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opanitch: Doesnt the iPhone or new iTouch have a wireless N chip that isnt activated? #cellphones more »
jepzilla: Time to register pàypal.ca! more »
Xagest: I'm just wondering how I'm gonna visit some of these sites with only my US keyboard... #nonlatintopleveldomains more »
Gordonium: It's a good thing the ICANN isn't run like Apple, or they'd start inexplicably rejecting domain names for being certain languages. #nonlatintopleveldo... more »
Curves: Attractive mature nerd, pondering mathematical theory, while "pinching nipples" on some gadget? Hello my new wallpaper. #interfacemessageprocessor more »
k-napped: That's a cool looking fridge, but where's the beer? #interfacemessageprocessor more »
Aaron Stein: and i thought it was al gore who invented the internet #interfacemessageprocessor more »
philibuster: The one caption bubble written in past tense is bugging the hell out of me. #interfacemessageprocessor more »
kingcrim84: I don't understand the term "ruggerized." Can someone help me out with that one? I'm not being nit-picky, I'm just simply not getting it. "Rugger" ... more »
OMG! Ponies!: Please pass my thanks to these gentlemen. Without their brilliance, I wouldn't be able to swear at people thousands of miles away. And to that guy f... more »

#wifi

Atheros Wireless N for Smartphones Actually Uses Less Power Than Slowass G
Wireless N in cellphones, it's happening next year: Atheros's AR6003 802.11n/Bluetooth chip for cellphones is tiny, has serious range and uses less power than their current wireless G chip, which is in the Zune HD. It'll hit phones around the second half of next year. Such a long wait. [PC Mag]
#internet

Internationalized, Non-Latin Domain Names Officially Approved
We didn't doubt that they would, but the ICANN has officially approved non-Latin character domain names. The pleasant surprise is that the system and guidelines for these internationalized domain names (IDNs) look pretty solid, even if hiccups are expected. More »
#retromodo

The Computer that Made the Internet
This is Dr. Leonard Kleinrock pinching the nipples of the Interface Message Processor, a ruggerized Honeywell DDP-516 Minicomputer. This box is responsible for what you are reading now, which either makes her my mom or the internet's mom or both. More »
#internet

Happy Birthday, Internet! Let's Celebrate Your History, You Old Gal
We've had many cake-themed posts lately, but it's not that we're fatasses. We're just celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Internet. And there's a lot to celebrate, because, as the Guardian shows, she's seen a lot of action . More »
#education

100 Open Technology Courses That Would Have Saved You a Lot of Money On Tuition
When I think about all of the money I spent on college tuition only to find that the internet is riddled with free technology courses from prestigious schools like MIT. More »
#netneutrality

Losing Net Neutrality: The Worst Case Scenario
It's alarmist, over-the-top pro-net-neutrality propaganda, sure, but this chart goes a long way to explaining why the IT dude at the office wears that "All Packets are Created Equal" shirt to work every Thursday: because tiered ISPs are scary. More »
#internet

Internet Finally Getting Non-Latin Domain Names
The ICANN, the folks who set some guidelines that make the Internet go 'round, are in the final stages of passing a proposal to introduce non-Latin characters to web addresses. Finally, there'll be some non-porn-based multiculturalism on the Internet. More »
#infographics

Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World, Shown Visually
This awesome infographic shows the internet costs and speeds around the world for the top 20 nations in the ITIF Broadband Rankings. Unsurprisingly, we don't compare too well. More »
#retromodo

Kids' Guide to the Internet is Educational, NSFW
This video, a vintage "introduction to the internet" from the early '90s or thereabouts, features the line "What's a webpage? Something ducks walk on?" If that doesn't convince you to watch this hilarious, mysteriously-filled-with-pixelated-porno masterpiece, I don't know what will. More »
#wifi

First White Spaces Broadband Trial Spreads Wi-Fi Via Broadcast TV
The NAB has been battling white spaces networks for years, but the technology that repurposes unused TV spectrum as a Wi-Fi signal is finally getting a trial period in Claudville, Virginia. More »
#blockquote

Ballmer: "The Internet Is Not Designed For The iPhone"
Is it State the Obvious Day? Steve Ballmer proclaims that the Internet was not designed for a device that wasn't even a glimmer in Steve Jobs' eye when the Internet came to be. More »
#att

AT&T "Encourages" Employees and Their Families to Complain to the FCC About Net Neutrality [Updated]
Remember the Comcastard-stacked FCC hearing on BitTorrent? AT&T thinks that's a good strategy, since AT&T's main lobbyist sent a letter to ~~300,000 employees~~ U.S. managers "encouraging" them and their families to protest the FCC's net neutrality rules. Updated More »
#firefox

Shady Microsoft Plugin Pokes "Critical" Hole In Firefox Security
Microsoft has acknowledged that they slipped the .NET Framework Assistant plugin into Firefox via Windows Update this past February, and that it has poked a "critical" hole in the browser's security (effectively bringing Firefox down to IE's level). More »
#google

Google Is 6 Percent of All Internet Traffic
Anybody shocked that Google is the single largest source of internet traffic worldwide, account for 6 percent of it? It's also kind of remarkable in the context that basically 30 large companies, like Microsoft and Facebook, account for 30 percent of the total. [NYT/ReadWriteWeb]
#remainders

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
If Robots Killed People, Soldiers Wouldn't Have To...Sweden Disappears from the Internet For a Day...Over 95% of People Screw Up Username and Password...Founder of Jedi Religion "Intimidated" By Shopkeepers More »
#crime

Stabbing Random 15-Year Old Girls Will Not Fix Your Internet Connection
Here is a troubleshooting tip from me to you—stabbing random 15-year old girls on the street will not fix your internet connection. Unfortunately, this advice comes to late for one troubled Swedish Starcraft player. More »
#internet

The Inventor of the Web Is Really Sorry About Destroying So Many Trees
Tim Berners-Lee, the guy who usually gets the cred for inventing the world wide web, says there is one thing he'd do differently if he did it all again: He'd dump the double slash that follows http in web addresses. More »
#crime

Our FBI Chief Is As Internet Savvy As Your Grandparents
FBI Director Robert Mueller revealed himself as an internet newbie yesterday when he admitted to nearly being duped by an email phishing scam. More »
#fcc

Why the FCC's Got AT&T and Verizon Scared Shitless
Remember net neutrality? Over a year after Comcast's torrent-killing ways turned it into a rallying cry for chest-slapping geek solidarity, it's back. But this time, it's got AT&T and Verizon scared shitless—and it might actually screw us over. More »
#profdealzmodo

Life Without Cable or Satellite TV Is Easier Than You Think
I only watch a handful of the 200+ DirecTV channels I pay for. To see whether I could survive without the pricey service, I simply went without it. I soon wondered why we all don't just turn off traditional TV. More »
#netneutrality

Comcast to FCC: FUZZOFF!
FCC's Julius Genachowski just took out his mighty sword to kill internet providers' greed-driven traffic filtering, and the fat cats are already attacking. A Comcast fat cat named David L. Cohen, who of course is playing the FUD card. More »
#netneutrality

FCC Wants to Ban Internet Traffic Screening, Anti-Torrent Measures
Julius Genachowski is the honorable Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. And Julius Genachowski is in to kick some telecommunications companies' ass, because he wants to introduce legislation to forbid content or traffic throttling. To avoid more comcasting, you know. More »
#data

This Is What It Would Take to Print the Entire Internet
Azzparently, if you printed all the pages in the web, it would take 45 million ink cartridges totaling half a million liters of ink sprayed over 700 square miles of paper made from 40,000 trees. It would also take: More »
#imagecache

Internet Distractions, In Order of Importance
The phone's ringing, but you've got a direct message from a hottie on Twitter. Oh, a Facebook message while you're watching kittens on video. What takes priority? Don't panic. This chart will guide you through the hierarchy of Internet distractions. More »
#imagecache

Here Is the First Photo of the Internet
Little knew Leonard Kleinrock that the first network connection at his UCLA lab was going to bring us this mayhem of tweets and tits we call the internet. It was all about the possibility of total thermonuclear holocaust, back then. More »
#rumorsmash

President Obama Isn't Really Trying to Take Over the Internet
It was pretty much the perfect story: The Senate introduced a bill that would let the President take over the entire internet during a crisis. Our online Weimar Republic is crumbling beneath the digital Führer! Minor catch: It wasn't true. More »
#music

Moonbell Creates "Beautiful" "Music" From the Lunar Surface
Moonbell, a surprisingly complex MIDI composer and visualizer that draws inspiration from lunar topographical data, poses a pressing question: Are there songs hidden in the moon's jagged geography? The answer depends heavily on your definition of the word "songs." More »
#chumby

New Chumby Model Spotted, Looks Retro-Adorable
Ryan Block, founder of gdgt (and possible alter ego of Mr. Blurrycam), spotted a new model of Chumby, the connected-widget desktop companion. He promises it's a little more square and alarm-clock-like, as well as smaller, than the previous version. More »
#torrents

Mininova Threatened With $1500 Fine For Each Link To an Illegal Torrent
Hugely popular torrent indexer Mininova has been slapped with a debilitating ruling, in the Netherlands: Within the next three months, the site has to remove all links to infringing torrents, after which it'll be fined 1000 Euros for each one. More »
#wifi

How to Find Free Wi-Fi, Wherever You Are (Just About)
Sadly, 4G isn't here yet and 3G ain't fast enough, so we still rely pretty hard on free Wi-Fi to get our internets out in the world. But what if you're not in range of a Starbucks? (It happens, occasionally.) More »
#fitness

The Webcycle Makes You Exercise For Your Internet
The Webcycle isn't the first time someone tried to motivate flabby nerds by either restricting their computer use or awkwardly integrating it into an exercise machine—but forcing you to pedal faster to increase internet throughput could be effective. More »
#broadband

Attention Portuguese People: You're About to Get the Fastest Broadband in the World
Portuguese ISP Zon Multimedia will devlier one gigabit of bandwidth to broadband customers come September. One gigabit! So, if you want a truly fast internet connection in 2009, you're better off moving to the Azores than, say, New York City. More »
#china

Chinese Internet Addiction Camp Beats Teen to Death
16-year-old Deng Senshan died after being beaten to death during "treatment" at an internet addiction camp found in Nanning. More »
#browsers

Firefox Achieves One Billion Downloads, 31% Marketshare
Firefox, the open-source upstart launched in 2004, is officially now a powerhouse, having been downloaded over one billion times in the last five years. Hell, it's prominent enough to attract the attention of the Secretary of State. More »
#robots

Insecure Emo Robot Musician Needs Our Attention
Cybraphon is an interactive, internet-connected musical art project that's sort of a riff on insecure emo bands—when more people online discuss it, it plays happier music, and when it's not getting enough attention, it gets melodramatic. More »
#att

You're Not Imagining It, AT&T Data's Borked
It's not just you, AT&T was having "data issues" that borked the internet in areas on the East Coast from Richmond up through New York. Supposedly, it should be coming back, if it's not already. [Thanks tipsters!]
#bing

Microsoft's 'Page Hunt' Online Game Helps Improve Bing
How good of a web surfer are you? Put your skills to the test with Microsoft's Page Hunt online game. Besides a nerdy sort of satisfaction, your queries will help improve the Bing search engine. More »
#verizon

Verizon Broadband Customers Get Free Boingo Wi-Fi
Verizon's now giving free Wi-Fi access at Boingo hotspots to Verizon broadband subscribers—current FiOS customers with at least 20Mbps packages and new ones who get the 25Mbps package, and new or current DSL customers with at least 3Mbps service. Woohoo? More »
#billgates

You're a Bigger Internet Nerd Than Bill Gates
Over 10,000 friend requests later, Bill Gates has sworn off Facebook. Fair enough, but he's "not that big at text messaging" and "not a 24-hour-a-day tech person," told a business forum in India. He even reads stuff on dead trees! "I read a lot and some of that reading is not on a computer." More »
#4chan

The Official Reason AT&T Blocked 4Chan
Fresh from the Mouth of AT&T, who looks like his Lord of the Rings counterpart, is the reason AT&T blocked 4chan. It was, as suspected, blamed on a DDoS attack from that IP address. Update: 4chan's moot confirms their account: More »

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