• dumbphones

    Does Eric Schmidt hate show tunes?

    The FCC is having its own vote today, on whether or not to allow future wireless gadgets to operate in parts of the radio spectrum already in use by wireless microphones. Google is all for the new spectrum-sharing policy. Professional musicians and their audio engineers are dead set against it. More »

    10:40 AM on Tue Nov 4 2008
    By Paul Boutin
    296 views, 3 comments

    Most discussed sample032: I thought Journey was done with large venues and working the county fair circuit, these days. Not that it more »

  • vint cerf

    McCain bad for Internet, says Googler who invented Internet

    There are two acceptable political affiliations if you work at Google: Hyperlibertarian Paultard, or reflexively Democratic Obamamaniac. Vint Cerf, one of the guys who actually created the Internet back when it was a Pentagon-sponsored research project, and now works at Google as vice president in charge of being the guy who created the Internet, has put himself in the latter camp by officially endorsing Obama. Since Cerf is such a powerful voice, he might as well be speaking on behalf of Google itself. But the reason he's throwing Google in the Obama camp is painfully shallow and self-serving. More »

    5:00 PM on Wed Oct 15 2008
    By Owen Thomas
    2,080 views, 13 comments

    Most discussed kimbjo: The concept of 'net neutrality' is a PR scam. If google doesn't like the treatment by the ISP's, let them more »

  • broadband

    Comcast considering 250GB monthly cap on downloads

    Internet service provider Comcast is considering instituting a 250-gigabyte monthly cap on downloads, according an anonymous source cited by BroadbandReports.com. Users would be allowed one month over the cap in a year. Any month after that, and the customer would be charged $15 for each 10GB in excess. No cap is expected for uploads. Cranky RSS guru Dave Winer, who admits to downloading an astronomical 450GB a month, would end up with a regular $300 surcharge on his Comcast bill. More »

    2:20 PM on Wed May 7 2008
    By Jackson West
    1,630 views, 10 comments

    Latest by EdaAntlion: comment Now boarding ATA flight 666 with service departing Comcast every half hour to Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse, Clearwire and points more »

  • geeks gone wild

    No, this woman will not take your virginity if you support Net Neutrality

    Belgian activist Tania Derveaux is making an offer to virgins: Join her campaign to prevent Internet service providers from favoring some websites with better bandwidth, and she'll have sex with you. The virgin must be "able to provide sufficient evidence that clearly shows he has been defending net neutrality." The bad news: Derveaux is just a attention whore. Her past hoaxes include a promise to give 40,000 blow jobs in return for getting elected to Belgium's senate, and a still-ongoing suicide countdown. Still, we appreciate Derveaux's postmodern sensibilities. Check out the "General Requirements and Rules of Conduct," for her "Don't stay a virgin campaign," copied below. My favorite part: "Tania is not responsible for any genital injury that the applicant may suffer." After you read it, you may conclude that it's easier to build your own network than complain about how Comcast and AT&T run theirs. More »

    9:00 AM on Fri Apr 25 2008
    By Nicholas Carlson
    7,237 views, 6 comments

    Latest by CGrant: lol. If your not a virgin I suggest you pretend to not understand copulation and female anatomy. more »

  • politics

    Comcast, telcos ritually abused at FCC hearings in Palo Alto

    Young San Jose resident Alex Polvi presented the least informed, but probably most typical argument for net neutrality in his public comment featured in this video clip from the rescheduled network neutrality hearings hosted by the FCC at Stanford today. But hey, even if he said "Internet" more than a dozen times, he didn't say "marketplace of ideas" or "fascism," like many of the other commenters. The people who should be most worried about the complex debate aren't free speech advocates or corporations, however, but big pharma. Listening to arguments for and against were a more powerful soporific than Ambien. Highlights from the seven hour session after the jump. More »

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    7:00 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
    By Jackson West
    919 views, 4 comments

    Latest by matt buchanan: This also left out that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin looks to be leaning toward regulating the ISPs in some fashion, more »

  • politics

    Comcast chickens out of FCC hearings at Stanford

    Superlawyer Lawrence Lessig won't have Comcast to kick around at the FCC hearing on network neutrality — the principle that broadband providers can't discriminate against certain kinds of Internet traffic — being held at Stanford tomorrow. The event was only scheduled after Comcast paid chumps to fill chairs at an earlier hearing at Harvard in an obvious effort to squelch debate. With Comcast working with BitTorrent and just today joining with legal file-sharing startup Pando to work on a "bill of rights" for file sharers and ISPs, the company is trying to make voluntary moves in an effort to stave off involuntary regulation. I was planning on attending, if only because it promised to be an entertaining nerdfight — now, I'm not so sure. Since public hearings are supposedly democracy in action, you tell me if I should bother buying a Caltrain ticket. More »

    4:20 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
    By Jackson West
    522 views, Comment

  • forecasts

    Valleywag's 25 predictions for 2008

    Valleywag is of course known for its dead-on accuracy, so our predictions for 2008 need no introduction. Inside, my 25 predictions (made without inside information) cover the futures of Facebook, Google, Digg, YouTube, Twitter, the Wall Street Journal, Apple, Yahoo, Gawker Media, AOL, Dell, LOLcats, the president, and more. More »

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    11:11 PM on Fri Dec 21 2007
    By Nick Douglas
    12,588 views, 28 comments

    Latest by XOOST: My ("predictions", maybe better a humble "personal comments")for 2008. 1. Semantic Web / Search 2.0 / Collaborative Search. Yes, this tool will more »

  • net neutrality

    Why Google lobbies so hard for net neutrality

    Check out this screenshot of how Rogers, a large Canadian broadband provider, modified the Google homepage for subscribers. It's sure to get advocates for network neutrality — the notion that Internet service providers should not discriminate between websites — all riled up. Sure, they'll say, the ISP only inserted a public service message to its users this time, but what's to stop Rogers from inserting a banner ad, or limiting Google bandwidth to give its partner, Yahoo, an edge? After the jump, a closeup of the controversial message. More »

    7:39 AM on Tue Dec 11 2007
    By Nicholas Carlson
    2,042 views, 6 comments

    Latest by taerose: @cowsandmilk - I agree. If this only acts on the google page maybe it is to create a certain impression, more »

  • politics

    Net neutrality will crash Internet in two years

    So you want to keep the Internet neutral and outside the realm of private interests, eh? Well in that case, good luck raising the $137 billion needed by 2010. Because that's how much the Nemertes Research Group says needs to be invested in new Internet capacity to keep the Internet from crashing under the weight of new video and other Web content over the next two years. Goddamn YouTube and blogs! More »

    10:48 AM on Wed Nov 28 2007
    By Nicholas Carlson
    851 views, 7 comments

    Latest by cheesy: Uhhhh.... wasn't that what the HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of dollars in tax breaks for telco companies was for? [www.muniwireless.com] more »