Good Morning Tech: FCC November meeting, GOP to hear from E&C hopefuls

Wikileaks evades hackers with shift to Amazon. “Wikileaks, the site that has infuriated the US government by releasing thousands of US diplomatic cables, is being hosted by one of the symbols of that country’s internet success – Amazon. The site came under a “Distributed Denial of Service” (DDOS) attack on Sunday night from an unidentified hacker, forcing it to seek a new location for its computer files.” http://bit.ly/iiQ9PX

E.U. Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Google. “The top European regulator opened an antitrust investigation into Google on Tuesday, following allegations that the Internet giant has abused its dominance in online search. The move follows complaints by specialized search-related companies about “unfavorable treatment of their services in Google’s unpaid and sponsored search results,” the European Commission said in a statement. ” http://nyti.ms/i6iO1a

‘Cyber Monday’ Sales Come in Strong. “Online retailers experienced a sales surge Monday, capping off a holiday shopping week in which more Americans than ever decided to skip the mall and buy on the Web. Early estimates indicated overall sales gains of about 20% from a year earlier for “Cyber Monday,” the nickname for the Monday after Thanksgiving.” http://on.wsj.com/hb7w67

Internet Privacy: Firefox Makers Look at Hiding Online Footprints. “The makers of the popular Firefox Web browser are exploring ways to create a do-not-track mechanism that could offer Internet users a way to avoid being monitored online. The effort comes just months after Firefox’s creator, Mozilla Corp., killed a powerful and new tool to limit tracking under pressure from an ad-industry executive, The Wall Street Journal has learned.” http://on.wsj.com/fix9i6

Countering WikiLeaks could stifle information sharing. “The government can’t do much, from a technical standpoint, to thwart the inappropriate interception of classified information by internal personnel — without imposing controls that would stifle information sharing, former Justice Department officials say. ” http://bit.ly/g5MSNp

SAID

“Because you’ve got a lot of people paying attention to us, and I’m trying to sell books.”

-Former
President George W. Bush on why he chose to visit Facebook for an
interview on his book “Decision Points.” Facebook chief executive Mark
Zuckerberg hosted the interview.