Any time something weighing 2,000kg gets boosted into orbit it’s something of a spectacle. The fact that any of the rockets sent into space work is something I’ve always found astonishing. It’s a testament to good failover and cutout design, as there’s a vast array of things that can fail.
India seems to be […]

In a feat almost unheard of Microsoft is listening to it’s customers and taking steps to support ODF.
They’re sponsoring a French partner company to create a connector software that will allow saving to and reading from ODF files in MS Office.  And offering it with a BSD license.
The only baffling part is why it took […]

Ignoring the reality of the situation, Massachusetts politicians are hammering down on.. er.. a document format. That’s right folks. You’re paying them to be incenssed over a format.
A format which, I might add, is perfectly usable and doesn’t really have any downside. Only it doesn’t restrict the user to Microsoft’s software.
Anyone can […]

So you’ve always wanted to run a blog.  But you don’t have the time to actually do the whole get-em-running-and-hosted-and-listed thing.
Well.  You’re in luck!  Dan over at Boston Web Properties (BWP) is looking to fill a few vacancies.  Hit ‘em up!
NEGeek, as you may have noticed, runs on the network and it’s been a pretty […]

Looks like the Chinese .gov is planning even tougher regulations on internet use for the mainland.
They want to control all forms of communication. What they plan to do with this is anyone’s guess… it doesn’t really seem necessary to prop up the dictatorship and definatley pisses off the populace.
So. Looks like we’ll have […]

The semi-annual (these days, leastways) HOPE conference (Hackers Over Planet Earth? HOtel PEnnsylvania? Who knows!) is coming up and I’ll once again be working network setup. Which is generally a fairly good time…
I’m intent on impressing upon whoever does the wireless this year that those little antenna thingies? They go up […]

One thing that’s always good for users is competition, and it looks like the push media industry might be seeing a bit more of it.
I’ve kept half an eye on the growing Verizon vs. the Cable Cos story going on, but someone with far more of an interest in it (Patrick) shot over a note […]

DC Parris has once again assumed the podium to give us his insightful look into Net Neutraility.
DC makes an excellent argument to oppose a law currently being brought before the Congress.  It would affect all of our abilities to host content and let bandwith providers charge an additional tax on internet traffic at every leg […]

Out of Boston comes some news on a sage decision from Google.
Instead of foolishly creating its own browser, Google has decided to rely on the browsers of others.  Maybe Microsoft could take a page from that book and focus on core competencies instead of constantly chasing the Next Big Thing ™.
BostonHerald.com - Technology News: Google […]

Looks like America isn’t the only country fighting a turf war over civil liberties. Over in the UK they’re passing a law to give authorities the ability to force the disclosure of encryption keys.
Two problems there. How do you prove someone has an encryption key? Because they’ve got encrypted data? Hardly a […]