A DSL filter is a small device used attached in-line in order to help filter out and clean any kind of line interference to any kind of regular phone equipment. This device, which is also known as a micro-filter, is used when the DSL service shares the same line as the telephone. A DSL filter may...
The FCC or Federal Communications Commission loses to Comcast in a lawsuit filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday. This is a landmark case which decided the FCC lacks the authority to require equal treatment of broadband providers over internet...
The Digital Millennium Copyright ACT (DMCA) is one of the best-known and most-controversial pieces of legislation passed in recent years. It has had a greater impact on the Web than virtually any other piece of legislation and is largely responsible for much of the Web we see today. One of the...
Even as little as seven years ago, trying to obtain video on the Internet, much less watching a movie, was a complete nightmare. With much of the Internet still on dialup, it could take hours to download even a three minute music video, days for a feature-length film. Furthermore, the video-watching...
Anyone who reads about the Internet will encounter two terms: wireless and broadband. However, WiMax is a standard that actually merges the two, and takes the best of both worlds.Like Broadband, WiMax is very fast and can deliver large amounts of data. But it does this through a wireless connection,...
Viruses, spyware and other kinds of unwanted software (collectively referred to as Malware) have not made the news headlines in the past few years, with the possible exception of the "Conflicker" worm earlier this year. Part of this is because they are no longer "new", a key element to being...
An ISP, which stands for Internet Service Provider, is a company that provides its subscribers with access to the internet in exchange for a monthly or yearly subscription fee. An ISP can provide different types of internet access. It could be something as basic as a dial-up service to faster...
Internet users are buzzing over the appearance of something called "Facebook Lite," a new service that's apparently being beta tested by Facebook. Some users received a message that they were invited to test it out, but were frustrated when the link didn't work. There's a reason for that: It was...
