Tag Archive 'broadband'

12 Ways Porn Has Changed the Web (for Good and Evil)

dan tynan on Dec 23 2008 | Filed under: Da Web, PC World

The sex industry is behind many innovations that today’s Netizens cannot live without, as well as some nasty bits we wish never existed.

For an industry that many won’t admit they’ve ever patronized, pornography has had an amazing impact on virtually every new medium, from cave painting to photography. Dirty pictures have been [...]

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Geek Week: Broadcom hits skids, Comcast throttles bits

dan tynan on Jun 06 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld

(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
Boozes, babes, and Broadcom. Here’s more proof that I got into the wrong end of this business. Ex-Broadcom CEO Henry Nicholas– already nailed for stock options shenanigans that added a fictional $2.2 billion worth of revenue to his company’s bottom line — has received a [...]

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