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Greg’s bite: Net Neutrality, Stuxnet, Vista 7 phone

By Greg Mills

The FCC voted 2 to 3 to make the new rules regarding wired “Net Neutrality” official. It won’t be know for some time if they even had the authority, since the radio waves are not in use for wired Internet, but the principles of the rules may be adopted by Congress, anyway. The Internet wants to be free of censorship by ISPs and not be controlled by carriers of broadband service.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Dec. 21

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Verizon says  FiOS TV customers who also have Apple’s iPad can now download and use Verizon’s free FiOS Mobile application, which lets customers manage their DVRs and browse FiOS video-on-demand (VOD) offers remotely, plus turn their Apple tablet into a remote control for their HD set-top boxes.  

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Greg’s bite: Net Neutrality and Apple

By Greg Mills

The FCC is preparing to make rules for what is called “Net Neutrality.” This is important to those of us who use the Internet and particularly those who might want to innovate in new services related to broadband, like Apple.  

There will likely be a vote today, and it is expected the FCC will move to ban wired broadband Internet providers from blocking or slowing down traffic they don’t like. The notion is to make wired broadband unrestricted by ISPs to the benefit of streaming services.

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Greg’s bite: apps that call home

By Greg Mills

The day computers began to communicate with each other was an ominous day in the ongoing development of technology. No one could have realized the ramifications that would be the result of that connection.

The Internet, in its inception, was the linking of computers limited to the military and colleges.  Slowly more and more computers were hooked up. Then the age of personal computers was born in a garage in California and you know the rest.

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