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darpa

50 Years of DARPA: 5 Good Inventions, 5 Lousy Ones

To commemorate the golden jubilee of America's Defense Advance Research Projects Agency—formed these 50 years ago in response to a little traveler called Sputnik—New Scientist has come up with a short list of 10 DARPA inventions: five that changed the world, and five that fell flat: More »

9:45 AM on Fri May 16 2008
By Wilson Rothman
13,084 views, 45 comments

Latest by Wilson Rothman: @packetsniffer: OMG, I am a human after all! And to prove it, I will leave the typo in there, so people can celebrate your excellent spotting abilities. (Seriously, thanks. I'm usually pretty anal about spelling, but we do those pics more »

internet

Charter to Sell Your Browsing History for Targeted Ads

It's one thing when Google uses your search for boobs to deliver targeted ads for plastic surgeons in your area. It's another when your ISP uses deep-packet inspection to snoop on which sites you visit and for how long, and then essentially sells that data to advertisers for super-targeted. That's exactly what Charter is about to do, calling it an "enhanced online experience." Naturally, the program is opt-out, not opt-in, so you've gotta take the initiative to hang on to one last shred of privacy. And no, they're not passing on the money they're making off your browsing habits in the form of discounts. Oh, this better not migrate to other ISPs like pay-per-byte billing. [DSL Reports via Consumerist Photo via Getty]

8:50 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By matt buchanan
2,427 views, 21 comments

Latest by wiggin: Adblock eh? So you're all good and fine with the fact that there is a database that identifies YOUR computer as the one that went to THAT website (we'll leave the "that" to our imagination). And stores said info in some more »

concept

The WaSnake Shelf: It's Like a Personal Assistant That is Nailed to Your Wall

The WaSnake shelf concept by designer Jean Louis Frechin not only holds your stuff, it also features connectivity that allows it to display news from chosen RSS feeds and even SMS messages. Plus, the whole unit is highly configurable so you could find a spot for it on nearly any wall in your home. More »

10:30 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,748 views, 16 comments

Latest by matto: This will be a giant hit in Hollywood, where it is well-known that keeping a real personal assistant nailed to your wall is trickier than it sounds and often involves employing a union carpenter. more »

rumor

Comcast Considering 250GB Monthly Data Caps, Disconnecting Repeat Pirates

Other than Time Warner's single-city foray into monthly data caps, consumption-based billing has mostly been little ISPs with little monopolies, and given the market, we thought it'd stay that way. Broadband Reports is, uh, reporting that now Comcast is mulling monthly caps (which Comcast's PR guy confirms, though not the details)—something like 250GB, and then $1.50 for every GB over that. According to their source, the idea has "a lot of momentum" and it'll start rolling out in the next two months. The other part is that they're going to start ramping up DMCA notices to pirate assholes, with a total disconnect if you've gotten four letters in a 12-month period. More »

1:18 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By matt buchanan
27,783 views, 104 comments

Latest by Arsenal6: 250 gb is good enough...im capped at 60 wtf >< cheap ass rogers more »

safari

Stealth Safari Update for Windows Was Super Effective, Tripled Marketshare

Whether you took Mozzy's stance that Apple quietly slipping Safari into its Software Update for Windows users "bordered on malware" or just didn't give a shit, looks like you'll have to admit it worked like gangbusters: Net Applications reports that it tripled Safari's marketshare in only a month. More »

9:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By matt buchanan
10,282 views, 77 comments

Latest by eblingmis: I use it :) I find the way it renders text easier to read given my less than perfect vision... more »

starbucks

Starbucks/AT&T Wi-Fi Launches May 1 for AT&T Customers (But Not the Rest of Us)

AT&T officially began rolling out their Starbucks Wi-Fi hotspots today (and confirmed the first one spotted in the wild). AT&T broadband customers get free Wi-Fi at all 7,000 Starbucks starting May 1 but the rest of us have to wait as it's deployed on a market-by-market basis throughout the year. (Which means the spots for AT&T customers are probably running on T-Mo's boxes.) We tried to get a more clear timeline, at least for major markets, but they aren't elaborating right now. [AT&T] More »

12:29 PM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By matt buchanan
3,869 views, 27 comments

Latest by EnochLight: 1. Starbucks coffee blows. 2. Panera Bread's coffee is better (especially their IC Carmel/Mocha). 3. Panera Bread's WiFi is free for all. Screw Starbucks. more »

comcast

Did Comcast Lie to Me About Slowing Down P2P Traffic?

When I was talking to Comcast for my round up of ISP network management practices (pre-BT deal), we talked a lot about how they manage p2p traffic, and they were very clear that the temporary slowdowns were "surgical," (their word) and only employed during heavy congestion. So I'd been using that caveat anytime I brought it up, out of fairness. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told a Senate committee this week that what Comcast told me wasn't true: "It does not appear that this technique was used only to occasionally delay traffic at particular nodes suffering from network congestion at that time." More »

8:36 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By matt buchanan
4,394 views, 17 comments

comcast

Comcast Entering the Wireless Biz to Take on Verizon and AT&T

GigaOm is reporting that Comcast has created its own wireless division and is bringing the pieces together to jump into the wireless biz to offer quadruple play bundle competition (TV, landline, internet, wireless) against Verizon and AT&T. Speculation is that they could buddy up with a WiMax deal, or flat-out buy Sprint (more likely) or T-Mobile (less likely). Usually more competition is more better, but not sure what'll come out of this Pandora's box. I'm sure the FCC will love it though. Update: A tipster tells us that the wireless move will be under their Fancast brand, which is currently the name of their online video site. Smart, avoids the negative Comcast connotations. [GigaOM]

4:59 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By matt buchanan
4,035 views, 31 comments

Latest by SneakerFiend: Its way more likely that they will bundle up with sprint. Comcast is about speed (according to them) and well EV-DO on sprint's network being run off of the mogul is super fast. And didnt comcast in the past want to buddy more »

google

Is Google's Next Product Google Poo?

You know, one of the most common typos I make when I try to go to Google is googlemotherfucker.com. Happens all the time. Luckily, Google actually owns that domain name, so I won't happen upon a bed of pop-up nastiness. Uptime monitoring service Pingdom has come up with a massive list of domain names Google owns after analyzing the root zone file and some WHOIS snooping. Other domain treasures include gmailsucks, gmailblows, googlepoo, fuckengoogle, omgoogle and thesecretofburritos. There's a freaky porn-obsessed Google domain underbelly too. Check these out. More »

9:45 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By matt buchanan
21,724 views, 47 comments

Latest by smeee: shitfuckcunt.com wow, someone actually owns that? In Brea, Ca to be exact. more »

internet

10 Percent of Broadband Subscribers Suck Up 80 Percent of Bandwidth But P2P No Longer to Blame

The most consistent rationale for ISPs to throttle p2p applications or charge by the byte is that a small minority of users drain a vastly disproportionate amount of bandwidth, like the planet-raping aliens in Independence Day. Om Malik pulls a few of these numbers out of Arbor Networks' CTO, who develops all the traffic management tools your ISP probably uses, so while there's a conflict of interest (portents of internet doom sell more stuff) they have the data. Ten percent of subscribers consume 80 percent of bandwidth, a super-leeching 0.5 percent swallow 40 percent of bandwidth, and the rest like your mom, 80 percent, sip less than 10 percent. But p2p isn't the culprit. More »

5:00 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By matt buchanan
52,449 views, 58 comments

Latest by mendo: I've used [www.myfonts.com] but I didn't find a perfect match. Anyway the font Gizmodo uses is something very similar to "Captain comic" [www.myfonts.com] more »

internet

AT&T: The Internet Will Explode in 2010

South Park already showed us how to fix the internet, but what really struck me was Randy's speech at the end—he totally sounded like an AT&T or Comcast executive when he said, "It's easy for us to think we can just use up all the internet we want but...it could one day be gone forever." Actually, that's exactly what AT&T's VP for Legislative Affairs Jim Cicconi said at the Westerminister eForum: "We are going to be butting up against the physical capacity of the internet by 2010." Update: AT&T's saying now that Cicconi was mis-quoted, and the doomy prediction was from a study. What he actually said was, "In three years' time 20 typical households here in London will generate more traffic than the entire Internet did back in 1995." More »

12:30 PM on Sat Apr 19 2008
By matt buchanan
19,294 views, 51 comments

Latest by ntrgc89: Well, it's a good thing CERN is already prepared: [gridcafe.web.cern.ch] more »

speculation

FCC to Force ISPs to Reveal P2P Blockage and Real World Bandwidth Speeds

Last night, the FCC held its Comcast-less do-over hearing on net neutrality. While the FCC doesn't appear to be super gung-ho on government-enforced net neutrality, the smoke signals indicate that they're leaning toward forcing ISPs to be completely transparent about their network practices, telling you whether they block BitTorrent and how fast your connection is in real-world conditions, not fantasy-land speeds that only spike when the planets align. More »

10:05 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By matt buchanan
6,305 views, 27 comments

clips

How to Fix the Internet (According to South Park)

In the fantastic South Park episode last night ("Did you guys see the ghost?") most of the nation was without internet. What does such an internet-connected society do when faced with such a technological dilemma? Face the giant Linksys router that controls all traffic in the country. And do This (see the video.) Something we're sure you're all familiar with. But seriously guys, did you see the ghost? It ran through here! [South Park]

3:50 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Jason Chen
130,195 views, 79 comments

Latest by Mitch: ROFL. Our mainline helpdesk was just outsourced to costa rica - we only take escalations - and this is what it feels like when we do. They've dropped atom bombs on the problem - and all it needed more »

net neutrality

Comcast Ducks Out of Tomorrow's FCC Hearing at Stanford

Comcast has opted out of the FCC hearings to be held tomorrow at Stanford University. Did they not find enough net neutrality hecklers in the Silicon Valley? [Portfolio via Valleywag]

9:10 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Adrian Covert
2,617 views, 8 comments

starbucks wi-fi

Starbucks' First AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspot Pops Up In San Antonio

Starbucks' great Wi-Fi transition begins as a Starbucks in San Antonio is the first to recieve an AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot. Looks like Starbucks is giving the old T-Mobile ball and chain the boot in favor of its new AT&T mistress. Screenshot below. [3Screens] More »

8:29 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Adrian Covert
4,116 views, 22 comments

comcast

Comcast Wants a P2P Bill of Rights: Should You Be Excited or Afraid?

Comcast officially loves P2P as much as George Washington loves freedom. It's calling for an industry-wide P2P bill of rights and responsibilities that would cover ISPs and users and "clarify what choices and controls consumers should have...as well as what processes and practices ISPs should use to manage P2P applications." Furthermore, as they stated earlier, Comcast is pushing for protocol agnostic management, more bandwidth and more transparency. Sounds groovy, but here's why we don't think they're doing this just to make your 30 Rock torrent experience a silky smooth ride. More »

6:33 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By matt buchanan
5,543 views, 18 comments

Latest by axiomatic: [theducks.org] more »

gadgets

Blackmagic USB Recorder Captures Direct Video For iPods, YouTube

Blackmagic's new USB compatible video recorder promises to simplify your video recording process by utilizing the H.264 format for playback on the iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, YouTube, IPTV, and the web. It also features analog component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video inputs as well as simple software that should make it easy to get your video into the appropriate size. The recorder will ship this July in standard and SDI versions for $119 and $299 respectively. [Blackmagic via ecoustics]

10:00 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Sean Fallon
2,783 views, 10 comments

Latest by mdnttoker: This thing will be obsolete once the hauppauge device comes out in May: [www.hauppauge.com] more »

question of the day

Question of the Day: Does Typing Make Your Handwriting Worse?

Thanks to a first grade teacher who had a boot camp approach to handwriting, my cursive remains elegant despite the fact that I haven't written as much as a letter in at least 5 years. However, it has come to my attention that in an age of email, text messages and electronic documents, handwriting skill can deteriorate when unused. So, the question is: has typing made your handwriting worse? More »

8:20 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Sean Fallon
12,004 views, 119 comments

Latest by mistercow.pnoy: @LindsayJoy: heh, it's amazing how much different writing looks when written as the alphabet vs. real writing. It may look clean there, but when the letters are compiled to form words, they somehow morph themselves into ungodly lines. more »