The much publicized mother of fourteen (14) children has turned to the internet for funding. Without a job and with fourteen children in her care, Nadya Suleman now has a web site to solicit donations:
“…The Web site features pictures of a rainbow, child’s blocks and all eight of Suleman’s newborns. Also prominently displayed on [...]
Net neutrality is the concept that all internet traffic is treated equally. There is no favoritism of service. Comcast is being investigated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for possible violations:
“Comcast Corp., the nation’s biggest cable TV operator, is being investigated by the Federal Communications Commission over concerns that it is giving preferential [...]
Another indicator of the decline of newspapers is the filing of bankruptcy by the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
“…The 15th-largest U.S. daily based on circulation, which McClatchy Co sold to private equity firm Avista Capital Partners for $530 million less than two years ago, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after missing payments to lenders, it said [...]
President-elect Barack Obama is considering a former classmate, Julius Genachowski, to be the next head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC):
“…Obama’s pick for the nation’s head telecommunications regulator has served as the president-elect’s chief technology counsel and was classmates with Obama at Harvard Law School. Genachowski is credited for spearheading Obama’s online campaign strategy, which [...]
You may want to take a shot at this job. It is a six figure income for working (perhaps that is not the correct word) on a tropical island:
“…The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US dollars) and includes free airfares from the winner’s home country to Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef, [...]
I will preface these remarks by saying that I am completely and unabashedly biased. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is an excellent newspaper. Online and in print form, it presents as one of the very best sources of local, national and world news. Now, its very existence is threatened:
“…The Seattle P-I’s parent company, The [...]
The internet has placed China in a dilemma. On one hand, China wants to present to the international community as a progressive nation, in all aspects. That was demonstrated by the extent that China focused on the Beijing Olympics. The drawback to technology is that the Chinese government authorities lose control of [...]
The expansion of the internet to new web addresses does not seem like a smooth process. Government agencies are involved and agreement on procedures seem to be fraught with differences of opinion:
“Plans to offer hundreds of new web addresses as alternatives to .com have been criticised by the US government.
The Internet Corporation for [...]
The repercussions of the cut undersea cables are being felt still. Egypt has had internet service partially restored. For some other Middle East countries, internet and phone services remain disrupted:
“…Egypt says it has been able to restore most of its communications by re-routing services, but other parts of the Middle East remain badly [...]
The Chinese government has begun re-instituting stricter control over the media. This includes blocking internet sites that the Chinese authorities deem to contravene their domestic laws and/or policies. One of those sites that remains blocked is the New York Times online:
“The Chinese authorities continued blocking access from mainland China to the Web site [...]
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