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Phorm Phudged

October 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments

virgin-mediaThree of the UK’s biggest internet service providers - Virgin Media, BT and TalkTalk - allegedly sell your private web browsing history to an advertising broker using a system called Phorm. The contents of every web page you visit, apparently,…

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Word Domination

October 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments

anglo-speakIf you are reading the original English version, albeit with a quasi-transatlantic twang, then you probably think of English as being the lingua franca of global communications. After all, in almost every sphere of human endeavor, the world over, it seems…

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Double Broadband Speed for Free

September 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

double-broadband-speedMy home office is on cable broadband. First had it installed almost a decade ago and have gradually been speed upgraded through to company buyouts - Cambridge Cable to ntl to VirginMedia - during that time. But, Speedtest.net and its…

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Throttled by Your ISP

May 28th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Bit Torrent logoThe software, music, and movie industries have shouted loud and clear about their apparently imminent demise caused by online file sharing for years and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are falling over backwards to find an excuse to cap broadband download…

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SQT: Great Firewall of China

March 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Saturday Quick Tip logoDespite assertions in the Western media, people in China can still get all the news about Tibet and other sensitive issues they like. However, don’t waste time searching on Youtube for video clips or in Google News. A search for…

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