Six Strikes

The first "Six Strikes" notifications were sent out this week by Verizon and Comcast, and Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar got a copy.

AT&T disconnects whole families from the internet because someone in their house is accused of copyright infringement It's been five years since America's super-concentrated telcoms sector announced their "voluntary Copyright Alert system" (AKA Six Strikes), a system that said that if your someone in your household was accused of six acts of copyright infringement, everyone in your house would get the internet death penalty, having your net connection terminated. READ THE REST

America's copyright threat letters turn one year old, but no one will say how they're doing The Copyright Alert System — a "voluntary" system of disconnection threats sent to alleged file-sharers, created by entertainment companies and the large US ISPs — has just celebrated its first birthday, having spent $2 million in order to send out 625,000 threats to people it believed to be infringers. How's that working out for them? […] READ THE REST

The Jamstik lets you practice your guitar skills anytime, anywhere A decent starter electric guitar will often run you about $500 nowadays. If you'd rather learn to play before you dump hundreds into a cool instrument, the Jamstik Guitar Trainer is a brilliant way of turning you into a guitar player without the huge upfront expense. In addition to saving you money, the Jamstik has […] READ THE REST

Ruby on Rails is a coding skill that can get you hired Few programming languages and web frameworks are also intuitive and user-friendly for beginners as Ruby on Rails. Even 15 years after its rollout, a virtual lifetime (or two) in tech terms, Ruby and its most popular framework Rails are still vital and energetic players in the programming world. And with over a million websites built […] READ THE REST