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  • Time to get on your SOPA box and act...

    • 23 Nov 2011
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    PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

    All About SOPA, the Bill That Wants to Cripple Your Internet

    SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, is another one of those bills that sounds like it's going to do something mildly positive but, in reality, has serious potential to negatively change the internet as we know it. It puts power in the hands of the entertainment industry to censor sites that allegedly "engage in, enable or facilitate" copyright infringement. This language vague enough to encompass sites you use every day, like Twitter and Facebook, making SOPA a serious problem. Here's how it works and what you can do about it.

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  • The Opte Project : a Fractal Dandelion

    • 20 Nov 2011
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    In 2004 Barrett Lyon’s friends bet him $50 that he couldn’t map the entire Internet in a day. Within two weeks the self-described technologist and entrepreneur had created a program that could output a detailed visualization of Internet connectivity in a few hours. Seven years and billions more Internet-connected devices later, Lyon is still at it. This cosmic-looking image, one of his newest creations, traces the millions of routes along which data can travel and pinpoints the hubs receiving the most traffic.

     

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    Internet giants such as AT&T and Google manage the most heavily used networks, which appear here as glowing yellow orbs; they tend to concentrate in the center of the sphere. The less popular local networks (red) sit on the periphery. Although Lyon’s visualizations have appeared in computing textbooks and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, he says he has yet to collect on his bet.

     

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  • Hexiom Connect

    • 28 Oct 2011
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    via silvergames.com

     

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  • The Internet Of Things

    • 19 Sep 2011
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    "This infographic provides a snapshot of how the number of connected devices has exploded since the birth of the Internet and the PC, as well as a glimpse forward to 2020. The Internet may be huge, but it’s going to get alot bigger. According to infographic below, there will be 31 billion devices and 4 billion people will be connected to the internet by 2020."
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  • Free Oldies Music

    • 24 Aug 2011
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    Music from the '50's-8o's...all genres, via Playa Cofi Jukebox

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  • The Internet of Things

    • 1 Aug 2011
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    "When we think of being connected to the Internet, our minds immediately shift to our computers, phones, and most recently tablets. In 2008, the number of devices connected to the Internet exceeded the number of people on Earth.

    That’s right. There are more devices tapping into the Internet than people on Earth to use them. How is this possible?

    The infographic below provides a visual representation of the increase in “things” connected to the Internet. With this increase, how will you prepare your network for the future ?"

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  • The Zettabytes Are Coming ! ! !

    • 1 Jul 2011
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  • Digital 'Toons

    • 3 Apr 2011
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  • Dj Panos - ULTRA LOUNGE - It had better be tonight

    • 29 Mar 2011
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    Ultra Lounge - It Had Better Be Tonight by Dj Panos on Mixcloud

     

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  • How Does Age Affect Web Use?

    • 28 Mar 2011
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