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Net Neutrality: an animated primer

December 24, 2010 By 1 Comment

TheOpenInter.Net has a quick overview of what Net Neutrality is, and why it is important to you, and to the future use of the Internet. The site is completely done in HTML5, so even iPads can view it without too much problems.

It quickly and simply describes what the current state of the Internet is, what Big ISPs want (bundle services like they are TV channels, charging separately for certain content), and why it is important that they don’t succeed. If a friend of yours has problems understanding what Net Neutrality is, send them there.

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Google demonstrates advantages of Chrome OS

December 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment

This interesting video demonstrates some of the bad things that may happen to your laptop (on a really, really bad day that is), and how Chrome OS saves you from the headaches resulting from those bad things:

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Digg v.4 preview

July 13, 2010 By 2 Comments

I just got my invite to join in the alpha preview of Digg version 4. The new Digg is a huge improvement over the old version, in that you can now concentrate on what your friends digg, instead of what everybody in the world diggs. This is reflected in the new home page, which focuses much more on the social aspect of Digg.

The center of the page is taken up by the stories being dugg by your friends. The right side bar is showing the top stories as dugg by your friends. And your friends can also be people you have interest in or whose opinion you respect (think of for example the old Screen Savers cast – Leo LaPorte, Patrick Norton, Martin Sargent, and oh yes, Kevin Rose…).

It looks great, and hopefully I’m not breaking any non-disclosure agreements by posting about it. If you want to sign up for the new Digg, head over to new.digg.com and put your name on the list.

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IBM’s vision of automation – “The Internet of Things”

May 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I came across this video the other day, and in the middle part it has some interesting concepts about Home Automation. For example, if it was freezing overnight, the alarm clock would automatically go off 5 minutes earlier to give you time to scrape off the car.

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New search results in Google?

May 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I just entered a search query for Notepad++ in Google Chrome, and the results page looked slightly different from what I’m used to:

Most notably, the left hand side is much cleaner. Clicking on the drop-down below “Everything” will show you the different categories (Images, Videos, etc.). The Search tools option lets you choose between “Any Time” and “Last 3 months”, and expanding it will show you a new list of options:

  • Limit to a time period
  • Social graph results
  • Visited or not
  • Display of results
  • Standard results

I’m still trying to get used to it, but it looks like the result page is in line with Google’s minimalistic philosophy.

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