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New York Times reader out for Mac, still a bad idea

From Gizmodo:
Not so hot on the heels of its Microsoft-built Windows-based counterpart, the Times Reader beta has been made available for all members of NYTimes.com. Although a Silverlight install is required, it’s relatively painless and a small price to pay for Reader’s efficient news presentation and olde timey typefaces. There are no subscription fees for [...]

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Comcast disapproves of your media, so they slow it down

Cox and Comcast slow down the Internet traffic that they don’t like, according to the Max Plank Institute. It doesn’t matter if it’s legal — if you use BitTorrent, they throttle your downloads.
According to an IT World article posted to Slashdot:

The study, using more than 8,000 nodes worldwide to test [...]

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Journalists should care about net neutrality

If you value the free dissemination of ideas - if you believe that democracy requires a free press - if you prefer truth to truthiness - you should care about network neutrality.
First, the ever helpful sports metaphor.
You’re watching a Cubs game. It’s a nail biter - in the bottom of the ninth, your favorite [...]

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