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2007 October 31

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The Great Firewall

Like its namesake, the Great Firewall consists of hundreds of individual fortifications spread out along a vulnerable frontier. At its core is a giant bank of computers and servers. Traffic generated by China’s 162 million Internet users is routed through the shield, which checks all requested URLs against a blacklist of tens of thousands of […]

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FCC OKs Cable Competition For Apartments

Dibya Sarkar of the Associated Press reports:
The rule would prohibit cable companies, such as Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc., from enforcing existing exclusive cable TV contracts with apartment managers and allow telecommunications companies, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc., to offer video services along with high-speed Internet access and phone […]

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Google Pitches Gphones to Verizon

Marguerite Reardon of CNET’s Tech News Blog reports:
The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported Tuesday evening that Google is in “serious discussions” with Verizon Wireless to put its mobile “GPhone” software on Verizon phones.

Tags: gphone, google, verizon

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Halloween Tricks and Treats

My friend Steve Bass over at PCWorld offers us these Halloween Tricks ‘n’ Treats.
“Goodies for you, including a free inventory program–and maybe a (practically) free flash drive.”
PC World - Halloween Tricks and Treats