Comment Little known....? (Score 1) 29
Who the fuck came up with this headline?
Girl Quits On Dry Erase Board a Hoax 147
suraj.sun writes "It's the same old story: young woman quits, uses dry erase board and series of pictures to let entire office know the boss is a sexist pig, exposes his love of playing FarmVille during work hours." Story seem too good to be true? It probably is, at least according to writer Peter Kafka. Even so, Jay Leno and Good Morning America have already reached out to "Jenny."
Comment Re:Vendor FUD or Real? (Score 1) 72
It is always wise to be considerate of potential FUD, but you also have to realize that Sophos is a for-profit company, and the likelihood of them publishing a list of information that helps them to follow their for-profit program is highly unlikely. It would be like asking Coke to publish their secret recipe.....
HD Video Could 'Choke the Internet'? 629
richdun writes "Yahoo! is carrying an AP story explaining how ISPs are worried large streaming videos could 'choke the Internet.' This is used as a yet another reason for tiered pricing for access to content providers." From the article: "Most home Internet use is in brief bursts -- an e-mail here, a Web page there. If people start watching streaming video like they watch TV -- for hours at a time -- that puts a strain on the Internet that it wasn't designed for, ISPs say, and beefing up the Internet's capacity to prevent that will be expensive. To offset that cost, ISPs want to start charging content providers to ensure delivery of large video files, for example."
