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So tell me again how mono/duopolies in internet service improve the service for customers? Looking at you AT&T, Time Warner Cable and Comcast.
You’ll be forgiven for not being intimately familiar with Californian ISP Sonic.net, though we get the feeling you’ll also wish it operated a little closer to your abode by the time you’ve finished reading this. You see, Sonic has always dabbled in the business of high-speed, low-price internet connectivity, and now it’s going for the jugular with a new fiber-to-the-home service, which costs just $69.95 a month, reaches speeds up to 1Gbps, and bundles …
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June 13, 2011
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March on Android Legion! I <3 my Asus Transformer. While I still don't buy into the whole "Post PC" world, I will concede there is a niche for tablet devices in entertainment and recreation.
ASUS has had a hard time meeting demand for its Eee Pad Transformer since the device’s launch earlier this year, but we clearly don’t have component shortages to blame. Jerry Shen, the Taiwanese company’s CEO, says that he expects to sell 300,000 of the tablets this month, following shipments totaling 400,000 in April and May. That figure puts the device in the number …
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June 13, 2011
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No more Night Train and Mad Dog for me! Let the low budget wine tasting begin!
You don’t have to be a wine connoisseur to know that a $50 bottle of wine is less likely to taste like vinegar than the Two Buck Chuck. But that doesn’t mean that every expensive bottle is worth the money, or that you can’t buy a decent bottle of wine for less than $10. (See also: Make Bad Wine Better)
Whether you’re a Merlot or Chardonnay fan, there are plenty of highly drinkable and food-friendly wines that won’t cost you a …
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June 12, 2011
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It is a great idea and one that has all these applications and more, but you have to ask yourself… what happens when the very government providing this miracle wants to shut it down. Beware of back doors. Open source version, thank you very much.
Whether a repressive government, a buggy DNS server or a little old lady is behind your internet outage, it can’t be much fun, but the US government sympathizes with your plight if you’re dealing with reason number one. The New York Times reports that the US State Department will have spent upwards …
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June 12, 2011
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A $20 one-time fee to keep your phone number, well, forever. Honestly, that’s cheaper than some providers used (and possibly still do) charge to transfer them onto a paid plan.
Remember when Google Voice assigned a number to your account with no option to port or integrate with Sprint? Oh how much simpler things were way back in Q1. When those new features first popped up, you were given a 90-day grace period to receive calls and texts to your old number after making a change. Now you can port, integrate, or just flat-out replace your number …
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Posted by Mystech
June 10, 2011
