F.C.C., in ‘Net Neutrality’ Turnaround, Plans to Allow Fast Lane WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission will propose new rules that allow Internet service providers to offer a faster lane through which to send video and other content to consumers, as long as a content company is willing to pay for it, according to people briefed on… Read More »
The next Windows 8 update could be called Windows 8.2 According to popular Microsoft beta scene group WZOR, which has accurately delivered copious amounts of news, screenshots, and leaks regarding the development of various versions of Microsoft Windows all the way from the Windows Vista days to today, Microsoft is planning on releasing the next update to Windows… Read More »
Gmail Scans Your Emails for More Targeted Ads (Here’s How to Limit What You See) Google recently updated their TOS to reflect the email scanning practices they use in Gmail, which are used to display more relevant ads, among other things. The actual scanning of Gmail emails is nothing new, but the update to Google’s terms of service… Read More »
Important — if you’re not using Google Chrome, you won’t see some of the images on this page. WebP is a new image format that take huge images and reduces the file sizes to about 1/4 of the original image without making the picture smaller or changing its quality. It may be awhile before Firefox and IE render… Read More »
Microsoft continues to commit blunder after blunder — now it appears Microsoft is trying to get back the past — the next major Windows Update will make Windows 8 like Windows 7. Customers are exasperated – many people are throwing their hands up and starting to look for an alternative to Microsoft Windows. Yes of course there’s Apple… Read More »
Google develops computer vision accurate enough to solve its own CAPTCHAs Google has cracked the CAPTCHA. In a paper published this week, Google researchers say that they’ve developed an algorithm that can accurately solve Google’s own CAPTCHA puzzles — those obfuscated jumbles of letters and numbers you type in on websites to prove that you’re human —… Read More »