Nancy Pelosi Backs Controversial Internet Powers to Save Net Neutrality
• http://www.nationaljournal.com, By Brendan SassoThe Democratic leader presses the FCC to ban Internet "fast lanes."
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Internet Slow Down Just Happens to Be on the Eve of 9/11
• http://therawfeedlive.comInternet Slow Down Just Happens to Be on the Eve of 9/11: I think there may be more to this
The Father of Net Neutrality Is Running for Office—And He Could Win
• http://www.wired.com, By Robert McMillanIt's eight o'clock on a muggy night in New York, and Tim Wu is winding down the worst day of his political career.
Reddit Declares Itself a 'Government'
• betabeat.com/It may sound grandiose, but they're not entirely wrong.
AT&T and Verizon say 10Mbps is too fast for "broadband," 4Mbps is enough
• ars technicaAT&T and Verizon have asked the Federal Communications Commission not to change its definition of broadband from 4Mbps to 10Mbps, saying many Internet users get by just fine at the lower speeds.
The Next Big Thing You Missed: Startup Aims to Give Everyone the Mighty Shipping Power of Amazon
• http://www.wired.com, By Marcus WohlsenThe tech industry's effort to master the last mile of delivery is well documented.
A Google Site Meant to Protect You Is Helping Hackers Attack You
• http://www.wired.com, By Kim ZetterBefore companies like Microsoft and Apple release new software, the code is reviewed and tested to ensure it works as planned and to find any bugs.
How E-Commerce Is Finally Disrupting The $600 Billion-A-Year Grocery Industry
• Business InsiderAt $600 billion a year in sales, food and beverage is by far the largest retail category in the U.S. by a wide margin.
Microsoft Defies Court Order, Will Not Give Emails to US Government
• http://windowsitpro.com, Paul ThurrottDespite a federal court order directing Microsoft to turn overseas-held email data to federal authorities, the software giant said Friday it will continue to withhold that information as it waits for the case to wind through the appeals process.
The Server Needs To Die To Save The Internet - Article on MaidSafe
• Daily Paul.comTip of the hat to Ernest Hancock, and the DP's Joη for this great article.
Feds warn first responders of dangerous hacking tool: Google Search
• ars technicaThe Department of Homeland Security warned of a "malicious activity" that could expose secrets and security vulnerabilities in organizations' information systems. The name of that activity: "Google dorking."
From Harlem Shake To RickRoll ? Here's What Makes Memes Go Viral
• http://www.businessinsider.comMany of us have enjoyed internet memes in some capacity, whether it's laughing at pictures of the Overly Attached Girlfriend or playing a 10-hour loop of Nyan Cat.
Dropbox Slashes Its Price as the Cost of a Gigabyte Nears Zero
• Wired.comWhen I talk to folks at Dropbox, they're eager to tell me about how different people are using its file-sharing service: the musician, the photographer, the professor, the startup founder.
NSA Double Agents Working for TOR?
• Next News NetworkCould government agents working for the NSA and other spy agencies secretly be assisting online privacy company Tor stay secure? That is the claim being made by the head of the company. Tor is a virtual network and internet browser, allowing user
Meet The Guy Who Makes $1,000 An Hour Tutoring Kids Of Fortune 500 CEOs Over Skype
• Business InsiderEvery morning Anthony Green wakes up in his Manhattan apartment and walks around the block to get a cup of coffee, and maybe an omelet from the diner that he tells me makes the "best in the East Village, maybe even New York."
Robo Brain Project Wants To Turn the Internet into a Robotic Hivemind
• http://www.popsci.com, Erik SofgeThe Robo Brain system can provide machine-readable commands and tips to confused robots, such as pointing out how to pour coffee from a sensor-mapped dispenser.
Darknet drug markets kept alive by great customer service
• ars technicaYou can't access darknet markets using a normal browser. It's a natural place for an uncensored drugs marketplace, as it is for whistleblower websites and political dissidents, which use it to keep their visitors hidden.
Found: The Secret Playbook of Internet Trolls! Understanding their game.
• http://www.dailypaul.com, BorisimoI'm loving it! Another plank to strengthen the Ark!
Kevin Spacey Is Making $500,000 Per Episode For 'House Of Cards'
• Business InsiderThere's a big reason Kevin Spacey made the jump to Netflix.
What's Worse Than Anonymous Trolls?
• Simple JusticeSo what's worse than these awful anonymous trolls? How about intellectually dishonest law professors who pander to the butthurt and ignorant? Danielle Citron is tapped by the Times to protect the internet's delicate flowers from mean words.
Here's Proof Every Startup Idea You've Ever Had Craigslist Already Does
• Business InsiderFour years ago Spark Capital's Andrew Parker made a chart, and it seems to go viral every year.
New Search Engine Promises to Keep Your Data Private
• usnews.comPrivate.me says it encrypts, dices and geographically segregates data.
N. Illinois University Censors Web for Students & Researchers
• betabeat.comOne of the most controversial of the terms is the restriction on political activities such as surveying, polling, material distribution, vote solicitation and organization or participation in meetings, rallies and demonstrations...
How to Save the Net: Don't Give In to Big ISPs
• http://www.wired.com, By REED HASTINGSThe Internet has already changed how we live and work, and we're only just getting started.
NimbleTV Lets You Watch Your TV From Anywhere In The World ? And Now It's Free
• Business InsiderIf you already pay for a cable subscription, there's no better way to view your favorite shows on the go than NimbleTV.
43Tbps over a single fiber: World's fastest network would let you download a movie in 0.2 ...
• extremetech.comA research group at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), which was the first to break the one-terabit barrier in 2009, has today managed to squeeze 43 terabits per second over a single optical fiber ...
A Magna Carta for the web
• ted.comSir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web 25 years ago. So it's worth a listen when he warns us: There's a battle ahead. Eroding net neutrality, filter bubbles and centralizing corporate control all threaten the web's wide-open spaces. It's up
Software combines thousands of online images into one that represents them all
• gizmag.comIf you're trying to find out what the common features of tabby cats are, a Google image search will likely yield more results than you'd ever have the time or inclination to look over.
The Internet Is Officially More Popular Than Cable in the U.S.
• http://www.wired.comYou can't call them "cable companies" anymore.
The Internet Has Grown Too Big for Its Aging Infrastructure
• http://www.wired.com, By Robert McMillanYesterday, the 20,000 customers who use a Lansing Michigan web hosting company called Liquid Web had some big internet problems. The reason: the internet grew too big for the memory chips in the company's Cisco routers.
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