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Digital Wellbeing: Are You Having a Safe Internet Day?

IT Toolbox

Internet safety is a social and mental issue as much as it is technological. Safer Internet Day was created in 2004 to address these challenges and spread awareness of what is one of the most indispensable aspects of being online. The post Digital Wellbeing: Are You Having a Safe Internet Day?

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5 Innovative VoIP Features That Could Benefit Your Business

IT Toolbox

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a technology that has been around for some time, as mass market VoIP services were first launched in 2004. Basically, VoIP allows users to make and receive free voice calls over the Internet.

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You must never press the original Razr’s forbidden internet button

The Verge

In all my years of owning a Razr, I can’t say I tapped it more than once or twice, and never on purpose: the internet button. Located on the upper left side of the keypad, the internet button was emblazoned with a blue globe and would open the Razr’s built-in internet browser. The Razr’s internet button was aspirational.

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Google warns that defamation case ruling will force it to 'censor' the internet

TechSpot

He sued Google over claims that its publication of search results showing a 2004 article defamed him. The Guardian reports that the case revolves around George Defteros, a Victoria defense lawyer who previously represented Melbourne gangland figures.

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What is BGP, and how might it have helped kick Facebook off the internet?

The Verge

At a very basic level, BGP is one of the systems that the internet uses to get your traffic to where it needs to go as quickly as possible. When it comes to BGP, the internet is broken up into big networks, known as autonomous systems. Mapping unchanging roads is hard; imagine mapping the internet. Also, maps are super tricky!

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A Decade of Dynamo: Powering the next wave of high-performance, internet-scale applications

All Things Distributed

It all started in 2004 when Amazon was running Oracle's enterprise edition with clustering and replication. The cloud-hosted version would need to be: Scalable – The service would need to support hundreds of thousands, or even millions of AWS customers, each supporting their own internet-scale applications.

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Cisco’s acquisition history has shaped its evolution

Network World

Cisco buys Internet BGP monitoring firm Code BGP August 1, 2023: Aiming to bolster its assessment of Internet traffic health, Cisco has acquired Code BGP, a privately held BGP monitoring startup, for an undisclosed amount.Code BGP will slide into Cisco’s ThousandEyes network intelligence product portfolio.

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