In the wake of Sony's PlayStation Network intrusion and data theft of 100+ million accounts, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade is holding a hearing on the topic titled The Threat of Data Theft to American Consumers. Representatives of the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Secret Service, Center for Democracy and Technology, and Purdue University are being … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2011
Mess Around in Firefox’s About:Config? You Need This Add-on
The About:config panel in Firefox allows you access to hundreds of different settings that otherwise might not have an interface to configure them. It's one of Firefox's stronger features, in my opinion. Unfortunately, the Preference Name isn't always very descriptive. If you have Firefox 4 and use the About:config window, you should install the add-on, What's That Preference?, … [Read more...]
Comcast P2P Throttling Checks From Class-Action Lawsuit Settlement Should Have Arrived By Now
In December 2009, a class action lawsuit was brought against Comcast for its throttling of P2P connections by sending reset packets. You could join the class action suit if you were a Comcast customer in the middle of 2007. Comcast has settled out of court to the tune of $16 million in one of several ongoing P2P throttling class action lawsuits. You may be eligible for up to … [Read more...]
How To Make Your Blog Available For Subscription Through Amazon Kindle
Amazon has a program called Kindle Publishing for Blogs that allows your blog to be subscribed to and updates to be automatically delivered to subscribed Kindles. While the Kindle subscriptions won't make you rich, the program is a good way of getting your site out there and offers a convenient way for some of your visitors to keep up on your site. Kindle Blogs are … [Read more...]
AT&T U-Verse and DSL Bandwidth Caps Go Into Effect Today. Happy Net Loss Day!
Announced in March, today is the day when AT&T catches up with Comcast by also placing a monthly limit on how much bandwidth a customer can use from their "unlimited" services before facing steep overage charges. DSL customers will have a cap of 150 gigabytes per month and U-Verse customers will have a cap of 250 gigabytes per month, which matches Comcast's current limit. … [Read more...]