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FiOS customer shows Verizon does serious throttling shenanigans with Netflix

P.M. Roanhouse2014-07-262014-07-26
Culture / Internet Culture / Internet Services / Tech Politics / Technology / Technology Policy / Televisions

FiOS subscriber Colin Nederkoorn, a startup CEO who resides in New York City, pays for FiOS Internet that promised service of 75 Mbps download and 35 Mbps upload. However, his Netflix video streams were limping along at just 375 kbps (0.375mbps). Which is about only 0.5 percent of the speed he’s paying for.  So on a lark he decided to connect […]

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You have just had your Gadget stolen! Here is how to get it back!

P.M. Roanhouse2014-07-052014-07-05
Cameras & Camcorders / Computers / Consumer Tech / Culture / Mobile / Technology

We carry expensive gadgets on us all the time now. On a flight we listen to music on an iPhone or read on a Kindle ebook reader. We watch movies on an iPad or play Flappy bird on a phone. But what do you do if you misplace that device, or worse it is stolen? What recourse do you have […]

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Proof of Concept shows how to make your own GSM phone network using $35 Raspberry Pi

P.M. Roanhouse2012-12-222013-06-19
Android Mobile / Hobbyist Computers / Maker News / Mobile / Raspberry Pi

In a well made geek focused viral proof of concept video, United Kingdom based PA Consulting Group, showed the world that you can build a smaller than a book GSM radio tower for less than $800 dollars using a $35 Raspberry Pi hobbyist Linux computer to do it.

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New Firmware update brings uncompressed HDMI output to Canon 5D Mark 3 DSLR

P.M. Roanhouse2012-10-232013-02-08
Cameras & Camcorders

Canon EOS 5d Mark 3 will be getting a new firmware update. Soon the power of  uncompressed HDMI output support will be in the hands of Canon EOS 5d Mark III owners everywhere. Crap, now the DSLR nuttery begins anew. Well at least magic lantern firmware is in the works for it already too. This will be very good, but […]

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