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One Battle Won For Net Neutrality
The SavetheInternet campaign got a small victory in the House Judciary Committee. Here’s the email update I received, quoted in full: Dear SavetheInternet.com Member, The fight for Internet Freedom took a major step in the right direction yesterday. A bipartisan majority on the House Judiciary Committee passed the “Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act” — a [...]
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More Attention on Net Neutrality
A new bill that aims to add protection of net neutrality to anti-trust laws has been put together by the House Judiciary Committee. Dubbed the “Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act”, the bill is finding some bipartisan support. If more people keep supporting the Save the Internet Coalition, they may just yet put enough pressure on [...]
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Adidas No More
When I needed running shoes last year, I bought a pair of Adidas. During my trip to the States this year, I went shopping for some high tops and again went with Adidas. I have several pairs of Adidas socks and Adidas shorts. I used to be a Nike type, but these days my primary [...]
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Banks Join the Net Neutrality Battle
Last week, the House Committee on Energy & Commerce defeated an ammendment to a telecommunications bill that would have given the FCC the authority to protect net neutrality. This is a victory for the big telecoms, who want the ability to control what you see on the internet. They want to be able to charge [...]
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Congress is Selling Out the Internet
If you are an American and you enjoy the freedom you have to surf the internet, you should really pay attention to the following: Do you buy books online, use Google, or download to an Ipod? These activities will be hurt if Congress passes a radical law that gives giant corporations more control over the [...]
Apr 22nd, 2006 | Filed under Politics -
The Night the Lights Went Out
While I was home visiting my family I considered myself on vacation from my computer and the internet. I checked my email a few times at my father’s house, but was generally too wrapped up in being home to think about the internet much. Back in Korea, it took some time to settle into the [...]
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Regionalizing the Internet
Something that’s increasingly affecting my online activities is regionalization. Living in Korea, the internet has for a long time been one of my primary connections to home, keeping me up to date and allowing me to participate in some of the latest social/cultural things I’m missing. I’ve also been able, for the most part, to [...]
Feb 1st, 2006 | Filed under Tech -
Performancing for Firefox
Yesterday I stumbled across Performancing for Firefox. I’m using it to publish this post. I’ve been a diehard Firefox user for some time now. The only time IE ever gets opened on this computer is to view Korean websites, as most Korean web designers haven’t seemed to grasp the concept of cross-browser support. I’ve been [...]
Jan 16th, 2006 | Filed under Software