The US is not even among the top 10 nations when it comes to broadband speed. The reasons, greed and fear. Greed because it is more profitable for the big telecoms to spend less money on infrastructure. They can refrain from improving the network and stick the savings in their pockets. Fear because the telecoms [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Internet’
Let’s Build It
Posted: September 22, 2011 in RantsTags: fiber, government, infrastructure, Internet, ISPs
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Everything On The Web
Posted: May 13, 2011 in GoogleTags: cloud, cloud-computing, Internet, web, web 2.0, web apps
Google has just announced the new Chromebooks to being made by Samsung and Acer. They’ll be sold by Amazon and Best Buy beginning June 15th. The idea behind these computers is everything on the web. Use Gmail instead of Outlook, use Google Docs or Windows Live Office. Watch video on YouTube or Vimeo. Even watch TV [...]
WordPress.com Better Deal
Posted: May 13, 2011 in Web 2.0Tags: blog, blogging, Internet, web, web 2.0, webpage, website, Wordpress
I just moved this blog to Wordpess.com form my Godaddy hosting on WordPress software. WordPress.com is like the Energizer bunny. It keeps going and going with little effort by the user. WordPress.com takes care of the software and the network. You take care of the content. No administrating of the software or the database.
YouTube Founders Aquire Delicious
Posted: April 28, 2011 in Web 2.0Tags: bookmarks, Internet, web 2.0
I just found out that Delicious my favorite social bookmarks site has been purchase from Yahoo by the founders of YouTube Chad Hurley and Stave Chen. Yahoo annouced the acquasition by Hurley and Chen’s new company AVOS.
Roku Player Easy And Awesome
Posted: December 19, 2009 in Web 2.0Tags: cloud, Internet, intertainment, Roku, Roku Player, television, TV, web, web 2.0
The Roku players are settop boxes the brings all of your favorite content from the Internet to your television. Simple setup; I didn’t even look at the instructions. Roku players have built in wireless but I used the ethernet. After I connected the player to my home theater system and plugged in the ethernet I [...]
Net Neutrality
Posted: November 14, 2009 in RantsTags: freedom, Internet, issues, net neotrality, web
Here’s a video to that tries to explain what Net Neutrality is but it is just one scenario. To find out more learn how to help the cause go to SaveTheInternet.Com to see what action you can take. Also check put EFF.Org to see what other scary things The Man is doing.
Virtual Drives
Posted: November 6, 2009 in Web 2.0Tags: cloud, cloud-computing, drive, Internet, storage, web, web 2.0
I mentioned in the post Cloud Storage Overview that there are some services where you can store your precious files via cloud based storage (on the Internet). Here are a couple of options that will create a virtual drive on your computer as if it was an actual drive. Dropbox is a service that gives [...]
