How The Egyptian Government Turned Off The Internet

As internal unrest in Egypt worsens, the government has cut off nearly all Internet traffic into and out of the country. A few days ago the government cut off access to social networking websites, including Facebook and Twitter. Today the entire country is offline...

Google Spam – Google Responds

Previously: Google Spam Although there had been many articles about the declining quality of Google search results in the last few weeks, Google finally issued its first official response within eight hours after my post last night. Coincidence? Well, I report, you...

Google Spam

Google search results are becoming less useful. Have you noticed? I started thinking about this last fall, when I noticed that most of the Google alerts coming into my mailbox led to spam sites – sites with no real content other than random snippets vacuumed up...

The Increasing Need For Bandwidth, Part 2

Previously: The Increasing Need For Bandwidth, Part 1 You should know the basic details of the Internet connection at your home or business. Find out the speed of your existing service. If you have a DSL line – typically from AT&T or Sonic, occasionally from...

The Increasing Need For Bandwidth, Part 1

Many small businesses and homes will feel the need to increase the speed of their Internet connection in 2011. In the late 1990s, we began the serious movement away from our dialup modems and started signing up for DSL service as it became available in selected areas....