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FCC Open Internet Proposal Could End Net Neutrality
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by George H. Pike
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In what is being described as the end of Net Neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expects to publicly propose new rules to allow ISPs to create different rate scales and transmission speeds for different types of content. Under the proposal, which is currently being circulated among the FCC commissioners, content providers such as Google or Netflix could pay extra for expedited, internet "fast lanes" to speed their content to their customers.
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Splice Machine Releases Hadoop RDBMS as a Public Beta
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Splice Machine, provider of the only Hadoop RDBMS (relational database management system), launched the system as a public beta. It replaces traditional RDBMS systems with a cost-effective, scalable transactional SQL (structured query language) database platform on Hadoop that analyzes Big Data by going beyond Hadoop's batch analytics heritage.
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dinCloud Introduces New Storage Solution
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The new dinStorage S3 cloud storage solution from dinCloud helps hundreds of applications that are compatible with the S3 software protocol leverage cloud storage with dinCloud's S3 servers via the internet, dinTransport, or select Equinox data centers.
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NISO and OAI Publish Results of ResourceSync Project
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NISO (National Information Standards Organization) partnered with the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) to publish the American National Standard report, "ResourceSync Framework Specification," which describes capabilities that a server can implement so third-party systems can remain synchronized with the web's evolving resources.
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Free Language Learning Tools at the Library
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Learning a second language can be a challenge, especially for people who only need to get by on a business trip or family vacation—it's difficult to decide whether a standard translation dictionary will be enough or if online education is the way to go. Even people who want to become fluent in a new language may think twice about investing in expensive language-learning tools. That's where the library comes in.
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