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Comcast to slow down heaviest 'Net users to DSL speeds (3)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkComcast is offering more details about the "protocol agnostic" throttling solution that will replace its current, FCC-denounced approach to network management. Heavy users will be "deprioritized" for 10 to 20 minutes at a time.Read More...Contribute comment
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Verizon: we need freedom to delay P2P traffic when necessary (3)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkVerizon's Chief Technical Officer talks about his philosophy of network management and why building a network that delivers every bit without delay is, in his view, impractical.Read More...Contribute comment
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IFPI: 'Three strikes' efforts hit worldwide home run (4)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkThe international music trade group IFPI says that "three strikes" rules against online copyright infringement have taken over the world in the last nine months, and they are an "idea whose time has come."Read More...Contribute comment
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"Functionally voluntary" music may lead to blanket licenses (8)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkJim Griffin works to monetize digital music for Warner, but he's fully aware of just how easy it is not to pay. Griffin hopes to change that through blanket licensing, making music "feel free" even if it isn't.Read More...Shared by ductapeguy (62) Jeff Schmidt (61) Jonathan Bailey (72) Kenya (22) Mike Nayyar (268) Mitch Wagner (54) Sportbuzz (463) TIGGR (81)Contribute comment
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Clearwire CEO: open WiMAX networks and high speeds (7)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkAs Clearwire and Xohm seek to merge into a nationwide WiMAX operator, the company's CEO tells Ars about his commitment to open apps, open devices, and wholesaling. Read More...Shared by digits12 (1382) Felix Bredoteau (599) Jason (238) LANjackal (64) neal (802) ProfVegas (678) webtime (884)Contribute comment
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Warner Music to rhythm games: pay up or the music gets it! (9)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkWarner Music Group boss Edgar Bronfman said yesterday that music labels aren't "real" partners in the rhythm game market yet. Unless Warner sees more cash, it will be "hesitant" to license further tracks to Guitar Hero or Rock Band.Read More...Shared by GG (184) John (13) Kevin Grandia (155) Leena (2311) Maki (125) Neetu (14) ProfVegas (678) StarkENT (25) Steve M. (68)
- Steve M. said: wow, good publicity with a little cash thrown in isn't good enough anymore? nobody would even give a shit (or know) about most the music on these games if they didn't have a fake guitar in their hands. The music industry is retarded (and always has been).
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Researcher: encourage more, not less Internet traffic (4)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkA University of Minnesota researcher releases the newest worldwide Internet traffic numbers. Growth rates are dropping, as are transit costs, so many carriers may want to stimulate Internet usage, not throttle it.Read More...Contribute comment
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Mozilla mocks up possible Firefox successors in idea factory (41)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkMozilla Labs, the company's research unit, wants to involve non-coders from across the world in its attempt to shape the future of web browsing. Read More...Shared by adam (1017) Affan (21) Aleksander (31) Alex Whyke (21) Andrew Littler (116) Andrew Terry (63) Avi (1250) Benjamin (1522) Brian (132) Chetan Thaker (131) Christian (15) Fernando Costa de Sousa (23) Inthenameofmine (761) Jason Collin (56) Jdorfman (77) Josh (42) Lim Chee Aun (16) LouCypher (141) Marten (34) matpol (13) Michael K Pate (61) Mike (18) Mitchell (30) Neetu (14) Patty (611) Paul Edwards (70) Pete (5) Phillie Casablanca (26) Rich (50) Richard Wooding (42) Robert Birming (628) Roberto (11) Sham (813) Shane Coffey (482) Spudsstuff (86) Steven M. Fick (59) Syam (6) t94xr (47) Tyson Williams (128) xeal (36) z00pedup (16)Contribute comment
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Google backs ISP-guaranteed minimum data rates (14)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkGoogle's Vint Cerf today offered some positive thoughts about how to do traffic management. In his view, it's all about the minimum guarantee, and users can do with that minimum bandwidth whatever they want.Read More...Shared by Adam (231) Erwin Tang Yew Hon (94) Hens Zimmerman (15) jccamus (65) John Pederson (22) Jon (44) Jonathan Hensley (10) Jordan Calhoun (42) Michael K Pate (61) Punzak (14) Richie de Almeida (60) sadiq kassamali (89) Tom (20) ZayneHumphrey (69)Contribute comment
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Congress wants privacy answers from Google, MS, AOL (5)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkA Congressional committee has expanded its privacy investigation, now looking far beyond the controversial NebuAd system to the much broader issue of behavioral advertising. Google, look out; Ed "Opt-in" Markey says users should be able to "thwart any personal data collection."Read More...Contribute comment
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EFF "Switzerland" packet monitor tool looks for ISP meddling (7)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkThe Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a network monitoring tool called Switzerland that can look for modified or injected packets in any protocol, but you'll need to be a power user to get the software running.Read More...Shared by Christopher Gizzi (119) CJ (195) jer_c (32) linuxchic (10) MrXcitement (17) Wayne (162) Will Harris (22)Contribute comment
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Opt-in or opt-out? Street View case echoes privacy debate (31)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkIn a newly-unearthed court filing, Google responded to a couple suing over Street View by saying that no one has total privacy, except possibly hermits. Everyone else should get used to life's little intrusions; if they don't like them, they can always opt out.Read More...Shared by adam (1017) Anthony Muoio (115) b-rad (90) Benjamin (1522) Chris Foresman (16) Chris Makarsky (53) complicious (186) Digg Boss (165) Doug (104) Guillermo Bravo (280) Guy (253) Inthenameofmine (761) Jeff (533) JR A (64) Kevin Federline (316) kg4vma (41) Leena (2311) Maki (125) mavrevMatt (251) Nitya (25) Peter (74) prattmic (129) Rami Taibah (266) Scott Maier (7) SFSlim (99) Steve Nimmons (69) Trevor Wermund (216) Tyson Williams (128) Uzair (596) walter (31) Zak M. (181)Contribute comment
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The HTPC is dead; long live the HTPC (10)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkWhat ever happened to home theater PCs? Mortally wounded by CableCARD, DRM, high prices, and ugly form factors, the traditional HTPC is dead, though the ideas live on.Read More...Shared by arkiver (0) Chris (44) Daniel Bell (8) Emmett (41) Javier (44) Justin Thorn (9) Maarek Stele (129) metaeuphoria (20) Ron (0)Contribute comment
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Hammer drops at last: FCC opposes Comcast P2P throttling (44)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkThe Comcast P2P saga has come to its final chapter as a majority of FCC commissioners today voted to sanction the company. The FCC's Internet Policy Statement now sports some unexpectedly sharp teeth.Read More...Shared by Adam (17) Adrian (43) Al Salmon (24) Alex France (342) Anthony Muoio (115) Avi (1250) Ben (22) Benjamin (1522) Bill (7) Bill (0) Brando (3) Brian (132) cgsheldon (606) Charles (28) CJ (195) Dan (49) Dave (46) David (16) Dennis Gonzales (39) Ed Cline (26) Eugene (92) Felix Bredoteau (599) GG (184) Jason (238) Jason Allen (7) Jason Joo (71) jerry (39) Jordan (187) Keith Achorn (38) looprock (21) Maki (125) nikan (62) Phronk (3) Riley (12) Ryan (1) SD (130) Shawn Hill (109) ShuTian (241) Steven (439) TJ Harron (1) TJ80 (31) Travis (101) Trevor Wermund (216)Contribute comment
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WiMAX phobia? AT&T tries to block Clearwire/Xohm merger (6)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkAT&T says that the FCC needs to take a closer look at New Clearwire. Any company with "financial backing from Google, Intel, and three of the nation's largest cable television companies" needs far more scrutiny—especially when that company is going to beat AT&T to market with 4G wireless broadband by a couple of years.Read More...
- alphakamp said: How does it feel to be on the other side AT&T
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.06% opt out: NebuAd hides link in 5,000-word privacy policy (5)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkEmbarq's notice of its NebuAd trial turns out to have been so good that only 15 of 26,000 subscribers opted out. The other 25,585 either loved the idea or had no idea the trial was going on, because the ISP placed the opt-out link on a privacy page without notifying subscribers of the change.Read More...
- Eugene said: Scumbags.
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DRM still sucks: Yahoo Music going dark, taking keys with it (74)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkYahoo announced last night that it will shutter Yahoo Music soon. If you bought DRMed files from the store, it's time to stock up on blank CDs and prepare yourself for lossy rerips if you want to move your music to a new PC come October.Read More...Shared by Adam (50) Adam Maldonado (346) Ade (60) Alex Dumitru (447) AlexandrosM (40) Andrew (47) Ari (48) Austin (12) Benjamin (1522) Brian (132) Bwana (189) Calvin Robinson (9) Carissa (59) Carl (33) Cavorter (19) cephyn (0) Chris Wilson (39) CJ (195) Clint (67) Crossbar (64) Cyril Doussin (25) Datch (47) Dennis (20) Dennis Laumen (38) Ed Drumheller (18) Emil (17) Eugene (92) fb2 (1) FelipeC (39) Felix Bredoteau (599) GG (184) Haris (54) Harry Toon (0) Isaac (63) Jake (13) Jamie Wallis (49) Jason (238) Jason Percival (25) Jeff (77) Jen (196) Joe D'Andrea (25) John Storer II (17) Jojo (113) Jonathan Bailey (72) Joshua Lovejoy (14) Ken (0) Krazy (259) lewis (24) Marko Sultsing (26) Martin Gordon (52) matpol (13) mavrevMatt (251) Mike (9) mike (85) Mookyjooky (73) Neil (11) Patrik Hirvinen (21) R. Francis (49) Rick (6) Rick Foster (25) Romey (33) Sat (22) Steve Loopipe (23) Trent Lloyd (0) Trevor Shafer (40) Trevor Wermund (216) Tuneguru (25) Ubqtous (48) Uzair (596) webtime (884) Wolf Ilandl (0) Wolf Paulus (9) Zack (3) Zhasper (52)
- Martin Gordon said: "Ars has been one of only many groups banging the anti-DRM drum for years. We're not pro-piracy, we're just not dumb as rocks."
- Clint said: The answer to Kraulin's question is "there's a sucker born every minute".And population growth is increasing :)
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What's right with the "groundbreaking" UK P2P compromise (11)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkThe recording industry and the six largest ISPs in the UK have agreed on a deal to curb illegal file-swapping: notification letters, but no enforcement, and the ISPs won't have to spy on their users. It's the best deal we could have hoped for... unless it's only a first step.Read More...Shared by arkiver (0) Benjamin (1522) Carbonlord (913) chris (583) Digg Boss (165) happy_soil (94) Maki (125) Mich D (598) Muhammad Saleem (484) pericles (1029) Russ (1)Contribute comment
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Librarians want to turn us all into privacy fiends (28)
on Ars Technica (1878) permalinkThe American Library Association calls the right to read the "foundation of individual liberty," and it isn't keen on government attempts to erode library privacy. The ALA has launched a million-dollar campaign to educate the public about these issues. Read More...Shared by Amit Chowdhry (26) Andrea (12) Avi (1250) Babychen Mathew (728) Benjamin (1522) Blogtester (18) Brandon (47) Cavorter (19) cgsheldon (606) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (825) dave (11) Erik (69) Flackrum (29) Hokey (2) Jenn2d2 (40) John Gunn (18) maxyRO (622) Michael Neel (30) Mr. BabyMan (555) passive (14) Rabid Cow (9) Ross V (1054) Sandra (11) Sara (0) Steaprok (39) Terrence (107) trygve (36) Wendy (10)Contribute comment
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Librarians want to turn us all into privacy fiends (1)
on Feedhub - cgsheldon (36) permalinkvia: Ars Technica (drop this source • show all sources) • help relevance: Library associations • Library (tell me more...) rate it: | The American Library Association calls the right to read the "foundation of individual liberty," and it isn't keen on government attempts to erode library privacy. The ALA has launched a million-dollar campaign to educate the public about these issues. Read More...Shared by cgsheldon (606)Contribute comment
