Microsoft Issues Internet Explorer Upgrade Warning

“Microsoft ’s transformation into a modern, cross-platform business has one victim: its legacy services. Following news this week that Windows 7 is about to get a lot more expensive, now Microsoft has issued a serious warning about the once all-conquering Internet Explorer web browser…”

February 20, 2019

Charter Communications nears $55 billion deal for Time Warner Cable

“Time Warner Cable Inc is nearing an agreement to be acquired by smaller peer Charter Communications Inc for about $55 billion, combining the second and third largest U.S. cable operators, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.”

June 9, 2015

Google Strikes an Upbeat Note With FCC on Title II

“In a rare public comment by Google on net neutrality, the Internet giant this week said it sees a silver lining in the potential to be regulated like a telecom company.”

January 6, 2015

Cable companies want to stop the best internet in America from growing

“A group representing giants in the cable industry is trying to shut down two municipalities’ proposals to expand their public broadband networks, arguing that public broadband has a “mixed record” and can be harmful to taxpayers, despite these two networks already being successful where”

September 1, 2014

First Cox cable customers to get gigabit internet later this year

“Cox is planning to become the first major residential cable operator to offer gigabit internet service.”

May 28, 2014

WSJ reports NSA spying capabilities cover up to 75 percent of US internet traffic

“The question of how much contact the NSA has with internet traffic throughout the US is being raised again, this time by the Wall Street Journal. Yesterday The Atlantic took issue with the security agency’s mathematics and 1.”

August 21, 2013

Not bad internet speeds!

May 27, 2013

Kim Dotcom’s Mega Claims 1 Million Users Within 24 Hours

Kim Dotcom’s new “Mega” cloud service appears to be a hit. According to Dotcom over 1 million have signed up for their free 50 gigabytes of storage. Although that is about 1% of the Dropbox user base, it’s not a bad start. From the article: “Mega quickly jumped up to around 100,000 users within an hour or so of the site’s official launch. A few hours after that, Mega had ballooned up to approximately a quarter of a million users. Demand was great enough to knock Mega offline for a number of users attempting to either connect up or sign up for new accounts, and Mega’s availability remains spotty as of this articles’ writing.”