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Why Uploading Is Slower Than Downloading
David Weinberger | Posted 10.03.2009 | Technology
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We download faster than we upload because of economics, not physics. The business models of telephone and cable companies got written into a physical infrastructure that favors downloads over uploads.
Landing a Clean Energy Victory
Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics
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The clean energy race is the space race of our time. Yet so much more is at stake.
Will It Take a Democratic President to Leave the Digital TV Switch to the Free Market?
Eric Deggans | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business
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Why is the government that supposedly values the free market system above all forcing the TV industry to rush into a new broadcast technology, regardless of whether the market is ready?
The Need for a Performance Right
Ann Chaitovitz | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment
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Because we do not have a performance right, performers, labels, and our economy) lose more than 100M dollars annually that is collected overseas for the broadcasts of U.S. recordings.
Hello, Mr. Obasanje? The Doctor Will Text You Now
Shari Cohen | Posted 01.05.2009 | World
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People in Asia and Africa are leading the way in how they access and use their cell phones. It's amazing to see someone living in a mud hut, with oil lamps for lighting, and there's a cell phone on the table.
Friday Talking Points [51] -- Some Positivity
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
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While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...
Frustrated With TV Ads? Run Your Own for $6
Ryan Kauffman | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media
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Instead of having content generated in studios, financed with giant bankrolls, and distributed to the masses on a limited number of channels, SaysMe is encouraging you to attack the media world asymmetrically.
Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
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Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...
Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media
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McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.
FISA: It's Time For Some Accountability
Kevin Powell | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics
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I cannot sit idly by and watch Congress cut backroom deals on warrantless wiretapping. I urge all Congresspeople of conscious to reject any bill that would grant big telephone companies immunity.
Debate Questions I'd (Still) Like To Ask
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
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Unfortunately these questions remain largely unanswered, almost two months after the last debate.
Ruptures Call Safety Of Internet Cables Into Question
International Herald Tribune | Heather Timmons | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
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Four undersea communication cables have been cut in the past week, raising questions about the safety of the oceanic network that handles the bulk of ...
Dodd Prepares To Filibuster Warrantless Surveillance Bill
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
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Senator Chris Dodd is poised to take the Senate floor in an effort to derail a measure that would grant immunity to telecommunication companies that h...
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