Time Warner (TW) Officially Announces Packet Shaping for All RR Users

Time Warner today implemented a network management tool to improve the operation of the network for all subscribers. As a result, a small minority of users may experience slower speeds during peak hours when using certain applications that consume lots of bandwidth. You can address this situation by reducing your use of bandwidth-intensive …

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So many new planets being discovered that some are not even being reported

Alien worlds, once hidden from knowledge, are now being discovered in droves, stunning astronomers with their unique features and sheer numbers. The discoveries are so common that more and more don’t even get reported outside scientific circles.

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Spammers Launch DDoS Offensive

The spammers behind last year’s destruction of Blue Security are back with a vengeance, using a variant of the ‘Storm Worm’ malware to launch a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack against three anti-spam services. The ongoing attacks successfully shut down the Web servers that power the Spamhaus Project.

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Mysterious Signal Hints at Subsurface Ocean on Titan

The tentative detection of low frequency radio waves on Saturn’s icy moon, Titan, could signal an underground ocean of liquid water, a new study says. If so, it would be good news for the possibility of life beneath the surface of this bizarre world.

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Battlestar Galactica finale in works for a while

The executive producers of Sci Fi Channel’s “Battlestar Galactica,” which will kick off its fourth and final season next year, said plans for the show’s demise have been in the works for more than a year.

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