UPDATE - 1/15/2014 Based on the anti-Net Neutrality ruling from 1/14/2014, here's a post that explains why we need Net Neutrality: On 4/6/2010 a U.S. appeals court ruled against the FCC's net neutrality regulations. This is a defeat for Internet freedom advocates and Internet users. But for big corporations, the same people who crashed our financial systems, this is a … [Read more...] about Internet Big Business – 1, Internet Users – 0
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Support Net Neutrality or Kiss the Internet Good-bye
Support Net Neutrality for wired AND wireless. Without Net Neutrality you can kiss good-bye to the Internet as you know it. Be a free thinker and support a free Internet! While Net Neutrality may not sound sexy, it may be the most important free speech issue of our time. Here’s a video describing why we need Net Neutrality. The FCC is taking up the Net … [Read more...] about Support Net Neutrality or Kiss the Internet Good-bye
Happy 20th Birthday World Wide Web
The World Wide Web turns 20 and it's come a long way, baby! To commemorate CERN has restored world's first website. Here it is: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html Yep, the Web has definitely come a long way. CERN developed the HTTP protocol and browsers standards that form the foundation of the Web, which are still used today. These standards have … [Read more...] about Happy 20th Birthday World Wide Web
CISPA – Goodbye to Your 4th Amendment Rights if Passed
Disguised as an Internet security bill, CISPA short-circuits the 4th amendment by allowing the government access to your private online data without a warrant. No due process, you know that thing our Founding Fathers wrote into the core DNA of America! The controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) recently passed the U.S. House and is on the way to … [Read more...] about CISPA – Goodbye to Your 4th Amendment Rights if Passed
Going Viral for Kicks
A YouTube video goes viral scoring a Norwegian kicker an NFL tryout. The moral of the story - if you have a talent, practice, film it, then post it on YouTube. You could get discovered. The video features 27-year-old Havard Rugland from Norway performing awesome tricks and kicks, which includes nailing 60-yard field goals and a precision kick hitting a football that is in … [Read more...] about Going Viral for Kicks