Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to Start Charging Users for Processing Spam...
A group of U.S.-based Internet service providers (ISPs) have announced that they are going to start charging their email users for processing the spam that is addressed to them. As the deluge of spam...
View ArticleWhat’s the Big Deal About Google, Verizon, and Net Neutrality? We Explain.
Tech news and forums this week have been overrun by chatter about the legislative proposal for net neutrality that Verizon and Google jointly released on Monday. The proposal, which both Google and...
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Other Sites Like Craigslist Adult Services Rush to Fill the Void Left by...
With Craigslist shutting down its Adult Services section, people who frequented Craigslist for the ads for erotic services are worried about finding other sites like Craiglist, specifically sites...
View ArticleCustomers Leave GoDaddy in Droves as CEO Bob Parsons Flaunts Killing...
Usually it’s the feminists who are outraged by the actions of GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons, but this time he’s raised the ire of the animal rights activists, including (but by no means limited to) PETA...
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Turning the Homeless into Portable Wifi Hotspots: “Homeless Hotspot” Business...
How many times have you thought “Damn, if only I could get on the Internet right now! Where is the nearest public access wireless hotspot?” And how many times have you seen a homeless person standing...
View ArticleThe Copyright Alert System: Did You Get a Warning from your ISP for...
Be prepared for a series of virtual hand slaps if your ISP is saying that you downloaded copyrighted or infringing material or files. A “graduated response” program, aimed at cutting down on illegally...
View ArticleNetwork Solutions Accidentally Deactivates Countless Domains
First it was Go Daddy going down for the count due to a hacker, now it seems that the granddaddy registrar of them all – Network Solutions (NetSol) – has just ‘lost’ countless customer domains, when...
View ArticleOngoing List of Sites Down Due to Hurricane Sandy
With Hurricane Sandy having battered the East Coast and Eastern Seaboard, and she has left several websites, such as gawker, gizmodo, jezebel, jalopnik and kotaku, offline as servers are flooded with...
View ArticleFree Wi-Fi in New York City Courtesy of Google
We first reported that Google was aiming to provide free public wifi Internet access to the world over seven years ago, and they kicked off that goal by offering free wi-fi to Mountain View, and now...
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The Copyright Alert System – What it Means for You
You may have heard recently about the ‘Copyright Alert System’, or “CAS” (also being called the “Six Strikes” system. This is the ’6 strikes’ system that was proposed by the RIAA as a new way for...
View ArticleHow Will the Comcast Time Warner Merger Affect Me?
The Borg are the dreaded, unstoppable enemy that was introduced to us first in Star Trek: The Next Generation. And of course many are familiar with Jeri Ryan’s Borg character, Seven of Nine as she...
View ArticleThe Spinning Disks of Internet Slowdown Day Explained
If you go just about anywhere online today, September 10th, 2014, you will find yourself encountering all sorts of banners and graphics of spinning disks (or spinning discs, take your pick), that...
View ArticleWhy GoDaddy is in the Dog House with Their “Lost Puppy” Superbowl Commercial
GoDaddy's 2015 Superbowl commercial featuring a lost puppy has been pulled from the Superbowl XLIX lineup over controversy and howls of outrage from animal lovers and animal rights activists. Here's why.
View ArticleYes the .Sucks Top Level Domain is Real
Just when you thought it was safe to go into the interwebs, along comes the newest ridiculous top level domain (TLD): .sucks
View ArticleWhy the U.S. is Concerned about Russian Submarine Activity near Undersea...
The United States is worrying about something that they consider a new Russian threat: increased Russan submarine activity around the undersea fiber optic cables that carry Internet communications, and...
View ArticleThe Best Free Online PDF to Text Converter
We often have occasion to need to OCR a PDF to convert it to text, and we believe that we have found the best online PDF to text converter out there. Whether you need an online PDF to Word converter, a...
View ArticleWhat’s the Big Deal about the Starry Internet Device? Not Much. At Least Not...
If you run in certain circles, you may be hearing people swooning over the Starry Wireless Internet appliance and service. "Starry is a radical new Internet service!" "The Starry router requires no...
View ArticleVerizon Acquires Yahoo and Apparently It’s Worth It – Here’s Why
Verizon and Yahoo have been sleeping with each other in one way or another since at least 2005 (when the domain verizon.yahoo.com was launched), but now Verizon is finally going to make an honest woman...
View ArticleHow to Turn Off or Cancel Auto Renewal of Domains at GoDaddy
If you have domains registered with GoDaddy, you may find that somehow 'auto renewal' of your domains has been magically turned on, and you may want to turn off autorenew for your domains. Figuring out...
View ArticleAs Battle Over Net Neutrality Intensifies Here’s What You Need to Know
As the frenzy over the FCC's December 14, 2017 vote on whether to repeal the Open Internet Order (OIO), which is being equated to the end of Net Neutrality, reaches a fevered pitch, here's what the...
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