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World Internet Developer’s Summit – Over 500 Registration now!
Survey on Awareness, Knowledge and Impacts of IP Address in Hong Kong WIN iPad2!
World IPv6 Launch – The Future is Forever!
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ISOC HK First Hurricane Electric IPv6 Certification and Training Program
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Internet Society Hong Kong Response to the Second Draft of the Code of Practice for Online Service Providers (Mar 2, 2012)Internet Society Hong Kong Response to the “Legal, Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Health Record Sharing Public Consultation (Feb 11, 2012)Internet Society’s letter dated to Honourable Members of the European Parliament (Feb 2012) To review previous policy papers, please check here. |
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國際互聯網開發者會議-HTML5：集結全球互聯網開發者精英，分析未來網絡發展意見 (eZone)Mar 2012參加國際互聯網開發者會議，與 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Facebook, Yahoo!, Mozilla, Microsoft, Angry Birds 等業界專家連繫，以取得最新互聯網開發消息、各種發展平台的最新技術及建議，以及分享他們對未來網絡發展的意見，啟發各界精英的思維。是次活動的主題將圍繞 HTML5 ，一連兩天於香港舉行專題講座及工作坊。工作坊提供一個雙向的溝通平台，讓開發者於小組討論中取得實戰經驗、學習新的技術、分享經驗及交換意見。 World Internet Developers’ Summit ( Computer World Hong Kong) Mar 2012 Get connected with the greatest minds in the industry with the latest Internet development, news, various development platform techniques, hints and tips. W3C, Facebook, Yahoo!, Mozilla, Microsoft, Angry Birds and more are coming all together with motivating and inspirational talks and workshops. Developers will gather at the summit to meet, learn and exchange experiences and ideas on different development platform/environment. Information Security Tips Videos on Roadshow (Feb 6 – 19, 2012) For two weeks in February, Internet Society Hong Kong had shared a set of Information Security Tips videos for the general public in Hong Kong. Through a valuable media using RoadShow , an estimate of 3.6 million bus passengers daily across Hong Kong had a chance to view one of the four informative video produced by Internet Society Hong Kong. (Videos in Cantonese) |
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Cyberport awards HK$1.5 million to new tech projects(Computer World Hong Kong)Feb 21, 2012Cyberport will award a total of HK$1.5 million to 15 start-up tech projects via its latest round of Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF), the organization said Monday.Each of the projects will receive HK$100,000, according to Cyberport, adding that the 15 selected projects come from a wide range of categories, including digital entertainment, mobile applications, business tools and social networking services. Read More Apple confirms solar farm at Maiden data center(Datacenter Dynamics) Feb 21, 2012 Apple said it is building the largest end-user solar array and carrying out the largest non-utility fuel cell installation in the US for its data center in Maiden, North Carolina. Apple’s plans to build the solar farm at the site first came to light in October 2011, after it received a permit from local officials to reshape a slope on its 171-acre property in Maiden. At the time there was no confirmation the solar farm would be used for its data center. Read More The Internet Society wants ACTA reconsidered (The Inquirer) Feb 13, 2012 NON-PROFIT GROUP the Internet Society has written to the European Parliament about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). In its letter addressed to “Honourable Members of the European Parliament” the group says that ministers must use the time between now and official ratification at the end of June to carefully consider the treaty and what it means for the internet. Read More Bridging the gap between doctors and hackers to upgrade health care (The Globe and Mail) Feb 20, 2012 Among some computer geeks, it’s the Hacker Way: A loose model for rapidly solving problems through intense, inexpensive jam sessions among software programmers and web designers, with little planning and total freedom. Mark Zuckerberg used the term to describe how his collaborators and employees refined Facebook with thousands of small improvements and turned it from a dorm-room project into a $100-billion corporate giant. Read More EU court: Social networks can’t be forced to monitor users (CNET) Feb 16, 2012 The European Union’s highest court says social networks cannot be forced to monitor users just to stop piracy. The European Court of Justice ruled today that forcing social networks to install monitoring systems just to see if people are illegally downloading copyrighted material creates a “complicated” and “costly” burden on the sites for little or no upside. The court was also concerned about the privacy of user data. Read More New Internet Rules in China (Mayer Brown) Feb 15, 2012 The PRC Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MII”) has recently promulgated “Several Provisions on Regulating the Market Order of Internet Information Services” (“Provisions”) to ensure a level playing ground for website operators in China and to enhance protection to Internet users in areas such as Internet security, web advertising and data protection. The Provisions will come into effect on 15 March 2012. Read More FBI says social media monitoring won’t infringe privacy rights (Computer World) Feb 14, 2012 The FBI today said that its proposed plans to monitor social media sites as part of a broader strategy to improve real-time situation awareness will be fully vetted by the agency’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Unit. The unit will review the legal implications of the monitoring application and ensure that it meets all privacy and civil rights obligations before it is implemented, the agency said in a statement emailed to Computerworld “Although the FBI has always adapted to meet changes in technology, the rule of law, civil liberties, and civil rights, will remain our guiding principles,” the agency said. Read More |
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