Political pressures threaten to tear apart the internet, leaving gaps between geo-political borders. The Council of Europe is proposing a treaty, in the nature of the 1967 International Space Treaty, to keep the internet functional.

Australian ISP Optus advertises “Supersonic” speeds of 100Mbps to subscribers. But, if you download more than their “limit” allows, connection is dropped to a glacial 64Kbps. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) are unhappy about the “bait and switch”.

Somehow, a proprietary crypto-key was leaked to the internet, leaving Intel’s HDCP technology open to cracking. Since they can’t call back the key, Intel is threatening suit against anyone who uses it.

Hewlett-Packard’s new eStation runs Android 2.1, lasts 4-6 hours on the battery, is connected to the Barnes & Nobel e-bookstore, and has a Yahoo skin. Oh, and it includes a printer and will retail for about $400.

The Galaxy Tab’s 7-inch screen is smaller than the iPad’s but it has cameras, front and back, and will be offered through more than one carrier in the U.S. The downside, the Android tablet may cost more than the iPad.

This new laptop from Gateway has an Intel Core i3 processor running at 2.26GHz, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 500-GB hard drive, all for considerably less than $1000.

Instead of being a stand-alone program, Google Me is building on Buzz to use the activity stream built off all of Google’s products.

And…. The pigeon won! The pigeon took a mere 90 minutes to do the 75 mile trip. The data upload was still working after two hours.

The major complaints against Apple’s mobile operating system have been lack of multitasking and printing. The release of iOS 4.2, due in November, is going to fix that.

Resco MobileLight Toolkit includes a new set of controls based on Silverlight technology for Windows Phone 7. The Silverlight controls are designed to improve the development process of applications targeting Windows Phone 7 platform.