The History of the internet and Net Neutrality [ VIDEO ]
MUST WATCH video about the creation of the internet and the issue of net neutrality.
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Archive for June 8, 2008
A Look Behind China’s Great Firewall
In light of the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, more scrutiny is being placed on China’s Web-filtering practices.To Truly understanding this cat-and-mouse game means taking a close look at what exactly the government filters out, how the Great Firewall works, and how others have found ways around it.”
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Customers Cry Fraud Over Comcast P2P meddling in new lawsuit
Comcast has run into more legal troubles over its forced TCP reset packets, as three class-action lawsuits have been filed this week against the company for false advertising and fraud. Time Warner is in a bit of hot water with the city of Los Angeles, too, for deceptive business practices and false advertising.
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The Evolution of Pre-Launch Gmail In Screenshots
While the screenshots were not identified by particular dates, they were laid out from left to right in rough order of where they stood in Gmail’s evolution. In the very first screenshot, dating back to March 2002, we see Gmail when it was a simple Paul Buchheit hack to search his messages by keyword.
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UK ISP bows to record industry, to send P2P warning letters
British ISP Virgin Media has come to an agreement with the BPI, which represents the record industry, to warm filesharers on its network about the dangers of copyright infringement.
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Google’s experimental Gmail toys
In a first, Google is opening up its testing process by calling on tens of millions of Gmail users to put new features of the service through their paces.
Gmail Labs has launched 13 settings for users to play around with and tell engineers directly what they think of them.
The new developments, which are only available in the UK and the US.
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Worldwide Developers Conference 2008 Rumor Roundup
With the 2008 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) beginning next week, MacRumors provides this Rumor Roundup as a summary of major rumors circulating around the Mac Web before the big event. The 3G iPhone will be announced at WWDC 2008. There …
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U.S. demanded records of Amazon Book buyers
Heavy handed approach led to abuse of power.
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The Greatest Invention in Computer Science
“What do you think the single greatest invention in computer science is? Besides the computer itself, I mean. Seriously, before reading any further, pause here for a moment and consider the question.”
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