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Net Neutrality: Follow the Money

The freedom from government interference rallying cry has been echoed by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz), who just happens to be the biggest beneficiary of political contributions from telecommunications companies according to data provided by the Sunlight Foundation. Last Friday McCain introduced the Internet Freedom Act, which would prohibit the FCC from “proposing, promulgating, or issuing any...

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“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

– Albert Einstein (via kari-shma)

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A Bicycle Trip - Short movie by Lorenzo Veracini, Nandini Nambiar e Marco Avoletta

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Sen. McCain And Net Neutrality →

hunsonisgroovy: Senator John McCain has apparently decided to take up the issue of “net neutrality,” and, in a piece of legislation that’s been bought and paid for by the telecom industry, the former presidential candidate has fashioned the “Internet Freedom Act.” This legislation keeps alive the recent tradition of ironically named laws. What the “Internet Freedom Act” would do is to allow...

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“Unconsciously, everyone expects a startup to be like a job, and that explains...”

– Paul Graham

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Oct 26th

Microsoft borrows Apple Store concepts

This shows that Microsoft has a fundamental misunderstanding of their own product. No one buys Windows or a PC because of the name Microsoft, or because they think they’re particularly well-designed or good-looking products, people buy PCs because they need a computer that is cheap and will do what they need it to do. The method of buying a computer for the average PC buyer is the same as...

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