Jan 10, 2012 | DRM, Internet, law, Politics
Noted science fiction author and Boing Boing curator Cory Doctorow delivered an important speech last month in London, explaining why attempts by copyright owners to lock down computers and web sites inevitably lead to surveillance and censorship, and how the...
Dec 9, 2011 | Android, Internet, web_services
Reddit has become one of the most popular sites on the Internet. It didn’t happen overnight – Reddit has been around for five years – but 2011 is when it came into its own and became a social force. It is a firehose of posts submitted by its users, loosely organized...
Sep 25, 2011 | broadband, hardware, Internet, network
The request was deceptively simple: Six very small offices want to share a single Internet connection. Each office wants to have a secure network for its own computers, not shared with the other offices. The offices want to share a single big Toshiba eStudio...
Sep 11, 2011 | IE, Internet, software
The Favorites Bar in Internet Explorer deserves some attention. It’s a simple concept that might turn out to be a good friend. The Favorites Bar extends across the top of the browser window. It is intended to hold links to 6-8 websites that you visit most frequently....
Sep 1, 2011 | domains, Internet, web_services
WordPress is everywhere. A few days ago, WordPress announced rather startling statistics: WordPress is now powering 14.7% of the top million websites in the world. 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are running WordPress. Those are big numbers. If you’re...
Aug 10, 2011 | business, domains, Internet, web_services
I have a story about web hosting. When you visit brucebnews.com, all the pages pop into place instantly. Do a search or click on a link and you’ll see the result right away. That’s what you expect from a web site, right? Until last week, that’s not what you got from...
