More signs of exponential developments in internet technologies.But before you read the Washington Post article, take a look at the video FCCFU.com to hear a magnificent and hilarious rendition of the following...
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Steve Anderson of Save Our Internet, asks: "Will the next NowPublic, Rabble.ca, or Raincity Studios be scared away by the impending ISP gatekeepers?"" He's talking about Bell and other carriers are controlling...
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Taleban militants in north-western Pakistan have released a Chinese engineer held hostage for more than five months. The engineer, Long Xiaowei, along with a Chinese colleague in the August in the Dir region. A Pakistani guard and driver who had been captured with the two...
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Sir Francis Bacon once wrote scientia potentia est: "knowledge is power." Undoubtedly a large part of our common knowledge today is broadcast and downloaded by users of the internet and the World Wide Web. When equipped with our computers and ever-expanding artillery of...
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Anyone who uses the Internet (this means you) should pay attention to this. This ruling will have implications for all Canadian media consumers, media companies and Canadian culture."Media Advisory: CRTC to Make Landmark Decision on Internet Freedom Decision to...
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"Internet "black boxes" will be used to collect every email and web visit in the UK under the Government's plans for a giant "big brother" database, The Independent has learnt. Home Office officials have told senior figures from the internet...
New breakthrough type of silicon "generates hundreds of times more current than conventional silicon"; potential uses include x-rays, night vision, digital photography, in vitro imaging, infrared detectors, etc. More environmentally friendly and cheaper than current...
"Quantifi, Inc., a leading provider of analytics and risk management solutions to the global credit markets, has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for New York, New Jersey, and...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, public interest advocacy org for rights in the digital age, has filed a brief in Federal Court challenging the Constitutionality of the telecom immunity bill. EFF is arguing there is no Constitutional authority for giving authority to...
Note: Politisite will be covering the Debate Live at ETV. We will live blog on NowPublic and Iron Mill News Service. The reason this debate is so important is that Sen Graham is a possible...
"Book Giveaway: Work The System About the AuthorA telecommunications professional, Sam has been a business owner for over 20 years and is the author of the book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less, published by North Sister Publishing,...
George Bush has been spying emails and other electronic data to check on the war on terror. But now an american non profit organisation Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush and other senior members of his...
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The airwaves belong to the People, but the FCC plans to cut us out and give away the new digital spectrum to the same corporations that have been ignoring and violating the public interest provisions in their license in the analog spectrumhttp://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html"On...
"One of the nation’s top authorities on global Internet traffic growth says his latest data show no reason to fear network capacity shortages, as traffic growth may even be slightly decelerating. Updating data collected from Internet exchanges around the...
UK media watchdog Ofcom ordered British Broadcasting Corporation to pay a £400,000 fine for misleading their viewers by faking call-in competition winners. The creators of BBC shows that were fined aired show...