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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is investigating charges that Comcast has discriminated against file-sharing traffic on the Internet by restricting the Internet Service Provider’s subscribers sharing of files using peer-to-peer (P2P) and BitTorrent.
The issue really should not be about the ability of an ISP to discriminate between users. I’m actually a proponent of multi-tiered [...]

 

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Tired of inconsiderate jerks talking on their cell phones in restaurants, bathrooms, religious institutions, museums, and other places where you simply want peace and quiet. Ready to throw your popcorn (or a shoe) at the next moron who lets their cell phone ring during a movie?
Now there’s a short-range cell phone blocker on the [...]

Lacking sufficient technical information to show cellular phone calls would be safe in flight, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) erred on the side of caution by announcing today that it would not permit use in-flight. This decision was announced today by the FCC after more than two years of studying the issue. The decision is [...]