New data on Comcast’s interference with BitTorrent traffic shows that the company misinformed the FCC this February. Comcast has always argued that BitTorrent upstream traffic was only blocked during periods of heavy network traffic, this turns out to be a lie.http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-lied-to-fcc-blocks-bittorrent-traffic-247/” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
Exonerated P2P defendant Tanya Andersen was awarded $107,834 in court costs and attorneys’ fees for her successful defense against the RIAA’s copyright infringement charges. It’s the largest fee award so far against the RIAA, and over triple what the RIAA argued it should pay.http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080515-andersen-gets-highest-ever-attorney-fees-award-against-riaa.html” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
The Flash Player 10 beta features a brand-new Just In Time (JIT) engine to load pixel bite code into the Flash Player engine. Flash Player 10 will also extend support for Linux to Ubuntu versions 7 and 8, going beyond the current Red Hat, SuSE, Mac OS/X and Windows.http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/05/15/flash_player_10_beta/” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
This is a short article about the makeover plans for facebook. Quite an interesting read.http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/may2008/id20080514_205389.htm” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
Several times I’ve been called upon at a moment’s notice to troubleshoot a misbehaving PC system either at work or at a friend’s or relative’s home. Being the “go to” guy for these sorts of problems is both a curse and a blessing, but I guess that is besides the point.http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-ultimate-pc-repair-toolkit-in-your-pocket-ultimate-boot-cd-on-a-usb-stick/” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
Fans of digg who own a Chumby can now keep a visualization of digg’s activity scrolling by on their desk, coffee table, or nightstand all day long!http://www.chumby.com/guide/widget/Digg+-+Big+Spy” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
Vaynerchuk has been remixing his fave sneakers with his fave web brands. Here comes his digg love. Either the boy has too much time, or too much love to give. None the less…. Enjoy!http://www.ajvaynerchuk.com/web-20-sneakers-digg/” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
When we first listed tech’s 10 best workspaces, we downplayed the importance of design and amenities. The crowd disagrees. It favors beer. Digg’s beer, to be exact. 1,505 voted in our poll, and 28 percent chose the social news site’s workspace and its fridge full of beverages as the best workspace in tech.http://valleywag.com/390952/techs-best-workspace-digg” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
Here’s a review of some time-saving tools and utilities that can greatly increase development speed, reduce debugging and testing time, and improve your code. They’re aimed towards helping developers create websites more quickly and efficiently.http://sixrevisions.com/tools/20_web_development_tools/” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
That’s the uncomfortable verdict for PCMall and PCConnection rendered this morning by the just-released “ForeSee Results Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index.” PCMall and PCConnection not only bring up the rear among computer and electronics sites, they bring up the rear, period — just as they did last year.http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27815″ rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title