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2007 November 05

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Comcast Subscribers Get Litigious Over Throttling

Many people are concerned about net neutrality. Most people who know what the term means are for the idea. So when Comcast subscribers who have had troubles with their television product, and then with the definition of ‘unlimited service’ being haggled over, get the word that Comcast has been throttling P2P traffic of all kinds, […]

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Open Source Router Software Routs Cisco

While many are aware of open source software, mostly Linux based, that performs the functions of a general purpose firewall, not many are aware of the differences between them.
This is not an article to educate the reader on that variety of software.
Recently, a new player on the block has come bearing gifts, and help […]

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10 Tools for Online Writers

At his site called DailySEOblog, author Mani Karthik  has a group of ten free tools catalogued to make your writing better, more coherent, and without error.
These are tools that are all online and free, in the spirit of helping hands to all. It also makes it easier for those helping hands to read what […]

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Patent Trolls Exist in The Great White North… and They Are Suing

A Canadian firm Wi-Lan, Inc. has decided to assert its patent rights by attacking a total of 22 separate companies, claiming patent infringement. The company holds 220 patents in all manner of wired and  wireless technology, including CDMA, DSL, DOCSIS, V-Chip, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX.
The lawsuits will be located in Marshall, Texas, which seems to be […]

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HIV Came From Haiti to United States

So says the latest information available. The virus came to the United States from Haiti in about 1969, well before anyone had actually described it as a disease.
The study was undertaken by the University of Arizona at Tucson, led by Michael Worobey, a microbiologist who has been on the trail of the virus for some […]