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Verizon, Verizon, Verizon—it seems they are determined to get some attention lately. We have seen the endless, but exciting Droid coverage, then earlier today we saw the BlackBerry Curve 8530 get announced. Now, it looks like Verizon is getting into the pre-paid data game. Which personally I have to say… Continue Reading »

The Federal Communications Commission is certainly upholding President Obama’s promise to fix some of the issues with Internet connections in the US.  Last week, there was the proposed ideas of Net Neutrality and this week it comes to broadband speed and penetration.  Turns out, as most of us already knew,… Continue Reading »

Thousands of night owl Facebook users got a surprise Tuesday night when they logged in and got a message saying they’d been chosen to beta test the new “Facebook Lite,” which was billed as a “faster, simpler” Facebook.  But just as suddenly as the “new” Facebook appeared it vanished, leaving… Continue Reading »

At times like this I am even happier being a Verizon FiOS customer, now in addition to the nice fast Internet speeds that I get at home, Verizon is going to be offering me free Wi-Fi while on the go courtesy of Boingo.  According to the details, Verizon has partnered… Continue Reading »

“U.S. Government Broadband, Inc. now bringing you the World Wide Web at lightning speeds.”  Wait - the U.S. Government provides broadband?  But, the Government isn’t a telecom—yet.  A member of the Obama Administration is supporting the idea of a U.S. tax-subsidized public broadband network.  Just imagine, high-speed internet everywhere, even… Continue Reading »

Remember the good old days when all we needed to worry about from our ISPs was net neutrality?  Those were great days when there were no caps on what we could use our Internet connection for, and we were scared it might turn into cable TV-like subscription.  Now not only… Continue Reading »

Cox Communications is introducing a new bandwidth management policy that is sure to have many of its users up in arms.  The cable and internet provider says it will begin ranking the importance of different kinds of internet use and then limit the bandwidth to those activities they consider low… Continue Reading »

Another item that Netgear announced at CES was the 3G Mobile Broadband Wireless Router, and this once again has a familiar Netgear design.  This is a little more interesting to see though, the wireless router is able to turn your 3G connection into a wireless hotspot.  This seems to be… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Hands on with the Netgear 3G Mobile Broadband Wireless Router

Fujitsu has recently unveiled the 3G-equipped LifeBook U820, which is priced from $1,199.  The U820 is a tablet style mini-notebook that features a 5.6-inch display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, 1GB of RAM, 120GB hard drive, 1.3-megapixel webcam, GPS, Bluetooth and a built-in card reader.  Additionally, the U820 can be… Continue Reading »

Hopefully you all read the first post on President-Elect Obama, technology and the future (if not, it is here) in which I started addressing what Obama’s election means for the world of tech.  Having looked at how Obama will work for an open Internet, I will now delve into Obama’s… Continue Reading »