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Jeffrey Kendall

Court Favors Comcast in F.C.C. 'Net Neutrality' Ruling - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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      I could understand the thoughth behind possibly wanting to slow down illegal downloads and make them less appealing to people but then to decide to slow down YouTube because it eats up bandwidth as well. At what point do they stop?
  • The decision will allow Internet service companies to block or slow specific sites and charge video sites like YouTube to deliver their content faster to users.
  • The court ruling, which came after Comcast asserted that it had the right to slow its cable customers’ access to a file-sharing service called BitTorrent,
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    Anyone interested in net neutrality or the governments role in online regulation of service providers
erika webb

Making Broadband Access Available and Affordable for all in the US‎- Intervie... - 0 views

  • The Wired for Wireless? Summary Report1 uses the term “Digital Inclusion” to denote the ability of everyone to have access to broadband and the related information technology.  Specifically it states:  “Digital Inclusion means that everyone — regardless of who they are or where they live — can participate in and take advantage of the economic, educational, health, and civic opportunities afforded by broadband and related information technology
  • The federal government has taken the position that broadband Internet is the job of the private sector
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    Article about disadvantages of not having braodband, andmaking it more accessible and affordable
Stephen Berlinger

IT News For the Business World - 0 views

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    Here is another website from my list of news favorites. This one contains valuable information about the IT world in terms of business. This site is useful for getting big corporations views of the changes in social media etc...
seth kutcher

The Best Remote PC Support I Ever Had - 1 views

The Remote PC Support Now excellent remote PC support services are the best. They have skilled computer tech professionals who can fix your PC while you wait or just go back to work or just simpl...

remote PC support

started by seth kutcher on 12 Sep 11 no follow-up yet
Aunjanice Anderson

As the Internet Loses its Way - the Cloud Will Carry the Most Importance - 0 views

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    I really don't think its in the government best interest to have an open web. In this artilce you can see some of the concerns that people are having with internet cloud.
Justin Eastwind

Earth-Friendly Bamboo - 1 views

started by Justin Eastwind on 10 Apr 13 no follow-up yet
Justin Eastwind

Finding The Safest Products - 1 views

My youngest daughter has a very sensitive skin. In fact, she is prone to allergies. That is why her paediatrician advised me to use products which are free from chemicals that can harm the human bo...

started by Justin Eastwind on 08 May 13 no follow-up yet
donald loeffelholz

Internet Use Among College Students: - 0 views

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    A start at the understanding of the varying use of the internet by race.
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    I found this site a few months ago when we discussing this topic. I found it very interesting that there is still a gap between the different races. In reading what the Pew team found and what this one did, it was very interesting.
Peter Cali

Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012, Gartner says - Network World - 0 views

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    * Social Web * Email * Close Digg Slashdot Fark Stumble Reddit MIXX del.icio.us Newsvine Technorati Facebook Buzz up! Twitter Your Name: Your Email Address: Recipient(s) Email Address: (Comma separation for multiple addresses) Your Message: Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012, Gartner says Broadband penetration currently reaches just over half of U.S. homes By Brad Reed , Network World , 07/24/2008 Newsletter Signup * Share/Email * Tweet This * 1 Comment * Print The United States will close its digital divide significantly within the next four years, with 77% of U.S. households having a broadband Internet subscription, according to a new Gartner study. Just over half of U.S. households currently subscribe to broadband Internet services, but Gartner predic
Burks Oakley

Who's Driving Twitter's Popularity? Not Teenagers - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • Though Twitter’s founders originally conceived of the site as a way to stay in touch with acquaintances, it turns out that it is better for broadcasting ideas or questions and answers to the outside world or for marketing a product.
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      This is the power of Twitter - in forming a "personal learning network".
Emily Boles

JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching - 0 views

  • tand the pedagogy of the adult learner.  To use the online tools effectively, instructors must be familiar with the technology available to them as well as how to use it. This paper describes effective andragogical methods for adult instruction. It will also present the available tools and the method and reason for using them. By reviewing the research of current methods of instruction, a road map to course design will be recommended. There are effective techniques to
  • ture, discussion, lab, and practice. They move the course to the online environment using the same
Chris Hull

5 Signs Our Broadband Plan May Already Be In Trouble - Meet the new heavily-lobbied bos... - 0 views

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    Is it the governments plan for broadband? Or are the ISP's in the drivers seat?
Rob Eden

iTWire - Lawyer demands jury stops Googling - 0 views

shared by Rob Eden on 17 Sep 09 - Cached
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    The iPhone is making it too easy for jurors to look up information on Google during trials, violating agreements not to lookup outside information during a case.
Clayton Buss

The mobile device - the primary connection tool | - 0 views

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    Video about media convergence. Some information in the video is from PEW reports, but it contains a lot of other interesting statistics. At the end it mentions someone's hypothesis that what technology is in our smartphones now will fit in a blood cell in 25 years.
Sarah Cooper

With So Much Content on the Internet, Why Do People Still Read Newspapers? *Writers Wri... - 0 views

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  • Other responses that netted some notice were that newspapers contained better or more detailed information than they can get elsewhere, while some older readers said that newspaper reading had become a habit
  • Older users said they looked in newspapers for community and regional general and business news and for obituaries.
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    I found this webpage during week 5 posting.. it adds a very interesting insight to newspaper verse internet.
chris izatt

Wolfram|Alpha - 0 views

shared by chris izatt on 15 Apr 10 - Cached
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    take a look at it for answers to fact based questions
Scott Thomas

Broadband Too Pricey? There May Be Options : NPR - 0 views

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    Talks about Google's Plan to offer Broadband service called "Google Gigabit". Google will offer broadband service at 1 GB speed!! Google will test it out on a small population of about 50,000 and see how it does.
Sarah Cooper

Stuff White People Like - 0 views

shared by Sarah Cooper on 21 Apr 10 - Cached
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    I was blown away that this was the name of a persons blog. It literally only talks about things "white people" like and do... really shows how blogs can sometimes have a negative affect on society.
Kendall Burrage

Is limewire Illegal? - 0 views

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    Here's a link relative to this weeks discussion. It says limewire is legal, but wasn't made for what it is being used for by most people.
Nick Orsini

FOXNews.com - Two Massachusetts Teens Suspended in Cyber Bullying Suicide Case - 0 views

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    This could be a landmark case when it comes to cyber crime and the laws.
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