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Submission + - Senator Arlen Specter becomes a Democrat (washingtonpost.com)

Submitted by Akido37 on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @02:41PM

Akido37 writes: Arlen Specter today announced that he's switching parties, and becoming a Democrat. This gives Democrats 59 seats in the Senate, and possibly 60 including Al Franken in Minnesota. While this comes as a surprise to many Republicans, it is not to moderate Republican Senator Olympia Snowe (ME), who said, "you haven't certainly heard warm encouraging words of how they [Republicans] view moderates. Either you are with us or against us."

Submission + - Time Warner expanding internet caps to new markets (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Akido37 on Thursday April 02, 2009 @11:15AM

Akido37 writes: Time Warner Cable is expanding its bandwidth capping program to new markets in Rochester, NY, Austin TX, San Antonio TX, and Greensboro, NC. It seems that they have been testing plans with 5, 10, 20, or 40GB of data transfer per month, with prices ranging from $30 to $55 a month.

According to Ars, Time Warner is exempting their own web services from this cap.

If you're a New York resident, you can make a complaint to the Attorney General's Office here: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/online_forms/complaint_alert.jsp

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