Gongol.com Archives: February 2015

Brian Gongol


February 4, 2015

Computers and the Internet "Net neutrality" isn't a silver bullet
The Cedar Falls Utilities, for instance, which is already delivering gigabit-speed broadband access to the Iowa college town, isn't on board with the FCC's plan to regulate Internet service like a utility...and with good reason. There are strong arguments on both sides of the issue. One certainty is that regulation has the strong potential to entrench the positions of the large providers who are already big.

Computers and the Internet Twitter and Google are going back into partnership
And that's going to bring Twitter updates into the Google search index once more, later this year

Socialism Doesn't Work Things can't get much worse in Venezuela
The question now is whether the opposition will get a chance to fix it

Computers and the Internet People are often the weak link in the security chain
Imposters using social-engineering techniques stole lots of money from an Omaha company

News Questions raised about Harper Lee's new book
There are circumstances that suggest it may not have been a clear-minded, uncoerced decision


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