Stoobalou writes “Europe has proposed an Internet Treaty to protect the Internet from the political interference which threatens to break it up. The draft international law has been compared to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which sought to prevent space exploration being pursued for anything less than the benefit of all human kind. The Internet Treaty would similarly seek to preserve the Internet as a global system of free communication that transcends (more…)

The moon may be shrinking, but it’s still a big enough ball of fun to warrant its own night in the limelight.On September 18 people around the planet will be gathering for the first ever International Observe the Moon Night, a global event meant to get people excited about lunar science and exploration. The whole thing started with a national…..

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Goalkeeper Paul Robinson retires from England duty just hours after being named in the squad for the friendly with Hungary.

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CNETNate writes “With its own file server for uploaded Hollywood blockbusters, a 10Mbps Internet connection to Earth, and around a hundred IBM ThinkPad notebooks, the consumer technology aboard the $150 billion International Space Station is impressive. It’s the responsibility of just two guys to maintain the uptime of the Space Station’s IT, and they have given CNET an in-depth interview to explain what tech’s aboard, how it works, and whether Windows (more…)