The New York Times reports on the National Broadband Map that the Department of Commerce posted yesterday. From the National Broadband Map website: "The National Broadband Map (NBM) is a searchable and interactive website that allows users to view broadband availability across every neighborhood in the United States. The NBM was created by the National Telecommunications and … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
Windows System Control Center – All Your Windows Utilities In One Portable App
Looking for a portable solution to easily carry around all those Windows troubleshooting Sysinternal tools and NirSoft Utilities? Well then, the Windows System Control Center is the tool for you. Just download the less than 2MB portable tool to your USB drive and you're ready to go. It comes in a PortableApps edition, U3 edition, or your standard, single executable portable … [Read more...]
Windows Live Essentials 2011
The other evening, I found myself needing Windows Movie Maker and was surprised to find that it was not bundled with Windows 7 and it had been with earlier operating systems. With a quick search, I tracked it down to being contained within the Windows Live Essentials 2011 bundle. … [Read more...]
Appreciating the Electronic Frontier Foundation On Its 21st Birthday
From my experience, the legal and technical realms are two of the most difficult subjects to master. When the two cross, say with the topic of civil rights on the Internet, it's really getting into uncharted territory. Fortunately, we Internet users have advocates on our side. Whether the issue is net neutrality or copyright infringement or if the bad guys are intellectual … [Read more...]
Google Releases Search Results Blocklist Chrome Extension, Crowd-Source Ranking Next?
Google announced via the Official Google Blog and Google Chrome Blog today that it has released an experimental extension for the Google Chrome browser that allows you to selectively filter your Google Search results by domain. With the specific goal of reducing content farm spam, Google is letting individuals take control over their search results after a rough past couple … [Read more...]