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Baratunde Thurston explains what the hell net neutrality is
Comedian Baratunde Thurston, the creator of the political blog Jack And Jill Politics, provided an overview of net neutrality to students at Bucknell University last month. Thurston explained that telecommunication companies such as Verizon or AT&T did not want to just act as a “highway” for data. The companies also…
Major ISPs set to implement ‘six strikes’ online piracy program
A new voluntary system aimed at rooting out online copyright piracy using a controversial “six strikes” system is set to be implemented by US Internet providers soon, with the impact unclear. The program was created with the music and film industry and the largest Internet firms, with some prodding by…
Software engineer ‘Bob’ outsources job to China so he could watch cat videos
“Bob” the software engineer was becoming a modern workplace legend on Thursday as word spread that he had secretly outsourced his own job to China and sat at his desk watching cat videos. The tale of Bob blazed across the Internet after being told in a Verizon security team blog…
California telecom companies push bill to quash oversight on Internet regulation
By Siddhartha Mahanta California could be the latest state to enact a law that dramatically curbs regulatory oversight of telecommunications services in the state, handing a significant victory to the industry players that have lobbied for the bill’s passage. On its face, SB 1161 seems simple enough. The text of the bill explains…
Activists ‘commit more data breaches than cybercriminals’
Activists such as “Anonymous” who hack into government and corporate computer networks and then release files to embarrass those organisations were responsible for more than half of all known data thefts last year, according to a new survey.That’s a big change from recent years when the motivation behind most cyberattacks…
Verizon gives up on $2 payment fee after customers rage
WASHINGTON — Leading US wireless carrier Verizon Wireless backed down Friday on instituting a $2 charge for people paying their bills by credit card after a sweeping popular backlash over the plan. The reversal just one day after announcing the fee came also after the industry regulator, the Federal Communications…
Verizon 4G network crashes again
SAN FRANCISCO — A high-speed smartphone data service freshly rolled out by Verizon crashed anew on Wednesday as the US telecom titan continued to work out issues with its new-generation network. Verizon Wireless 4G LTE data service disruption spread across the United States and lasted several hours but subscribers remained…
Verizon blocks Google Wallet on Galaxy Nexus: report
(Reuters) – Wireless service provider Verizon Wireless will not include Google Inc’s payments app Google Wallet on its latest smartphone Galaxy Nexus this month, the Wall Street Journal said. Galaxy Nexus is a smartphone developed by Google and Samsung Electronics Co based on the internet search giant’s Android software. Google Wallet lets people use phones to make payments, redeem digital coupons…
Time to bring back the term “feudalism”
Sarah Jaffe has an amazing piece at Feministe about the turn that class warfare has taken in recent years. Aggravated today by a New York Times story in which striking Verizon workers were forced to argue that their wages weren’t, in fact, “too high”–seeing them make the very valid point…
Verizon prepares fees for mobile users who download too much information
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday became the latest U.S. mobile data carrier to announce that it would implement usage-based pricing for Internet access, claiming the new fees would mean light users no longer “subsidize” those who rely on the company’s current unlimited data plans. Though the company currently offers a $30-per-month…
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