Amazon's EC2 used in Sony attack: source
Hackers used Amazon's EC2 to carry out last month's Sony data breach, according to a person in the know, and due to the automatic activation process the cloud server is being used to conduct a growing number of attacks.
Activist Turks protest internet filter plans
Thousands of Turkish citizens took to the streets on Sunday in protest of the state's plans to introduce voluntary internet filters in August, and to ban a list of words from being used in local domain names.
North Korea denies South's hacking claims
The North Korean government has rejected South Korea's claims that the country was behind last month's cyber attack on the Nonghyup bank.
Telstra could get billions if NBN project changes
Australia's opposition coalition party said Telstra could end up reaping billions more dollars if the party takes power and follows through with plans to scale back the NBN project to a chiefly FTTN rather than FTTH network.
Yahoo, Alibaba “committed” to settling spat
Yahoo and Alibaba have moved to reassure investors they are “committed” to quickly resolving a dispute over a spin-off of an Alibaba subsidiary that could dilute Yahoo's stake in the Chinese web company.
Comcast offered aid to Pirate Bay
Comcast - the US cable operator that critics claim is against net neutrality - denied blocking torrent tracker the Pirate Bay, and even offered to send engineers to help restore access for its broadband customers following what turned out to be a technical fault at the website's end.
Bharti opposes regulator's MTR proposal
India's Bharti Airtel has attempted to use court precedents to oppose a discussion paper from regulator Trai proposing to do away with interconnection charges.
No LTE support in next iPhone: analyst
Discussions with sources have indicated that the next iPhone will not include LTE connectivity, but will support HSPA+ and include minor cosmetic changes, a financial analysts claims.
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