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Always vocal about its stance in favor of net neutrality, Google has finally thrown down the gauntlet and declared that it is working on software tools that will enable users to detect whether their Read more...

In the wake of the furor over the way Comcast uses TCP reset flags to throttle BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic, the company is testing out a trio of protocol agnostic methods of Read more...

The presidential candidates are getting up to speed on technology slowly. Although they acknowledge that technology is a big driver in today's economy, they have spent little time on an issue that Read more...

The House of Representatives is once again delving into the issue of Net neutrality. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said that without new Net neutrality laws, "telecommunications and cable Read more...

Last week, we briefly mentioned a report that Comcast was regulating its network by slowing Bit Torrent upload speeds. That's certainly a problem as Bit Torrent has a number of legitimate uses Read more...

The promise of broadband in the United States has always been high, but a more accurate--if less optimistic--reality is beginning to settle in. In April, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Read more...

Exclusive: Skype vs. the wireless industry Situated as we are, thousands of miles away from Silicon Valley, it's not often that we here at DailyTechRag get a front row

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When we last reported on the sticky issue of net neutrality, the outgoing 109th Congress had failed to pass any legislation either allowing or barring the practice of network-wide packet prioritization. Since then, little has changed from a legislative point of view, although there has been an important twist in the FCC's dealings with AT&T that could have a …

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If you follow tech politics at all, the phrase "Net neutrality" has probably been on your radar quite a bit during the last year. For those of you who aren't familiar, Net neutrality is the idea that the job of the network should be only to move data, not to prioritize or regulate it. Major corporations and telecom companies have recently made it known that they would like to start prioritizing traffic over their networks. While it remains unclear exactly what this means for the consumer, …

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With the Democrats seizing control of the House this week and at least breaking even in the Senate, things are set to change in here Washington--including tech legislation. Everything from network neutrality to digital copyright law could come under review and tech legislation could take a very different tone than it has in years past. Article