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Who does a Non-Neutral Internet Benefit?

Who really stands to gain if net neutrality loses? The answer is likely not as clear as one would suspect.

Musings on SPDY Protocol

So, yet another week, and another fairly large announcement from Google. They’ve been coming pretty fast and furious lately – the open-sourcing of both Closure and Chrome OS are two fairly recent developments. However, the one this post will focus on is the announcement that Google is working on a new application-level protocol, dubbed SPDY. [...]

Google Closure

Google just open sourced Closure, their robust JavaScript library. Closure is used in a variety of Google products, notably GMail and Google Docs. I had a chance to play with it for a few minutes, and I’m posting my first impressions. Google Closure is a fairly complete JavaScript framework. In that sense, it duplicates a [...]

Would Google Buy TiVo?

It’s no secret that TiVo has it’s struggles in it’s market. TiVo faces pressure from competing products offered through cable and satellite providers, and it’s a product that’s useful for watching TV, which is losing popularity as users switch more to the internet and other media, such as video games. What does TiVo have going [...]

Chrome, Freaking Chrome

  I recently wrote of the merits of Opera 9.5, which is a truly pleasant browsing experience. However, and somewhat unexpectedly, Google just yesterday released a new browser, Chrome, which I believe changes the game. Being the browser junkie that I am, I downloaded it within hours of being released. From Google’s own admission, Chrome [...]