The fundamental building blocks of the Internet started off with no security and they remain that way today because it’s so difficult to implement change on a living system. The result is that anyone on the Internet can hijack anyone else.

One of the themes of the Free Culture Movement, especially its variant called open source software, is the idea of “the community,” which eschews the claims of property rights in the name of collective achievement, and rewards its members in the form of accolades and reputation.  Indeed, Harvard’s Yochai Benkler made his academic bones with [...]

Should the government ban the “free” shipping service offered through “Amazon Prime?” What about Wal-Mart’s announcement last week that they would provide free shipping through Christmas on thousands of different items in response to the success Amazon has had? A key proposal from “Net Neutrality” lobbyists is that the government should prohibit Internet content providers from offering free delivery.

Facebook launches new messaging system and personalized email addresses.

The Story of Electronics is a viral video that examines the way electronics are made.

Oliver Kreylos has produced one of the most amazing demonstrations of true 3D video I’ve ever seen using an off-the-shelf Microsoft Kinect. This is not the cheesy stereoscopic tacky “3D” moniker being affixed to recent movie titles but actual video footage that you can rotate in three dimensional space.

And what free market conservative said the following? “We should allow network operators and services and content providers to explore innovative business models,” ___ said at a meeting on net neutrality held by the European Commission and Parliament. She said countries should avoid rules that deter companies from investing in their networks. And the answer [...]

Bennett takes a look at a recent FCC filing for comments on Further Inquiry into Two Under-Developed Issues in the Open Internet Proceeding. The filing in question was signed by Steve Wozniak, Bob Frankston, David Isenberg, and David Reed amongst others.

In what may be the final round of comments in the Federal Communications Commission’s Net Neutrality inquiry, I offered some closing thoughts, including: Does the U.S. really rank 15th — or even 26th — in the world in broadband? No. The U.S. generates and consumes substantially more IP traffic per Internet user and per capita than [...]

Netflix will switch from Akamai to Level 3 Communications for its CDN service, and Level 3 will have to double its storage capacity and add 2.9 terabits per second (Tbps) of bandwidth to accommodate Netflix. There is no such thing as “server neutrality” or “storage neutrality”, “IT neutrality”, or “Net Neutrality”.