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EU may ban ISPs from throttling, blocking sites as net neutrality talks underway

EU may ban ISPs from throttling, blocking sites as net neutrality talks underway
  • Posted June 4, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • In a move to bolster net neutrality across Europe, EU officials are discussing plans which would prohibit ISPs from blocking or throttling online sites and services. Currently, the Netherlands is one of the few areas to implement their own strict…

Google's "Skynet": blimps, balloons deliver Internet to remote, underdeveloped areas

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  • Posted May 28, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web
  • Bringing a new but literal meaning to the term "Skynet", Google hopes to connect remote and underdeveloped areas of Africa and South East Asia to the web through a network of high-altitude blimps and balloons. The undertaking will be part…

Watch out Cisco: Facebook is designing open network switches

Watch out Cisco: Facebook is designing open network switches
  • Posted May 10, 2013, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Social networking icon Facebook -- perhaps with a deserved emphasis on "networking" -- announced that is now expanding its Open Compute Project in an effort to take a fresh look at enterprise-level switch design. Facebook is hoping OCP will yield a high-end,…

UPnP flaws place millions of networks in danger

UPnP flaws place millions of networks in danger
  • Posted January 29, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Several security vulnerabilities found within common UPnP implementations have prompted experts at Rapid 7 to recommend the public disable UPnP entirely. Research spanning several months in 2012 revealed that over 2 percent -- or about 50 million -- of all…

Scientists hit wireless speeds of 2.56Tbps using light vortex beams

Scientists hit wireless speeds of 2.56Tbps using light vortex beams
  • Posted June 26, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Researchers at USC, JPL and Tel Aviv University have managed to transfer 2.56 terabits of information by multiplexing 8 x 300Gbps "twisted" streams of visible light into a single beam. The feat exploits a phenomenon which, up until recently, scientists…

Verizon doubles FiOS speeds to 300Mbps, prices to increase

Verizon doubles FiOS speeds to 300Mbps, prices to increase
  • Posted May 30, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • Claiming customer demand has fueled recent network upgrades, Verizon announced it will more than double speeds for FiOS subscribers. This will raise the company's fastest offering from an speedy 150/35 Mbps to an enviable 300/65 Mbps. There is currently no…

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