Reddit's anti-SOPA "Nuclear" protest is a good start
But, to really make an impact on Congress, other major Web sites must follow Reddit's lead to stop the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP laws from being passed.
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But, to really make an impact on Congress, other major Web sites must follow Reddit's lead to stop the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP laws from being passed.
Broadcom introduces the first 802.11ac chipsets at CES and networking may never be the same.
Mozilla will be releasing an Extended Support Release version of its Firefox Web browser for its business and government users.
Maybe blacking out their Web sites would be over-kill, but the Internet giants could use other joint tactics to kill Stop Online Piracy Act off.
The newest Firefox is faster, better, and its parent group is well financed, but is it this version, Firefox 9.01, good enough to win back fickle Web browser users?
IE is still the number one Web browser, but it may go below 50% of the market as early as March according to one measurement, and below 40% on another. Oh, and the single most popular Web browser of all? Google's Chrome 16.
This time Go Daddy really does get off the Stop Online Piracy Act bandwagon. No! Really!
You know that easy to setup Wi-Fi access point or router of yours? It turns out that the easy to setup part is also easy to hack: Really easy to hack.
Networking and the Internet are shifting under our feet and so is our world.