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Ready for a second "premium" tier for the internet? Despite speaking out in favor of net neutrality, it looks like Google and Verizon are ready to team up in developing a second level of the web designed to pipe high bandwidth content over a priority network. Will this lead to the tv model becoming a reality for the web, or will cash-strapped consumers reject this new series of expenses in favo
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Through a three year bureaucratic process of rule review, the EFF has won protections for several popular yet nominally illegal activities. As a concrete benefit, it will now be almost impossible for technology manufacturers to sue against "jailbroken" or unlucked devices and people who mix up video and audio content are more likely to be protected under fair use defenses. In the big picture, t
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Recently, a businessman in New York has come forward with a spectacular claim and an even more spectacular contract. This document, supposedly from 2003, would give the holder an 84% stake in the ownership of Facebook - all for an initial investment of $1,000.
If Zuckerberg did indeed sign such a contract - or even if he can't manage to convince a judge & jury that the existing contract is
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In an announcement set to potentially revolutionize the economics of web hosting, IBM is revealing a new mainframe with the capability to run as many as 100,000 virtual machines simultaneously. While we've recently seen the rise of shared hosting as a relatively cheap and powerful way to get basic web services for next to nothing, this new development could result in a similar availability for v
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Wikileaks is the source for classified news leaks - in fact they've published more breaking stories in the last ten years than most of the world's traditional media outlets combined. Decades after Watergate and the scandals that brought down a presidency, whistleblowers finally have a clearing house with anonymity protection and enough redundancy to keep important information accessible to the w
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A recent announcement by Blizzard declares their intent to implement RealID for both games and all forum posts. Many SC fans are concerned about the privacy implications of this move, but some defenders claim this will help cut down a bit on the spammers & scammers that often run amok.
What do you think? Is it a good idea for gaming to lose its anonymity, or will this effort to turn the en
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The French Competition Authority has recently ruled that Google's position in the search market sector constitutes an unlawful monopoly, but ironically, the review was set in motion because Google had been reluctant to sell advertising space to a company that is helping French citizens avoid law enforcement speed traps. Hesitant to ever encourage unlawful activity and always eager to play by the
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When recent White House press releases and sound bytes are compared to the leaked drafts of the ACTA treaty, it starts to look like we're headed toward a massive crackdown on the internet for the stated purpose of protecting the financial interests of intellectual property owners.
What's at stake might actually be much bigger than the content itself, but rather in how information is exchanged
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With the intent of indexing the web faster and delivering more recent and relevant news to those who are searching, Google has announced its latest indexing system: Caffeine.
Except they announced it already, about six months ago - and there's still no word about whether or not it has gone live or when we can expect to see the changes in a typical search. Recently, there was a very noticeabl
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If you needed to be reminded how important it is to ensure that all of your domain registrations are in order, a story is coming out from Tennessee that shows just how embarrassing it can be to lose control of your website. In this particular case, a citizen with a grudge has managed to snag up a domain right from under the city's police - and that means he control's the city's "official" police
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