," to overseas citizens and members of the military, Jefferson said. "From a security point of view, it is an insane thing to do."

A total of 33 states allow citizens to use the Internet to cast their ballots. In a majority of cases, those eligible to vote over the Internet receive their blank ballots over the Web, fill them in and submit their ballots via email as a PDF attachment. Some states, such as Arizona, have begun piloting projects that allow eligible voters to log into a web portal, authenticate themselves and submit their ballots via the portal.

The insecurity and the inability to audit such voting practices is unacceptable, Jefferson said.

Ballots sent via email for instance, are transmitted in the clear without encryption. That means any entity, such as an ISP or a malicious hacker that sits between the voter and the county where the vote is being cast, can view, filter, substitute or modify the ballot, he said.

Meanwhile, the e-voting Web portals that have been proposed for use in Arizona and are being tested in other states, are prone to all the security vulnerabilities and attacks that other sites face, he said.

As one example, he pointed to an attack crafted by Halderman, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Michigan, in 2010 against a Digital Vote by Mail System that was proposed for use in Washington. The system was designed to be used by overseas voters and military personnel based in other countries.

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29-02-2012 03:38 http://www.nma.tv On Oscar night, Angelina Jolie struck an awkward pose on-stage. She showed off her right leg through a slit in her dress. The move was judged instantly in the court of social media. The verdict probably wasn't what Jolie had in mind. A fake Twitter account claiming to belong to Jolie's leg was created. It now has over 26000 followers. In an Internet phenomenon known as "Legbombing," people are Photoshopping Jolie's leg onto other celebrities. But what if Angelina Jolie's leg becomes too powerful? What Internet meme will be able to stop it?

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Assuring potential critics that the government doesnt need to take over the Internet in order to protect it, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., joined a bevy of other Republican committee leaders on Thursday to introduce cybersecurity legislation.

The only government actions allowed by our bill are to get information voluntarily from the private sector and to share information back, McCain told reporters. We have no government monitoring, no government takeover of the Internet, and no government intrusions.

Lawmakers working on bills relating to the Internet are walking a fine line after the backlash over controversial antipiracy measures scuttled two bills in January. But McCains comments were also aimed at the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, recently introduced by the top members of the Senate Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Commerce committees.

McCain and the seven other cosponsors of the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act (SECURE IT) criticized the Cybersecurity Act as too heavy-handed and said their alternative bill takes a more industry-friendly approach to cybersecurity.

Now is not the time for Congress to be adding more government, more regulation, and more debt especially when it is far from clear that any of it will enhance our security, said Senate Intelligence Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. Our bill offers the right solution to improving our nations cybersecurity by encouraging collaboration, investment, and innovation.

Specifically, the SECURE IT Act would allow companies to voluntarily share information about cyberthreats; limit liability for companies that take steps to protect their networks; and limit the type of information that can be shared in order to protect privacy. The bill would also reform federal cybersecurity standards.

The proposals earned praise from some industry groups like USTelecom and the Internet Security Alliance, which called the bill not just a step in the right direction but several steps in the right direction.

McCain said he plans to offer his bill as a substitute when the Cybersecurity Act is brought to the floor sometime in the next few weeks. The extent of support for either bill is not clear, but the dueling legislation could split support from industry as well as complicate efforts to pass a matching bill in the House.

Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., spearheaded an effort to develop and draft the comprehensive Cybersecurity Act of 2012, which, in addition to increasing information sharing, would give the Homeland Security Department more authority to make sure certain critical infrastructure is protected.

Lieberman and his cosponsors, Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Homeland Security Committee ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said they welcome the new proposals.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) The Florida House on Thursday voted to shut down more than 1,000 storefront operations known as Internet cafes that sprouted across the state in the last five years.

Backers of the legislation say the measure will eliminate gambling operations that exploited a loophole in the law to set up shops that target the poor and the elderly in the state.

"These are truly the crack cocaine of gambling," said Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood and sponsor of the bill (HB 3).

Internet cafes sell customers either phone cards or Internet time. But they also offer customers a chance to redeem electronic sweepstakes on computers that use software that mimics casino-styled games.

Sweepstakes such as those handed out by fast-food restaurants like McDonald's have been legal for decades. But the explosion of Internet cafes has triggered a debate about whether or not they are actually a form of illegal gambling. Some counties have tried to shut down the operations completely, while others have chosen to pass ordinances that regulate them.

Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi as well as prosecutors and sheriffs across the state have called for legislators to ban the operations.

But the push to ban the Internet cafes may go nowhere.

So far the Florida Senate has refused to move a Senate bill that calls for a ban.

Senators instead say they want to pass a bill that would regulate the cafes instead. They contend that banning the cafes now would result in the loss of thousands of jobs for those who now work at them.

But Plakon and other supporters of the ban warn that regulating the operations could threaten payments the state is now receiving from the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

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Fla. House votes to ban so-called Internet cafes