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Week in tech: getting fast fiber in your town, quantum gravity, Mozilla Raindrop
Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own . ISPs may not act for years on local complaints about slow Internet—but when a town rolls out its own solution, it’s amazing how fast the incumbents can deploy fiber, cut prices, and run to the legislature.
Continue reading »File-hosting site up in arms over Firefox plug-in
Internet users and online advertising have always had a complex relationship. The ads pay for the content and services that many users find essential, but on many sites, advertisements have become increasingly intrusive and processor-intensive. That’s led to the development of software, like ClickToFlash, that limits the intrusiveness.
Continue reading »Wikipedia video – coming soon
Meet WikiTube, partly funded by the Mozilla Foundation. Soon, anyway. The Wikipedia, “is close to launching an editable online video encyclopedia to enhance the current textual one,” says Technology Review , going on »»» The hope is to revolutionize the popular reference site and goad content providers–from public broadcasters to the music industry–into allowing more video to enter the public domain.
Continue reading »Internet Dance Party
»»» »»» »»» SAY NO MORE OK. Say more. It’s the SaveOurNet.ca fund raiser at Gallery Gachet, 88 East Cordova St, Vancouver, on Saturday.
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