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Ok, I’ll admit it. I detest speed cameras. But it’s not because I tend to speed when I’m driving, because I really don’t.
The reason I don’t like them is because they’re used primarily to pad the coffers of the municipalities that install them, not make the roads safer.
If they truly helped save lives, I’d be all for them. But numerous studies have determined that, as with red light cameras, they do very little to enhance driver safety. [Read more…]
Are you confused about the entire “Net Neutrality” thing that’s been in the news recently? If so, you certainly aren’t alone.
The big advantage that the Internet has always had over other methods of media and content distribution is the way the playing field was level for everybody who wanted to play the game. All players had equal access at all times.
If you wanted to open an Internet-based business, all you had to do was build a website and then you could immediately start selling your goods or services to the public. [Read more…]
If your home or office has multiple Wi-Fi devices and you’d like to be able to use most or all of them at the fastest speeds possible, then Netgear has just announced the router for you!
In a nutshell, this router will put your Wi-Fi connection on steroids!
The Netgear Nighthawk AC3200 X6 is the first tri-band router to hit the market. It’s 600Mbps 2.4GHz band and two 1300Mbps 5GHz bands provide a whopping 3200Mbps of simultaneously usable bandwidth. This means that more 5GHz devices can share your Wi-Fi network without experiencing a slow-down in Wi-Fi speed. [Read more…]
Most folks are now aware of the nasty CryptoLocker ransomeware virus and have learned how to avoid it, but now its equally nasty successor has arrived on the scene.
Like CryptoLocker before it, CryptoWall takes over your PC and encrypts all the files on the hard drive, then demands that the user pay a hefty ransom in order to have the files un-encrypted. Only this time the ransom is even higher.
The CryptoWall ransom starts out at a whopping $500, then doubles every three days until the user finally gives in and pays the ransom.
To prove that they can indeed un-encrypt your files, the hackers behind CryptoWall will offer to un-encrypt just one of your files for free.
The best way to deal with the CryptoWall threat is to avoid getting it in the first place and be prepared just in case you fall victim to it anyway. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Last month Comcast announced that they plan to place a monthly cap on users’ Internet data usage, then charge their customers an extra fee if they exceed it. They also announced that the data cap will be rolled out across the country over time.
Well, the company has just released a list of the unlucky regions that will be subjected to the cap first, and here it is: [Read more…]