From Andy Greenberg at Forbes: via TPID : That, at least, is the vision of some members of Pirate Parties International (PPI).

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: CoreLink Data Centers Relocates HQ, Opens New Facility News: Peer 1 Completes SAS70 Type II and CICA 5970 Audits News: Swedish Pirate Party to Host Wikileaks Servers News: Texas Seeks Help on IBM Data Center Contract News: Consonus Gets First Commercial Data Center Energy Star Seal (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hossting provider Peer 1 Hosting ( www.peer1.com ) announced on Wednesday it has successfully completed two independent audits of SAS70 Type II and CICA 5970. The move follows Peer 1’s recent partnership announcement with VMware, in which the hosting provider joined the VMware Service Provider Program to offer customers private cloud solutions. The audits examined selected controls, processes and procedures in compliance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Statement on Auditing Standards No

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Swedish Pirate Party to Host Wikileaks Servers News: Texas Seeks Help on IBM Data Center Contract News: Consonus Gets First Commercial Data Center Energy Star Seal Articles: The Web Is Dead.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Swedish Pirate Party to Host Wikileaks Servers News: Texas Seeks Help on IBM Data Center Contract News: Consonus Gets First Commercial Data Center Energy Star Seal Articles: The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet Articles: Guide to server hosting and colocation (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The state of Texas has began searching for new companies to complete a massive data center consolidation project that IBM ( www.ibm.com ) is currently the lead contractor for, in the midst of an ongoing dispute between the two sides

Wikileaks has made new Web hosting arrangements with the Swedish Pirate Party , which will supply bandwidth and hosting free of charge to the whistleblowing site. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange met with the group over the weekend in Stockholm.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Level 3 Increases Metro Connectivity in Dublin With the Linking of 5 Area Data Centers News: PEER 1 Hosting Launches Microsoft Hosted Exchange Packages in the UK News: Equinix Opens Washington DC Data Center, Plans Singapore Expansion News: Q&A: Rob Tyree, VegasNAP News: Swedish Pirate Party Offers Web Hosting for WikiLeaks (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In response to both local and international demand, fiber-based communications services provider Level 3 Communications ( www.level3.com ) has significantly expanded its metro fiber network in Dublin to link five carrier-neutral data centers, providing new services and greater access to the Level 3 Tier 1 IP backbone. According to Level 3’s Thursday announcement, Level 3 will initially offer wave and IP connectivity to the Level 3 network using 10 Gigabit extensions at five Dublin data centers including a Telecity data center on Kingswood Road, an eircom facility in the north of Dublin, two Interxion facilities in Park West Business Park, and a Data Electronics Services data center in Kilcarbery Business Park.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Swedish Pirate Party Offers Web Hosting for WikiLeaks News: CA Technologies Names President of Asia Pacific News: Canadian Research Project Aims to Build Green Powered Data Center Grid News: Tinet Links Hong Kong and Europe Via Low Latency Route News: Web Host DediPower Opens Third Data Center in UK (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK Web hosting provider DediPower ( www.dedipower.com ) announced on Thursday it has opened its third data center, located in Reading, UK. Designed to accomodate expansion of DediPower’s existing client base, the new 11,000 square foot tier 3 data center has the capability to house 200 additional racks at 6KW each and FM200 fire suppression.