News with the same tag "internet"
27. June 2008

The History of the Internet

Fifty years ago, in response to the surprise Soviet launch of Sputnik, the U.S. military set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency. It would become the cradle of connectivity, spawning the era of Google and YouTube, of Amazon and Facebook, of the ... more
21. April 2008

WGA Letter about bad, evil Fi-Core Writers

This is a funny, tongue in cheek take on the very real letter sent out by the WGA regarding fi-core writers: Dear Fellow Members of the Writers Guilds East, West, Bed, Bath & Beyond: During our 100-day strike, which... more
08. February 2008

Five Ton Anchor Caused Cable Cut

Flag Telecom has found an abandoned anchor at one of the cut cables, between the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Will this stop the conspiracy theories? more
07. February 2008

Cut four undersea cables, shame on you, cut a fifth, ... conspiracy?

a fifth undersea cable has now been reported as cut, responsible for knocking Iran and a few other million people mostly off the interwebs. Things were already looking awfully suspicious when a fourth undersea cable in the Mediterranean was cut yeste... more