Tag: comcast
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#MorningMonarchy: January 19, 2017
Fiery protests, institutional abuse and Obama’s legacy + this day in history w/”You Nazty Spy!” and our song of the day by OK Go on your Morning Monarchy for January 19, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: December 9, 2016
The Washington ComPost, fever dreams and record sales + this day in history w/”The Mother of All Demos” and our song of the day by The xx on your Morning Monarchy for December 9, 2016.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Fake Campaign Supporters Exposed As Paid Actors (Video)
Flint residents were paying higher-than-average prices to be poisoned; Kerry the Fixer has a brand new “Plan B” for Syria; and, once again, the powers-that-shouldn’t-be are caught buying support.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Flint Water, Syria Partition, Fake Activists (Audio)
Flint residents were paying higher-than-average prices to be poisoned; Kerry the Fixer has a brand new “Plan B” for Syria; and, once again, the powers-that-shouldn’t-be are caught buying support.
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@DeadlineLive: James Evan Pilato on Climate Control
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood for February to talk about Chicagoland’s black sites, climate control and not-so-funny money + ‘This Day In History’ headlines and more on Deadline Live! Download/Subscribe
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Comcast Converting 50,000 Houston Home Routers Into Public WiFi Hotspots (Without Users Consent)
from slashdot.com: As a Houston resident with limited home broadband options, I found the following interesting: Dwight Silverman of the Houston Chronicle reports (warning: paywalled) that Comcast plans to turn 50,000 home routers into public Wi-Fi hotspots without their users providing consent. Comcast plans to eventually convert 150,000 home routers into a city-wide WiFi network.…
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Net Neutrality Questions Raised by Netflix Comcast Deal
from guardianlv.com: Net Neutrality questions raised by Netflix Comcast deal in which Netflix paid Comcast to install additional servers to supply streaming content after Comcast throttled Netflix data to the point of being unwatchable. The Net Neutrality debate has raged for weeks, mostly centered around who should foot the bill for upgrades and administration when…
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Comcast, Time Warner Cable Agree to Merge in $45 Billion Deal
from washingtonpost.com: Comcast’s $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable would create a cable television behemoth in an industry that has steadily increased prices for bundles of channels and services that many consumers dislike but feel forced to buy. But the merger would have far greater implications for the future of media and communications, with…
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9/22 defcon: secure boot & game transfer phenomena
onstar tracks your car even when you cancel service* windows 8 secure boot would ‘exclude’ linux* comcast’s $9.99 internet for low-income families goes nationwide* what will video games be like in a few decades?* video games intruding on reality: ‘game transfer phenomena’*
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6/30 defcon: copywrong, dislike, discoveries
leaked: uk copyright lobby holds closed-door meetings with govt to discuss national web-censorship regime* terrorists terrorised: al qaeda hacked* scotus term in review: it’s a mixed bag* as hulu flirts, comcast must stay mum* facebook 10th most hated company in US* news corp. on verge of myspace sale* judge: google can be sued for wiretapping…
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5/12 defcon: secret service, globalhell, expendables
cyberwarfare rules included in defense bill* white house to unveil cyber security proposal* US secret service takes to twitter* after approving nbc buyout, fcc commish becomes comcast lobbyist; fcc chairman applauds colleague departing to become fcc lobbyist* obama meets with giffords, husband (and his identical astro-twin) in florida* giffords aims to return for shuttle launch*…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Egypt Protests, NBC/Comcast, Big Brother Corporation
Story #1: Egypt Protests Told Through Social Media // Story #2: How the Comcast/NBC Universal Merger Affects You // Story #3: How BBC Bosses Ordered Presenter to Downplay Queen Mother’s Death
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For Hollywood, It Was a Tough 2010 As Spending Continued to Fall
The industry that was supposed to be immune to economic downturns looks like it’s going to have some re-entry problems as the economy begins to recover. Broad swaths of the entertainment business declined in 2010.
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10/14 Defcon: Settlements, Citizenship & Commercial Gain
School district pays $610k to settle webcam spying lawsuits // Comcast pushes bot alert program nationwide // Facebook is ‘killing privacy for commercial gain’