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You're all probably familiar with speedtest, well their newest website is called pingtest. It has a pretty similar interface and if you've ever used speedtest it shouldn't be to hard to figure out. It can be used to calculate packet loss, ping, and jitter. After your test is complete it gives you a grade, describing the quality of your connection. I think its pretty cool, and I'm glad that they've stayed with the same great interface. Just another cool website to keep in mind!

We all hate twitter, we all use Facebook/Myspace, and we all text... so what if we put all of them in one? Then we come up with Purdue's Hotseat program. I'm surprised Mr. Soderlund didn't beg to be one of the test pilots for this new program. ;-)

Boeing has successfully tested their new Matrix laser over airborne targets, which is a world's first. In total, they shot down five drones at various ranges. That's a lot of pew pew in a day. This could be proven a high need necessity when either the world ends in 2012, or for some reason a collision with a outer space object will have a collision course with the world. I do have many questions about how if this will be used in the battle field. I also wonder how long it will be till this can be shrunk to a smaller size and start production into drones themselves. I give it 3 years, till this makes headline news on how something went wrong, cough cough, LRC, then we can see much more from Boeing and many more companies.

Facebook has changed its privacy policy to include a twitter like profit scheme. Facebook is now making the adds and tests you take eligable to be sent back to the developer for research purposes to see what you are interested. This then helps its advertising on the side bar of the website. I chose this article because I think its good to get the word out that whatever you do on Facebook is being sent back to the developer. That then allows them to view your profile to see what you are interested in. To me this seems a little over-kill ion the fact that they shouldn't be able to see your entire profile. But with facebook being free they can do anything.