Month February 2006

Who will control the Internet?

From MediaGeek When it comes to the future of our media, network neutrality will be the most important issue to be debated and decided upon by Congress this year. At stake is who will control what information, data, images and…

Wireless

Our cable modem went down today for a few hours. We use RoadRunner, and outages are infrequent and rarely longer than that. Still, it made me realize how dependent we are on it. My business is blogs, websites, and database…

Big Brother still watching you

A former NSA employee said Tuesday there is another ongoing top-secret surveillance program that might have violated millions of Americans’ Constitutional rights. Russell D. Tice told the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations he…

Cartoon riots in Pakistan kill three

Um, cartoons don’t kill people. People kill people… However, this is now beyond serious and getting close to insurrection. Gunfire and rioting erupted Wednesday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Pakistan’s third straight day of…