Cable firms expand access to Wi-Fi

Source: Tampa Bay Online

Visitors to the Ballast Point pier can fish, watch the pelicans dive and, now, use free Wi-Fi to check email or post to Facebook — if they're Bright House customers. The pastoral spot is one of hundreds around Tampa where Bright House Networks is buildin ...
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Mystery shrouds fateof Internet cable in Cuba

Source: Deseret News

HAVANA — It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation and boost web capacity 3,000-fold. Even a retired ...
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The Development of Sequel

Source: Hacker News

Hi everyone, thanks for coming. This talk is loosely centered on the development of Sequel, hopefully tieing together some not quite related themes. As this is a informal presentation, please feel free to ask questions at any time. I'm going to be ...
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Tech Test Drive: LogMeIn remote control softens Mom's hard-drive crash

Source: TwinCities.com

that allows me to access any of the computers under my control -- Mac and PC -- from anywhere, provided I have a reliable Internet connection. I am able to log in to my iMac at home from a MacBook Air or a Windows porta ...
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Source: McCovey Chronicles

AAA: Fresno lost to Colorado Springs 5-1 Fresno: C Jackson WIlliams: 1 for 2, 2B, HBP, SO Fresno: SP Shawn Sanford: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K--1 HB Fresno: RP Heath Hembree: 1.0 IP, 1 R--1 HB, 1 WP, 1 E Colorado ...
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QUICKVIEW: Hands-on with the HTC One XL on Vodafone Germany's LTE network [with Video]

Source: The Unwired

There is already roughly everything written about HTC's new One X and One XL, including our own HTC One X and HTC One XL photoviews but one interesting aspect was left so far, because the European One XL is not yet on the market: How good is LTE o ...
Full article at: The Unwired  More like this  1 day ago, 5:39am CDT

Telekom launches 'DSL Help' app for smartphone users

Source: Telecom Paper

Telekom Deutschand and Telekom Innovation Laboratories have developed the new 'DSL Help' app for Telekom's home DSL broadband customers. The app allows users to track down the cause of an internet connection problem by providing step-by-step ...
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Jamming Tripoli: Inside Moammar Gadhafi’s Secret Surveillance Network | Wired | May. 18, 2012 | 25 Minutes (6,350 words)

Source: Longreads.com

The Internet enabled surveillance on a scale that would have been unimaginable with the old tools of phone taps and informants. Photo: Michael Christopher Brown He once was known as al-Jamil—the Handsome One—for ...
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Has Google changed its mind about sharing its fiber network?

Source: GigaOM

It looks like Google is backing off its commitment to an open fiber to the home network. If so, that would be a blow to those hoping to also offer services over Google’s pipe as well as well as put a stop to ...
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