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TR Emeritus affected by world’s largest DDoS attack

If you had difficulty accessing TR Emeritus (TRE) with crawling or incomplete page loads, that is because our website was indirectly affected by the recent largest DDoS attack ever recorded in the world. The attack, which originated from Europe, was targetted at CloudFlare, a top premium content and anti-DDoS service provider...

‘Outernet’ poised to kiss censorship goodbye

Hundreds of tiny satellites encircle the earth. When the Media Development Authority (MDA) announced its slew of plans to regulate the Internet, many alternative news websites and bloggers - including members of the #FreeMyInternet group - were alarmed. They were gravely concerned that the PAP government was trying to censor...

SBF: Govt’s FT tightening measures are already comprehensive

Businesses are worried that the government will impose further measures to curb foreign manpower. Last Friday (21 Feb), during the Budget 2014 announcement, DPM and Finance Miniser Tharman said, "We will continue to closely monitor the growth of foreign manpower in other sectors, to ascertain whether further tightening measures,...