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<morning.blargh> Network Neutrality Interests Senators And Moonie-Owned Newspapers Alike 13 June 2006 | Nate Anderson The original draft of the Senate Commerce Committee's new telecommunications legislation contained no provisions for network neutrality, instead directing the FCC to produce a yearly report on the topic. Needless to say, yearly FCC reports were not what the proponents of network neutrality had hoped for; they wanted legislative action, and it looked like they would be disappointed. In the month since, the Senate has discovered an interest in the topic, though, and Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK) now believes that more can and should be done to ensure that consumers are able to access any web sites and services on the Internet without degradation. [Read More...] it was the usual story: things were going great as they were until the government came in and fucked it all up. Microsoft Throws Windows 98 Users To The Wolves 14 June 2006 | Nick Farrell After six years in the marketplace, Microsoft has finally had enough of supporting Windows 98 and is abandoning it to the hackers. In the last batch of security patches, the Vole steadfastly refused to patch a hole in Windows 98 but did so for Windows 2000, XP and Windows server. [Read More...] opening the source of no-longer-commercially-viable OS versions would solve this right as rain. Bulls Get Simulated Cows At Farmers' Fair 14 June 2006 | Reuters Wellington - Live "sex shows" of bulls mounting a simulated cow have become a big attraction at an agricultural exhibition taking place in New Zealand. The fake 'cow' -- a small go-kart with natural cowhide on its roof -- was developed by Ambreed New Zealand Ltd. to collect semen from bulls more safely and efficiently and improve artificial breeding of cows. [Read More...] yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-haw! </morning.blargh> -- Posted by sku11fukkr to The Blargh at 6/14/2006 04:19:00 PM |
