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Thoughts on net neutrality ...

Thoughts on net neutrality ...BitTorrent Goes Hollywood[url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6092296.html]FYI! BitTorrent Goes Hollywood[/url]So, with all the BitTorrent Obfuscation going on, it kind of makes it difficult for traffic shaping QoS, doesn't it now?Is Hollywood recognizing the potential of P2P???;)Where you went wrong.The large content providers DO PAY for their bandwidth just like everyone...

Tags: bandwidth, Internet, Verizon Communications Inc., excessive amount, market-force, BitTorrent, Internet Traffic, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2006-07-11

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Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?

The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone...

Tags: Innovation, Web, Bandwidth, Comcast Corp., Internet, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Comcast takes broadband cap plunge; Other carriers likely to follow

Comcast will implement a 250 GB data monthly cap on customers starting Oct. 1. The move, reported first by DSL Reports, was confirmed by Comcast today Techmeme. On its site, Comcast posted its amended user policy: We've listened to feedback from our customers who asked that...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband, Customer, Carrier, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Taiwan busts hacking ring, 50 million personal records compromised

Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau CIB has successfully tracked down and arrested six people in what the CIB believes to be the biggest personal data breach in Taiwan to date. Apparently, the group also managed to obtain personal data on Taiwan's current and former presidents : "The suspects are believed...

Tags: Taiwan, Hacking, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Mozilla Ubiquity: Is Mozilla building out a different kind of RIA platform?

Mozilla Ubiquity: Is Mozilla building out a different kind of RIA platform?And this is why Mozilla is so important. MS wants to keep the standard webdumbed down, so you have to use MS only technologies for anything fancy. Mozilla will not let that happen!!But, the monetization issues are going to...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Ubiquity, rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Dancing on E-voting's grave

Dancing on E-voting's graveAgreed - but consider the slippery slopeBecause once you recognized the problem in kind, you ended up arguing (accurately, I think) about degree.Why client-server can't workBecause the expert has to say "yes" to the question in court - no matter how difficult or impractical it may actually...

Tags: Fair Use, e-voting, client-server, Fairness Doctrine

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?

Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?And, those costs are just the start. How about the staff to keep it running24x7?? Better to just pay somebody to host it all, and you will save a ton of money and have better uptime. Also, a lot more storage....

Tags: Groupware, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, WebEx Communications Inc., PostPath, CAL, collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?

Somewhere in the news coverage of Psystar's countersuit against Apple today, I was reminded of the car analogy I use to help friends and family understand how to buy a computer. Under the hood of a car, everything is the same. There's an engine, transmission, battery and...

Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLinux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLOL! And the hits to linux just keep coming! So thats 4 different incidents within a week's time of how badly linux sucks. Poor linus must be hiding under his bed trying...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Rootkits, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, SSH, attack, Compromised SSH, Compromised, Microsoft Windows, rootkit, security

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Dems: Broadband policy crucial but so-far nonexistent

John McCain can't get online without his wife's help, but the storyline is that doesn't matter because as former chair of the Commerce Committee, McCain is intimately familiar with tech policy issues. At panels at the Demo Convention today, Democrats assailed that argument, saying that, ""On McCain's...

Tags: Broadband, John McCain, Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-26

AT&T: International iPhone surfing plans start at $120

If you have an iPhone and are traveling abroad, AT&T is now offering new data plans that should save some money over regular pay-per-use roaming charges. Roughly, a 100 megabyte plan will run $120 per month while a 200-megabyte plan will cost $200. That, of course, is on top of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Plan, E-mail, Wireless LANs, Telecommunications, Online Communications, Wireless, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flaw

Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flawFixed.Looks like Facebook has fixed the bug. I just clicked the link and saw this text: The bug is fixed :)RE: Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flawSuch as the fact that applications completely ignore any user privacy options and have the ability to...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Facebook, obvious security flaw, security, security flaw

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

One Router to Connect Them All

Sunday afternoons are the few times I actually get some peace and don't have to think about major IT problems. I fire up my Weber smoker, throw on a couple of racks of ribs, fire up a bucket of hardwood charcoal and fruit wood chunks, and I chill for a...

Tags: Cable Modem, Router, Linksys Inc., Dad, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Networking, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP

The $2,000 Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP is a beautiful-looking display with a ton of features. Because of its 117 percent NTSC color gamut, however, we encountered many more color problems than we expected during DVD and Blu-ray playback. Be prepared to do a lot of color tweaking if you plan to...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell UltraSharp, display, Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP

Product reviews 2008-08-25

The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and security

The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and securityLovely Satan !It was around 90's when I 1st used Satan, those days were so much fun to me.Social Networks - Know your poisonI'm afraid that social networks won't do too much to fix their code - They want it as open as...

Tags: security, SATAN, social networking, network

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?

Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?microsoft.com & msdn, plus some weird gothic stuff knowing you:PRE: Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?It'd be easier if my ISP asked me which porn sites I was going to instead of doing the deep packet sniffing. I'd be glad to...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, NOW IT, Does Big Brother

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000

Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000termsThe second part of the terms are likely because some universities give their students lifetime access to their .edu email address. As long as they have graduated.Microsoft is going to find it very hard to keep Office Suite prices northof 50 bucks. Enterprises are not...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, allway, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night

Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night.....Our arrogance is our own demise. It's that simple. ]:)We already have a crippled two-level systemIt's called Medicare/Medicaid.And once again the author shows his ignorance of economics. In a truly private, competitive health care system, if universal electronic records provided increased profits,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Strategy, health care, ideology, ideological night, enormous innovation, surcharge, innovation

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

SAP: show the love your customers crave

Jim Spath of Black and Decker, an SAP Mentor in the SAP Community and a volunteer on the American SAP User Group ASUG posts this video see above in advance of TechEd 2008. He asks: "If companies make positive contributions, answer other people's questions on SDN, would they be enabled...

Tags: SAP AG, Free Trade, Corporate Communications, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-25

I'm a Wii Fit believer

I'm a Wii Fit believerthis is sadI might be old school sporter, but I find this sad. It is like going to a gym to run like a lab rat or a cage hamster. I promise you this: in 3 months they will not do it anymore, and the whole...

Tags: Team management, Nintendo Wii, Wii Fit

Discussion threads 2008-08-25