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NOTE: Live streaming at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/effaustin! March 9, 2010. 7pm-9pm, Independence Brewing. Austin was a hotbed of pioneering Internet activity in the early 1990s, and one event that put us on the Internet map was the March 1, 1990 Secret Service raid at Steve Jackson
Activism
Google just announced that they plan on rolling out a 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) Internet access service in a number of trial locations. To give some perspective, a 1Gbps Internet access service would be over 65 times faster than Time Warner Cable's fastest Road Runner tier
Free Speech
Ever wondered how these IntarTubes work to to build up the IntarWebzNet thingy? Next time you run into someone who thinks of the Internet like that, you might want to point them to this video produced by TheEuroIX. It's simple, clear, only has a slight bias to support
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Austin Non Profit Camp is a free, facilitated and participant driven conference that will be the place in Austin for non profits to learn and troubleshoot their technology problems in a supportive, collaborative setting. http://npocamp.eventbrite.com/ Austin Non Profit Camp is being spearheaded by David J. Neff, Jon
Events
Download carlsettlesowd.mp3 The fine folks at FG Squared sponsored OneWebDay2009 Austin, which was co-produced by EFF-Austin and Plutopia Productions. What follows are the audio recordings of the talks and panel. The Internet Then and Now The Internet Then and Now AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer1", {soundFile: "
Activism
EFF-Austin is coordinating One Web Day Austin, September 22 at Austin Centre, 5pm-9pm. Download the event flyer (pdf). | Learn more about One Web Day.
Events
IIW2009a took place May 18-20th at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Please check the top of the notes page for links to other blog coverage. The previous workshop IIW2008b was memorable for the many sweet apps (several from Google) that made use of OAuth and the marathon
Activism
As Time Warner’s metered broadband plans are currently shelved, awaiting a more palatable consumer climate, we have time to examine why broadband providers suddenly feel compelled to eliminate the flat-rate, all-you-can-eat pricing model. Metered Internet service is hardly a new idea; early services like AOL
Creativity and Innovation
In a recent Fox news article, the inevitable death of the Internet was recently announced. The exponential growth of Internet traffic has been a hotly debated reality from the the very beginning. Historically there have been two reactions to exponential Internet bandwidth demand, fear, and denial. Funny how that hasn&
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EFF-Austin invites you to a talk by the Free Software Foundation Activist - Richard Stallman on 23rd April 2009. * Location: National Instruments, 11500 N MO Pac Expy, Austin, TX 78759 * Time: 6PM - 8PM * Entry: Free, but registration required due to limited seating. Register here. * Refreshments provided. Talk Abstract: Richard Stallman
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Download 200903-3_effacloud.mp3 EFF-Austin sponsored a successful panel, Cloud Computing: Threat, or Menace, on March 3. Thanks to all who joined us! Audio Speakers: W. Scott McCollough, Telecommunications and ISP Law Specialist, McCollough|Henry, PC Chris Boyd, Midas Networks whurley, BMC Software, Inc. Andrew Donoho, Strategist Don
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March 1, 2009 (Austin, TX) – As SXSWi has grown in popularity, attendance has swelled and corporate-sponsored parties have popped up like mushrooms on cow patties. The typical party affords participants the opportunity to stand in very long lines for warm beer, chips and salsa and a chance to schmooze