The Mozilla Group Wants To Set A World Record…… You Can Help

The Mozilla Group wants to set a world download record when FireFox 3 gets released:

“All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours – it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.”

There’s no date for the launch of Firefox 3, but a release candidate is out there if you want to look at it now. If you want to help out with this record attempt, click here.

I wonder if Ballmer will be throwing some chairs across his office if this succeeds?

Comcast.net Gets Hacked…… HA HA!

It’s being reported all over the net that Comcast was hacked (just check this link, this link, and this link for examples) late yesterday. Apparently their Network Solutions account was compromised so that the authoritative DNS servers that tell your computer how to get to comcast.net were changed to send traffic a page that said the following:

KRYOGENICS Defiant and EBK RoXed Comcast
sHouTz to VIRUS Warlock elul21 coll1er seven

I don’t know who should be more embarrassed. Comcast for having an Network Solutions account that could be compromised or Network Solutions for allowing it to happen. In any case, it may take until tomorrow to get everything up and running again. Hopefully, both Comcast and Network Solutions can make sure that this doens’t happen again. Otherwise it will be totally Comcastic for both of them.

Net Neutrality Bill Tabled….. Now Is The Time For Action!

Charlie Angus has proved that he is one of the few good politicians left in Canada by actually delivering on his promise to table a bill to guarantee net neutrality. Bill C-552 as it has been called, amends the Telecommunications Act so that it:

“prohibit network operators from engaging in network management practices that favour, degrade or prioritize any content, application or service transmitted over a broadband network based on its source, ownership or destination, subject to certain exceptions.”

This is exactly what Canada needs. But the battle is not over. This is a private members bill as opposed to something introduced by and with the full support of the government. This means that the odds of this making it through parliament are long. So if you’re Canadian, you need to make sure that your local MP understands that they need to support bill C-552. If your MP is a member of the NDP, no worries (but you should still give them a call just to make sure they understand the importance of this). If however your MP is a Liberal, then you should ensure that they understand how important this bill is. Ditto for those in Quebec who have MPs from the B.Q. party. Mr. Angus needs the support from as many MPs sitting on the opposition side of the house to support this or this bill will fail.

If you need help finding your MP, click here and search by postal code. If your MP needs a primer on net neutrality, you can send them this link.

Together, we can make a difference!

UPDATE: The full bill has been posted.