On November 4, 2013 Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming asked for permission to address the United States Senate regarding Obamacare. What he said was shocking. “Many people were hoping the Democrats’ health care law would actually help decrease costs; that it would actually help increase access to quality health care. But all America knows that […]
Magistrate Ordered Authorities To Temporarily Ban A Lankan News Web Site
Pugoda Magistrate has today (28th) ordered the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to temporarily ban the "Lanka E News News web site published in Sri Lanka till the legal proceedings of the Journalist attached to the perticular web site regarding contempt of court is over. The accused Journalist Shantha Wijesuriya was ordered to be remanded till 12th of May […]
GroundReport Web Site Upgraded
Yesterday, we upgraded the GroundReport website, almost tripling the RAM on the core server. This should result in a significant increase in the response time. Thanks to Rackspace, our hosting provider, and its excellent support team. We also received advice and counsel from our technical volunteers and professionals, who held our hand through this upgrade. […]
Gov Web Sites Still Offer Conflicting Numbers on Stimulus Spending
Last month, we noted that tracking stimulus spending at federal agencies was a job worthy of Sherlock Holmes. Different agencies count their stimulus spending in different ways, while the government’s catchall siteRecovery.gov appears to use out-of-date and even contradictory information. The latest example is stimulus spending at the Social Security Administration. On Wednesday, we noticed that the SSA, unlike […]
Uproar in Australia over Plan to Block Web Sites
SYDNEY, Australia — A proposed Internet filter dubbed the "Great Aussie Firewall" is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries. Consumers, civil-rights activists, engineers, Internet providers and politicians from opposition parties are among the critics of a mandatory Internet filter that would block at least 1,300 Web sites prohibited […]
20 Tips for a Customer-Friendly Web Site
What annoys an Internet user the most? A quick unscientific survey of a local Internet café suggests the top three turn-offs are: Sites that are very slow to download; Ones that are confusing to use; Sites that do not contain the promised information; The single most common reaction to sites like these […]
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