Tag: internet

Signals vs. Noise – CSA: A fantastic web site
I really wish I could design something like that, but alas not quite my skill.
February 2, 2011
TechCrunch – Egypt Shuts Down Noor, Its Last ISP
This is so weird and disturbing the idea of a political entity being able to just disconnect itself from the internet.
January 31, 2011
Official Google Blog – Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard
Only Google has this kind of ability to just buy a company and build a product to make the internet and a public more free.
January 31, 2011
The Atlantic – The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks
I’m not sure what’s more shocking, that a country wide keylogger was in use, or that Facebook took these actions to defend their users and freedom of speech.
January 24, 2011
Official Google Blog – World IPv6 Day: firing up the engines on the new Internet protocol
I’m not sure this will do much but it sure would be nice for ISP’s to start supporting IPv6.
January 13, 2011
Yuxi You – So you still think the Internet is free
So do you?
January 13, 2011
Uh Oh, Internet: Basic Mobile Video Will be YouTube-Only With MetroPCS Plans
Remember those Net Neutrality rules the FCC voted on a few weeks ago, this is exactly the loophole that everyone feared.
January 8, 2011
Coding Horror – Trouble In the House of Google
I’m seeing this start cropping up as well where Google seems to be failing in filtering out spam or content farm sites.
January 3, 2011
Electronic Frontier Foundation – 2010 Trend Watch Update: Global Internet Censorship
Censorship and the internet, what’s up with that.
January 2, 2011
Rough Type – Same shit, different medium
I love that last sentence it defines very precisely how the medium is an important factor in differences existing while the high level appears to be the same.
December 31, 2010