By Martin Bosworth GigaOm’s Om Malik points to a story detailing how broadband access is available for practically every city and community in Taiwan. This is a tremendous accomplishment for any country […]
All I want for Christmas is for Democrats to stop making Ron Paul look good
Hey, what’s that in our stocking? It’s Ron Paul! Oh joy – we got The Truth® for Christmas! Ahem. So those of you who thought Ron Paul was going to go away […]
Google and Verizon (yes, THAT Verizon) both take steps towards completely open information world
By Martin Bosworth It’s a very strange day in the technology world when Google can make a potentially big product announcement, yet ends up upstaged by an even more shocking development from […]
The Net Neutrality debate gets fugly
I’m not 100% sure whether this is an argument for Net neutrality or against it, but it has to be seen. I have to go scrub my eyeballs with Clorox now. Thanks […]
Obama seizes the day with technology proposals
By Martin Bosworth I’ve been critical of Obama’s wide stance recently, as I believe his attempts to be all things to all people have made it difficult to decipher what his governing […]
Obama and the art of the wide stance
By Martin Bosworth I’m having trouble figuring out exactly what Barack Obama is about lately. Like his infamous colleague Larry Craig,the Senator from Illinois seems to be taking a wide stance–but where […]
The czar works for the Kossacks (aka why we don't need leaders to save us)
By Martin Bosworth In the middle of a post ruminating on the looming flameout of Barack Obama’s campaign, Kos makes a point I’ve been dying to hear from one of the bigwigs […]
FCC chairman finally makes a decision to benefit consumers–or does he?
By Martin Bosworth If you live in an apartment building or condominium, the odds are good that your landlord or owner has locked the building into an exclusive contract with one cable […]
Net neutrality is back on track, thanks to corporate stupidity
By Martin Bosworth “The hands-off approach hasn’t served consumers well. And the Web is far too important to entrust the free flow of information to the shifting whims of a few big […]
AT&T: Say bad things about us and we’ll cancel your Internets
By Martin Bosworth Slashdot broke the news on Saturday that AT&T’s updated terms of service for its high-speed Internet packages essentially forbid you from criticizing the company on pain of cancellation. The […]
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