Apr 6, 2008 | broadband, business, Internet
At its heart, “net neutrality” involves a simple question: Should your Internet provider have any control over how you use your Internet connection? You’re accustomed to being able to reach any Internet site freely and you assume you can run any kind...
Apr 2, 2008 | Internet, Microsoft, Office, Vista
Sharp-eyed Microsoft Office users might have noticed that the default fonts are changed in Office 2007. The old familiar names are still there – Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana, and Courier New – but the defaults are newcomers Cambria, Calibri, and...
Mar 31, 2008 | Google, humor, Internet
Google Australia launched Gday today, a new search engine that allows users to search content on the internet before it is created. “Google spiders crawl publicly available web information and our index of historic, cached web content. Using a mashup of numerous...
Mar 9, 2008 | broadband, Internet
Sonoma County’s broadband coverage is spotty. Comcast and AT&T are not doing anything to expand cable and DSL service to new areas. There are too many areas with no good options. Random examples: most rural areas in West County; anywhere more than a mile or...
Jan 14, 2008 | business, domains, Internet
There is no end to the games played by bad guys and big companies alike at the expense of consumers and small businesses. You may run into the latest shenanigans if you try to register a domain name. The system is rigged. “Domain kiting” has been...
