LostCluster writes “For those in Comcast territory, a popular way to get around Comcast’s 250 GB monthly cap was to sign up for EarthLink Powered by Comcast Service, where there was no cap. Forget about that…. Earthlink just posted an FAQ explaining that Comcast will enforce the cap against Earthlink customers starting July 1.”

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2phar writes “An ISP must hand over the identity of the operator behind OpenBitTorrent, a court in Sweden ruled [Wednesday]. The ISP must now reveal the identity of its customer, operator of probably the world’s largest torrent tracker, to Hollywood movie companies or face a hefty fine. ‘OpenBitTorrent is used for file sharing, and we suspect that it is the Pirate Bay tracker with a new name. It is added by default on all of the torrent tracker files (more…)

Sara Chan writes “In a landmark ruling, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has decided that researchers at a university must make all their data available to the public. The decision follows from a three-year battle by mathematician Douglas J. Keenan, who wants the data to do his own analysis on it. The university researchers have had the data for many years, and have published several papers using the data, but had refused to make the data (more…)

The Counter-Strike series has been out for over a decade. Valve has released no information on Half-Life 2: Episode 3, let alone Counter-Strike 2. That hasn’t stopped thousands of cries and support groups from fans who would die for a sequel. But a sequel to Counter-Strike can go in so many different directions, will it be as good as it should be?

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AT&T tells the FCC that, with consumers embracing VoIP and wireless, it’s time for the agency to schedule a sunset date for landline telephony. But the move could force the Commission to resolve many long-delayed questions about unbundling and the Universal Service Fund.

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While many of these extensions are next to pointless, there are a few gems that can make your Chrome browsing experience a bit more useful.

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Midfielder Joe Cole says Chelsea need to win the Champions League if they are to join Europe’s elite clubs.

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Barence writes “Microsoft has started certifying PCs as ‘compatible with Windows 7′ — and is looking to avoid the mistakes that dogged the Vista-Capable scheme. Whereas Microsoft certified PCs that could only run Vista Home Basic last time around, this time PCs will have to work with all versions of Windows 7 to qualify for the sticker, including 64-bit versions of the OS. Microsoft also claims, ‘products that receive the logo are checked for (more…)

Here are 25 best soccer websites for videos, pictures, statistics, news, blogs and gossip. This is a great list for true fans.

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