Blog More Coerced Censorship By: Alex Harris 06/23/2008 We reported earlier on the New York Attorney General’s successful attempt to coerce ISPs into censoring their content. Later that day,…
Blog Teens Use Google Earth to Find and Party in Swimming Pools By: Alex Harris 06/20/2008 Teenagers in the UK are using Google Earth to find backyard swimming pools, then using Facebook to organize flashmobs at said pools. The…
Blog Bizarro USDA Bans Testing for Mad Cow By: Alex Harris 06/20/2008 “He’s reliable. He’s considerate. He’s like your exact opposite.” “So he’s Bizarro Jerry.” “Bizarro Jerry?” “Yeah, like Bizarro Superman, Superman’s exact…
Blog Faster Broadband for Cheap By: Alex Harris 06/20/2008 Verizon announced a new, zippy broadband plan for all markets through its FiOS fiber optic service. Customers will be able to download at 50mbps…
Blog Bell Canada Throttling P2P May Turn into Net Neutrality War By: Alex Harris 06/20/2008 Ars predicts that a new war over net neutrality has begun in Canada. The ISP Bell Canada was discovered to have reduced the speed…
Blog Public Safety Agencies Hijack Lots of Spectrum By: Alex Harris 06/20/2008 The FCC just granted Sprint Nextel permission to stay in the 800MHz band the company had been using to provide service to 16 million…