A recent Freedom House report stated that Internet freedom dropped in 2014 because of new laws in many countries that criminalize certain Internet content and dissent. Freedom House is worried that this will create a snowball effect, with more and more countries wanting to pass similar laws. Eventually, a restrictive Internet could be the new […]
Users of Belkin routers (all Belkin routers are affected, not limited to specific models) have severe issues connecting to the internet. The affect users around the globe. On Twitter many people complain to Belkin’s customer care that they are unable to connect to the internet.Spread the word: Vote this up on RedditUsers also complain that […]
AT&T has become the first major telecommunications provider to declare it will offer a gigabit Internet service in Silicon Valley in the future. The high-speed service will roll out in Cupertino, Apple’s base of operations, though the company has not yet revealed when it will roll out the network in the area, when it will […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) was behind the two-day Internet blackout of Syria in 2012, claims whistleblower Edward Snowden. The accusation, alongside claims that the NSA is working on an automated malware killer, from Snowden comes at the same time as a separate report appearing to show the NSA collected far more information than was […]
Releasing new statistics today, the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) announced that by end of 2014, there will be nearly three billion Internet users — two-thirds of them from the developing world. Notably, the ITU is expecting mobile broadband penetration approaching 32 percent worldwide. In Africa, about one-fifth of the population will have access […]
Xfinity has just upgraded its Blast package from 50Mbps to 105Mbps – an increase of 6.25MB/s to 13.13MB/s in megabyte terms. As a free upgrade, this kind of jump is nothing short of “awesome”, although some might balk at the lack of an upload increase – it remains at 10Mbps (1.25MB/s). Earlier rumors said that […]
Citing the Google connectivity effort underway so far having laid 6,000 miles of Fiberoptic cable in the Kansas City metro area, the search engine is opening up the signup process to residents in south Kansas City, Kansas City, north, Grandview, Raytown and Gladstone. Should enough residents in each of those areas sign up for the […]
After nearly a year since its official release, Windows 8 for desktop and notebook computers has finally overtaken OS X’s global share by a tenth of a percentage point. According to Net Applications, which analyzes browser use and web traffic, Windows 8 now has 7.41 percent of all desktop OS web share as of August […]
Google is working on a way to provide Internet access around the world, using balloons. “Project Loon,” the latest “moonshot” project out of Google X Labs, will use a number of balloons to create a high-altitude network, with the aim of users getting 3G-speed Internet connections in the most remote parts of the world. The […]
The US Senate voted to move the online sales tax bill forward. The bill, known as the “Marketplace Fairness Act,” will mandate collection of sales tax for purchases even across state lines by companies having annual online sales of more than $1 million per year. The bill was passed by a 74-20 margin, greatly exceeding […]
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