Google Inc. and two nonprofit partners Wednesday launched a Web site that lets consumers test their Internet connections to reveal possible interference and traffic management by service providers. Read more…
Archive for January, 2009
A cool iPhone t-shirts as designed by Leonardo da Vinci. They have a pretty-pretty hand screen-printed poster too. Read more…
Hundreds of ISPs all over the world limit and restrict BitTorrent traffic on their networks. Unfortunately, most companies are not very open about their network management solutions. With a newly launched website, Google is now helping out by supporting applications that distinguish the good ISPs from the bad. Read more…
Government proposals aimed at boosting the UK’s digital and communications industries are due to be outlined. Read more…
The Royal Navy’s new Type 45 destroyer – HMS Daring – arrives in its home port of Portsmouth for the first time. Read more…
Toyota’s third-generation Prius, due at dealerships this spring, will have an optional solar panel on its roof. The panel will power a ventilation system that can cool the car without help from the engine, Toyota says. Read more…
Significantly increasing the utility and competitiveness of its Web-based e-mail service, Google is enabling an experimental ability to read, write, and search Gmail messages even while not connected to the network. Read more…
New research reveals shock-waves storms echoing across an exoplanet. Read more…
Astronomers used Playstation 3 consoles to study black hole vibrations. Read more…
The unique planetary nebula NGC 2818 is nested inside the open star cluster NGC 2818A. Both the cluster and the nebula reside over 10,000 light-years… Read more…