June 10, 2013
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If you buy cloud services without double-checking exactly what you’re getting and without a real service-level agreement (SLA) you might as well be buying a pig in a poke — in other words, you really won’t know what you’re buying … Continue reading
June 10, 2013
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One way to extend Internet wireless coverage has always been for users to share their Wi-Fi. On June 10th, Comcast started urging its Xfinity Internet customers to share their bandwidth with its ‘Neighborhood Hotspot’ Initiative. It’s not as open as … Continue reading
June 8, 2013
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Is the National Security Agency (NSA) really “wiretapping” the Internet? Accused accomplices Microsoft and Google deny that they have any part in it and the core evidence isn’t holding up that well under closer examination. Some, however, doubt that the … Continue reading
June 6, 2013
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When Google announced on March 13th that it would no longer be supporting the CalDAV application programming interface (API), developers were not happy. In early June, Google reconsidered its position and re-opened CalDAV and, to top it off, Google said … Continue reading
June 5, 2013
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Ten years ago the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) started deregulating incumbent local exchange companies’ (ILECs’) broadband services. Shorn of jargon, that meant the telephone and cable companies were free to offer newer, faster Internet broadband services. The FCC expected this … Continue reading
June 3, 2013
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While Android and Apple iOS battle it out for mobile platform operating system supremacy, other minor mobile operating systems, such as Mozilla’s Linux-based, open-source operating system Firefox OS, are still trying to get a seat at the mobile operating system … Continue reading