Monday, November 7th, 2011
Microsoft has declared war on "grey mail."
Grey mail is that legitimate email that you receive but you don't really want. Hotmail has introduced a set of tools to help weed out your inbox full of this unwanted garbage.
Beautiful infographic by Microsoft to illustrate the concept:
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Great news for bloggers and website owners. The FBI “Anti-Piracy Warning Seal” is being extended to all content--not just movies and music. Even personal websites can display the logo now without violating the federal law. (The federal law pushes a maximum six-month sentence and other penalties for using the insignia without FBI approval.) Prior to this moment only certain content organizations could use the insignia--namely Recording Industry Association of America, Business Software Alliance, Entertainment Software Association, Software & Information Industry Association, and of course the Motion Picture Association of America.
Saturday, February 19th, 2011
A new website was released by the The National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission to show broadband connectivity across the US. Surprisingly, the web map documents how much of the US is not broadband connected. The map was constructed from approximately 25 million documents that outline connection data across the country.
The areas that have the best connection to the broadband web are the Eastern Seaboard, Pacific Northwest, Bay Area, Chicago and surrounding areas, and Southland. Much of the Mountain West and Southwest (including large parts of Northern California are large disconnected spaces.
Web designers and developers can connect to the map data through an API.