If you haven’t been following the news, a whole bunch of stuff is currently going down in Egypt. In response to this social upheaval and mass protest, the Egyptian government has pulled the plug on the country’s internet connection. How this is physically possible coupled with the conundrum of how anyone could think this was [...]
28Jan11
They Shut Off the Internet?
By: Barry Belmont
By: Barry Belmont
Go figure. Despite the fact that it’s slow, cumbersome, and protects users as much as tissue paper, government officials in the good ol’ UK have decided to keep Internet Explorer 6. Government, after all, likes to take it slow, be cumbersome, and protect its users as much as tissue paper. Next you’ll be saying that [...]