Neowin News Feed for: East

Third undersea cable cut in Middle East

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:36:48 +0000

A third undersea cable was cut on Friday, just two days after two breaks near Egypt disrupted Web access in parts of the Middle East and Asia, Indian-owned cable network operator FLAG Telecom said. FLAG,... Read more...

Damaged Cable Disrupts Internet in the Middle East

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:28:20 +0000

A breakdown in an international undersea cable network disrupted Internet links to Egypt, India and Gulf Arab countries on Wednesday, and Egypt said it could take several days for its services to return to normal.... Read more...

Sir Alan Sugar unveils East End supercomputer

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 May 2007 07:42:22 +0000

Everyone's favourite shouty TV star, Sir Alan "you're fired!" Sugar unveiled a supercomputer at Queen Mary, University of London this morning. Sugar cajoles wannabe entrepreneurs on BBC1's The Apprentice and is founder of computer maker... Read more...

Music Industry Looks East to Tackle Piracy

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:33:42 +0000

Music firms are launching their first lawsuits in Asia as the crackdown on net piracy continues. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry announced this morning it had filed 963 lawsuits, with some of them... Read more...

Digital Bridge looks east with new hire

Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:02:55 +0000

Mobile entertainment publisher Digital Bridges has announced the appointment of Shigeru Ota as vice president of business development, with a view to expanding the firm's presence in the key Japanese market. Ota, who... Read more...

Hackers; please don't deface Middle East web sites

Fri, 28 Sep 2001 01:15:20 +0000

Cyberangels, an offshoot of the Guardian Angels groups that patrol city neighborhoods to prevent crime, has launched an effort to protect the Internet from hackers angry at Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect... Read more...