Syber News

I wrote earlier that the FCC was poised to hit Comcast with some sort of punishment, and that the decision would come down August 1st. The Free Press told me, via email, that the decision was a done deal and would come down to a 3-2 vote.

On Friday, the FCC voted 3-2 to declare that Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent P2P traffic last year was illegal. For Net neutrality backers, this is a major victory. The ...

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It's baaaaack! NetShare, Nullriver's iPhone tethering application which allows users to turn their iPhone into a modem to use with their PC or laptop, after appearing and disappearing, is back in the App Store (click above to enlarge).

NetShare is available for a reasonable $9.99 and is described as follows:

Share your iPhone's EDGE or 3G Internet connection with your computer using NetShare. NetShare provides a SOCKS5 proxy for your computer to connect to.

Some interesting, ...

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With the rise in gasoline prices, something else has risen: Segway sales. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) seems to have taken notice, as on Friday they announced a "Personal Transport Assistance Robot," the Winglet.

Now, obviously something like this wasn't developed overnight and thus isn't something considered strictly based on the uptick in Segway sales. But it's still nice, in terms of Toyota's timing, that Segway sales have risen.

The press release says the following:...

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Ah yes, the idea was great; the resulting application (NetShare) good enough to make the App Store cut, but then someone at Apple remembered their partner (AT&T) and the app has disappeared from the store.

After all, a tethering app would allow an end user to use their iPhone as a modem, not something AT&T would like. And I mention only AT&T because the error message returned is:

The item you've requested is not currently ...

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