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The Results Are In — Your ISP is Probably Cheating You Out of Bandwidth
The results of the Federal Communications Commission’s study are in — and you’re probably not getting what you expect from your ISP. Continue reading
Human Body Parts Now Being Used To Transmit Broadband Data
If tubes, wires and air data isn’t enough to wrap your fleshy human mass around, Researchers at Korea University in Seoul have successfully accomplished something that might change the world, but probably won’t. They’ve successfully transmitted broadband data through a human arm at speeds up to 10 mb/s. The data is transferred using two electrodes placed on their skin 30 centimetres apart, so there’s no need for any funky implants. Just pure human data transfer. Jacking into the matrix seems one step... Continue reading
Comcast Lays Down The Law
If you’re one of the few that hasn’t already switched to Verizon because Comcast kept throttling your Internet connection while you were trying to torrent, get this: Come October 1st, Comcast will be implementing a 250GB monthly cap as part of their shift toward “protocol agnostic” network management. Comcast is still making plans on how they want to screw their customers over, like having the notion to consider charging $15 per 10GB over the monthly cap or banning your internet... Continue reading
Steampunk “Telescope” Links London and NYC
We celebrated the 125th birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge last night and boy was it a party. We had some drinks, mingled a bit and eventually watched a guy named Paul St. George bring in a huge Telectroscope. The Telectroscope, in theory, is supposed to let people from London and NYC look at each other via an undersea tunnel with a complex mirror setup. Luckily, it’s all a crock of crap and it really works using two webcams and a... Continue reading
Pioneer connects audio system and motion-sensing speakers over power line
Audio system manufacturers have been brainstorming for so long the best way to connect speakers with the audio system. The traditional way is the copper wire, now we can do it over WiFi and Bluetooth. The problem with these wireless technologies is that they have limited coverage and they are subject to interference, there are also people concerned with the potential health hazards associated with 24-7 EM wave exposure. Pioneer Japan announced this morning a new line of audio systems... Continue reading
NewSoft WMS100 Wireless Portable Projector Adaptor cleans up your tangles
Some of the entertainment systems we’ve seen are a pure mess. The tangle of wires is not only an eyesore, but a safety and quality hazard. If you hate those balls of wires as much as we do, the NewSoft WMS100 Wireless Projector Adaptor could help you in taking care of that problem. The WMS100 links wirelessly to any projector through a laptop running off of a WiFi network, letting the laptop transmit data wirelessy thorough the wonders of broadband.... Continue reading
