http://www.itworld.com/iran-election xx http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/69528/arms Pick your protest: Iran elections or iPhone 3G S pricing http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/69528/arms#comments Personal tech Feature cartoon iPhone 3G S Iran election Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:00:17 -0400 Phil Johnson 69528 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/69480/iran-so-far-unwilling-completely-choke-net Despite attempts to consolidate Internet traffic, the Iranian government has so far been unwilling to shut down its entire Internet infrastructure, according to analysis from security vendor Arbor Networks. http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/69480/iran-so-far-unwilling-completely-choke-net#comments Government Internet Tech & society News iran Iran election Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:49:45 -0400 ITworld staff 69480 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/69452/iran-cyber-activism-without-middle-man The owner of a medical records software business in the tiny town of Miami Oklahoma, Anthony Papillion is on the forefront of a new wave of Internet activism, fuelled by social media sites like Twitter, which are giving Iranian citizens and supporters of the government protests there new ways of involving themselves in the political struggle. http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/69452/iran-cyber-activism-without-middle-man#comments Government Internet Tech & society Analysis iran Iran election social media social networking Twitter Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:21:45 -0400 ITworld staff 69452 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/69431/twitter-says-us-asked-shutdown-be-delayed Twitter Inc. late yesterday acknowledged that the U.S. State Department had contacted the Web company about delaying its scheduled site maintenance because of the number of Iranians who have been using Twitter to get information out about the political situation there. http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/69431/twitter-says-us-asked-shutdown-be-delayed#comments Government Internet Tech & society News Iran election Twitter Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:17:03 -0400 ITworld staff 69431 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/69402/irans-leaders-fight-internet-internet-wins-so-far Iran's government in recent days has tried to cut off Internet access for most of its election protestors by shutting down routers at the nation's perimeters, ripping satellite dishes off roofs, cutting cables and turning off telephone switching networks. Iran, in effect, has declared cyberwar on itself. And it doesn't appear to be winning the fight because of the resilience of a communications grid originally designed to be both resilient and pervasive. http://www.itworld.com/government/69402/irans-leaders-fight-internet-internet-wins-so-far#comments Government Internet Tech & society News Iran election Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:56:38 -0400 ITworld staff 69402 at http://www.itworld.com