it’s good to know things
The Federal Trade Commission has weighed in on Net Neutrality and it doesn’t look good. Net Neutrality is an idea that does not give any user with the same type of connection to the internet any higher priority than another. The FTCs Internet Access Task Force has issued a report called “Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy”. [...]
Fri, June 29 2007 » www » Comments Off
Microsoft announced Tuesday that they are in the beta testing phase of a new online storage service. The service will include storage of up to 500 MB of storage for users. This is in an effort to keep up with sites like Google, who offer 2gb of e-mail storage, and AOL, who offer 5gb of [...]
Thu, June 28 2007 » tech, www » Comments Off
It is pretty much common knowledge that the US is well behind first place when it comes to education and health care. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) have released a report that will add broadband to that list. The US ranks 16th in connectivity of industrialized nations. The average download speed in the US [...]
Wed, June 27 2007 » tech » Comments Off
Samsung has announced that they plan on making a 64GB solid-state hard drive. The drive will be 1.8″ by 1.8″ and be one of the first larger solid state drive (SSD) put into mass production. What does this all mean? Geek talk aside, SSD is great for the average consumer. In a normal hard drive [...]
Tue, June 26 2007 » tech » Comments Off
The FBI is reported to have gone to some major research colleges in New England. Although I’m sure the federal government could learn a thing or two from such places like MIT, Boston College, and UMASS they instead are warning faculty and staff that students are vulnerable to espionage. The FBI is warning that college [...]
Mon, June 25 2007 » misc. debris » Comments Off