Is ubiquitous encryption technology on the horizon?
(networkworld.com) - Will ubiquitous encryption of important network traffic ever happen? A group of researchers presenting at next month's Usenix Security Symposium will talk about a technology they say could make end-to-end encryption of TCP traffic the default, not the exception.
The Alot is Better Than You at Everything
(hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com) - As a grammatically conscientious person who frequents internet forums and YouTube, I have found it necessary to develop a few coping mechanisms. When someone types out "u" instead of "you," instead of getting mad, I imagine them having only one finger on each hand and then More...
Announcing Google TV: TV meets web. Web meets TV.
(googleblog.blogspot.com) - If there’s one entertainment device that people know and love, it’s the television. In fact, 4 billion people across the world watch TV and the average American spends five hours per day in front of one*. Recently, however, an increasing amount of our entertainment experience is coming More...
Official Google Blog: A different kind of company name
(googleblog.blogspot.com) - Early last month the mayor of Topeka, Kansas stunned the world by announcing that his city was changing its name to Google. We’ve been wondering ever since how best to honor that moving gesture. Today we are pleased to announce that as of 1AM (Central More...
GoDaddy to stop registering domains in China
(news.cnet.com) - During a congressional hearing later today to discuss Internet freedom
and China, GoDaddy executives plan to announce that they will stop
registering domain names in China in response to a new government policy
that requires extensive information about registrants, according
to The Washington Post. Starting last More...
Cisco's New Router: Trouble for Hollywood
(time.com) - Cisco's CRS-3 router made a bit of a splash when it was announced on March 9, but the power of this new device hasn't yet sunk in. Consider: The CRS-3, a network routing system, is able to stream every film ever made, from Hollywood to Bombay, in under More...
MeeGo: A New Linux OS to Fight iPhone, iPad and More
(readwriteweb.com) - Nokia and Intel have just announced the creation of MeeGo, a new Linux-based operating system designed for portable devices including netbooks and smartphones as well as other non-desktop platforms like connected TVs and vehicles. The new OS is a combination of Nokia's Maemo and Intel's Moblin, both Linux-based computing environments. More...
An Open Letter to Conan O'Brien from Revision3
(revision3.com) - Mr. Conan “CoCo” O’Brien,
I’m taking this opportunity to officially offer you a brand-new show of your choosing here at Revision3. Rest assured, you’ll be able to bring your set, band and even Andy (especially Andy) with you as you transition to our cutting-edge online TV network. We have room for More...
Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
(googleblog.blogspot.com) - Is Google going to completely cut ties with China?!?
How 20 popular websites looked when they launched - Telegraph
(telegraph.co.uk) - Here's some blasts from the interweb's past.
Wolfram|Alpha
(wolframalpha.com) - Wolfram|Alpha's long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. Our goal is to build on the More...
Real Life 404 Message
(img154.imageshack.us) - When construction workers understand internet jargon.
The Future of Firefox: No Tabs, Built-In Ubiquity
(readwriteweb.com) - Thanks to its extensibility, Firefox quickly became the favorite browser for most power users. But while extensions are a great way to make Firefox more functional, Mozilla's designers are also currently thinking about a complete redesign of the way the browser looks and feels, in order to keep up with More...
Sites can block the DiggBar, but is it worth it?
(news.cnet.com) - John Gruber of the blog Daring Fireball doesn't like what Digg's doing with its DiggBar, and has come up with a relatively simple way to block it on his own site. By making a small change to his site's PHP files, any shortened DiggURL created for one of his pages More...
Bill Would Grant President Unprecedented Cyber-security Powers
(eweek.com) - The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the president to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access.
How I Find Amazing Content
(atomicpoet.wordpress.com) - One of my most often asked questions is: “How do you find so much amazing content?” I would like to say it’s because I’m awesome. The truth is, I’ve been hunting for links for a long time and I’ve honed my craft. It takes 2 hours to find awesome content, and I know where to find it.
Cable Firms Look to Offer TV Programs Online
(online.wsj.com) - But the catch is that they are only going to offer them to TV subscribers. So in essence, they are trying to make sure that if you wanted to ditch your TV subscription and just watch content online, that they content wouldn't be available. Sneaky and underhanded.
Google Webmaster Blog: Specify your canonical
(googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com) - Carpe diem on any duplicate content worries: we now support a format that allows you to publicly specify your preferred version of a URL. If your site has identical or vastly similar content that's accessible through multiple URLs, this format provides you with more control over the URL returned in More...
New .tel domain names will create world's largest phonebook
(telegraph.co.uk) - The public will get the chance to be part of the world's largest phone book when millions of new internet addresses go up for sale today.
Hulu: We're evil, and proud of it
(news.cnet.com) - But eager nerds who were hoping for a big announcement of new content or a hardware tie-in were probably disappointed: the "secret" was decidedly tongue-in-cheek. We hope.
