As Republican lawmakers continue to defend their decision to vote to roll back a set of broadband privacy rules that would have required internet service providers to ask for permission before collecting user data, the Federal Communications Commission is readying more drastic changes to the...
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Based on design alone, it's safe to say that the inscrutable device shown above isn't the UX10 we peeked at Computex nor the Android-based Optimus Pad ... unless, of course, LG's hardware engineers have tweaked the enclosure rather significantly. According to a filing that just popped up in the...
A new FCC testing report for the LG H1000B tablet has shown up, suggesting a slate with WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth that could make its debut around the end of the year. Wireless Goodness did some digging on the H1000B product name, and came up with a TwitPic of the glossy slate you see here. [...]...
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Broadband providers in the US have long hawked their wares in "up to" terms. You know—"up to" 10Mbps, where "up to" sits like a tiny pebble beside the huge font size of the raw number.
In reality, no one gets these speeds. That's not news to the techno-literate, of course, but a...
Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom?
Campaign For Liberty; Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom?
(Please note that this is a political OP-ED, so it is going to be very one sided on the subject, but an interesting observation and discussion none-the-less)
Net Neutrality is a proposal...
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Suppose you went to the supermarket to buy a pound of steak for dinner and when you got home you noticed that the package seemed very light. So you went back and complained to the manager, only to be told that the label says "up to 1 pound", and you're stuck with it.
You'd be furious, of...
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