Tag: FCC
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‘Net Neutrality’ is a horrible idea and this is why you don’t want it
It may surprise you and I expect I will probably get some nasty e-mails about this but I am not a supporter of this Net Neutrality movement that everybody is up in arms about. While I agree that we have some serious problems with our current system ranging from cable company monopolies to crazy prices for…
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Congress passes CALM Act, loud TV commercials to die
Image via Wikipedia People have been complaining about the volume of TV commercials since the 1960s and something is finally being done about it. Congress has passed the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act which finally gives the FCC the power to make advertisers stop trying to shock us into paying attention to their commercials…
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Global Geek News Podcast #62
Here are the shownotes for episode #62 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: No linking to Japanese newspaper without permission eBook piracy surges after iPad launch iPhone OS 4.0 brings multitasking, ads Study: Your kids will use touchscreens by 2015 Silverlight…
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Global Geek News Podcast #47
Here are the shownotes for episode #47 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: EA CEO: Digital game sales will overtake console numbers next year Windows 7 share grows at XP’s expense Unconfirmed: Amazon’s secret play in the retail space TV executives…
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Global Geek News Podcast #43
Here are the shownotes for episode #43 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Only 3% of Americans think it should be legal to text while driving 5 million Star Trek pirates vs 1 FCC broadband plan uTorrent 2.0 to eliminate the…