Category: Internet

Business Internet

Comcast could soon launch its own WiFi-powered mobile service

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As reported on Engadget. BY STEVE DENT With companies like Verizon pushing into its broadband turf, Comcast may be pushing back with its own mobile network, according to a report from The Information. Insiders claim that,like Google, it’s considering a service that would work using a combination of Comcast’s million+ WiFi hotspots and leased cellular capacity from other operators. Those could include Verizon, with which it already has a deal in place for wholesale network access. In addition, it has over…

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Automotive Internet

Tesla Pays Telefonica Millions To Power In-Car Wireless In UK, Germany, Spain, Holland

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Ingrid Lunden Those with a sharp eye who visited the Geneva motor show or who own a Model S in Europe may have already noticed a connection between Telefonica and Tesla by way of the “car connected by Telefonica” signs on the sides of cars, or through the in-car navigation system that played Spanish ads. Now the two are making it official: Telefonica says that it will be providing the wireless connectivity for Tesla…

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Internet News

Snowden: The NSA Is Setting Fire To The Future Of The Internet

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex Wilhelm Today at the SXSW conference, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden joined the event digitally to speak about mass surveillance. Since his revelations began to spill last summer, Snowden has been a lightning rod for discussion regarding the proper role of government, and how we handle privacy as a kind. In his remarks regarding the need for more consumer-friendly encryption, Snowden condemned the NSA, his former employer, and its leaders. Painting…

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Internet

.Guru, .Bike, .Singles And 4 Other Domains Will Open For Business Tomorrow

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As reported TechCrunch. by Frederic Lardinois If you are looking for a good domain name, your choices are about to get more interesting. Starting tomorrow, you’ll be able to register a .bike, .clothing, .guru, .holdings, .plumbing, .singles and .ventures domain name through numerous registrarsworldwide. Last year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) already made four new gTLDs in Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic scripts available, but this is the first time new gTLDs will become…

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Government Internet Security

If You Used This Secure Webmail Site, the FBI Has Your Inbox

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As reported on Wired. BY KEVIN POULSEN Photo: Peter Earl McCollough/WIRED   While investigating a hosting company known for sheltering child porn last year the FBI incidentally seized the entire e-mail database of a popular anonymous webmail service called TorMail. Now the FBI is tapping that vast trove of e-mail in unrelated investigations. The bureau’s data windfall, seized from a company called Freedom Hosting, surfaced in court papers last week when prosecutors indicted a Florida man…

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Culture Internet

Switched On: The next steps for digital wellness, part one

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As reported on Engadget. BY ROSS RUBIN  Some of today’s leading wearable devices are, at their core, little more than souped-up pedometers. Their once-dim monochrome LCD screens have migrated from atoms to bits that connect to the internet, allowing them to display information in a more engaging way and track it over time. They have been a big win for output, but with essentially the same input. Indiegogo in particular has been a fertile launchpad for…

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Film Internet

Why Her Will Dominate UI Design Even More Than Minority Report

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As reported on Wired. BY KYLE VANHEMERT The future we see in Her is one where technology has dissolved into everyday life.   A few weeks into the making of Her, Spike Jonze’s new flick about romance in the age of artificial intelligence, the director had something of a breakthrough. After poring over the work of Ray Kurzweil and other futurists trying to figure out how, exactly, his artificially intelligent female lead should operate, Jonze arrived at a critical…

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Business Internet

Onboard JetBlue’s first Fly-Fi flight, with the fastest internet in the air

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As reported on Engadget. BY ZACH HONIG On a flight yesterday from JFK to Austin, JetBlue finally decided to flip the switch onFly-Fi, giving lucky passengers an early look at the airline’s next-generation in-flight WiFi for the very first time. A flight attendant announced the service — which is free until 30 planes are retrofitted — and passengers seated around me pulled out their laptops, tablets and smartphones and tried to hop online. Unfortunately, a recent update caused…

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Government Internet

The story behind the company contracted to make the buggy Healthcare.gov website

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As reported on The Verge. By Dante D’Orazio  It’s no secret that the Healthcare.gov website — which is home to Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges — hasn’t had a smooth launch. The company that won the $93.7 million contract to construct the site is CGI Federal, a subsidary of a Canadian firm called CGI Group. Blame for the botched launch has largely settled on the company, the contractors it hired to complete the job, and the bureaucratic system that awards…

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Internet

Researchers achieve 100 Gbps over sub-terahertz wireless, set world record

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos 100 Gbps over fiber is old news, but those same speeds achieved wirelessly? That’s a first. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology have managed to use sub-terahertz waves (237.5 GHz, in this case) to transmit data over 20 meters at 100 gigabits per second. Since the experiment used only a single-input and single-output setup, TG Daily notes multiple data streams could boost the bandwidth. This isn’t the first time the group’s dabbled in incredibly-fast wireless…

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