The Ninja knows! Take a look at Ask A Ninja You Got Questions, Ninja Got Answers., a normally funny site making a serious comment on its future - questionable - should net neutrality be diminished. The Ninja includes a video demonstrating the impact of ISP ownership of site access : "If the ISPs get their way, people like the Ninja will no longer exist unless they have some sort of corporate seal of approval.

That would suck. To have you say visit http://savetheinternet.com and see how you can get your voice heard on this important issue.Choice Learning

Newsvine - More Professors Ban Laptops in Class





There will always be obstacles to change, and here is another example. Banning laptops from the classroom is just another example ot teaching tyranny; students are the one's paying for the course, they are the ones applying themseleves to the learning situation. They are the ones who must enjoy and express the freedom of learning. Express tryanny, suppress freedom, create tension - ban laptops! Just plain wrong, very wrong.Choice Learning

Neutrality of the Net Decentralized Information Group (DIG) Breadcrumbs


Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web on the threat of the telcos to create a 2 tier net:




"When, seventeen years ago, I designed the Web, I did not have to ask anyone's permission. The new application rolled out over the existing Internet without modifying it. I tried then, and many people still work very hard still, to make the Web technology, in turn, a universal, neutral, platform. It must not discriminate against particular hardware, software, underlying network, language, culture, disability, or against particular types of data.

Anyone can build a new application on the Web, without asking me, or Vint Cerf, or their ISP, or their cable company, or their operating system provider, or their government, or their hardware vendor.

It is of the utmost importance that, if I connect to the Internet, and you connect to the Internet, that we can then run any Internet application we want, without discrimination as to who we are or what we are doing. We pay for connection to the Net as though it were a cloud which magically delivers our packets. We may pay for a higher or a lower quality of service. We may pay for a service which has the characteristics of being good for video, or quality audio. But we each pay to connect to the Net, but no one can pay for exclusive access to me. "




See link for further details.Choice Learning

'Skypecasts' Allow 100-Person Conferencing





Skype ready to roll out free audio conferencing for up to 100 users; also for a fee they will allow their new version to send text messages to cellphones.Choice Learning