Food stamps for broadband would bring slow 'Net to the poor (Ars Technica)

A former FCC Commissioner wonders aloud about a crazy new idea: "broadband stamps" that would provide truly terrible Internet service to the poor.

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Exclusive: Coca-Cola taps new drink textures (Reuters)

Scientists at Coca-Cola Co are working on developments ranging from plant-derived plastic to beverages with new textures, as the world's largest soft drink maker aims to stay ahead of consumers' quickly changing tastes.

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Claim your $16! Comcast P2P settlement now final (Ars Technica)

Despite a campaign to derail the settlement, a long-running class-action lawsuit against Comcast and its P2P-blocking ways has ended. If you were a Comcast subscriber between April 1, 2006 and December 31, 2008, and you used the Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, or Gnutella P2P networks, congratulations—you've just won $16 in the litigation lottery.

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iPad Invades Corporate America (NetworkWorld)

Despite all claims by PC purists that the iPad is a toy that has no real purpose -- especially in the corporate world -- there are large enterprises embracing the tablet device. It may be designed as a portable media consumption device for consumers, but the iPad also provides a unique mobile computing platform for business as well.

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Military Chatrooms from California to Afghanistan (NYTimes.com)

Young Air Force analysts are showing how the Facebook generation’s skills are being exploited — and paying dividends — in America’s wars.

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Cloud tradeoffs: freedom of choice vs. freedom from choice (Ars Technica)

Joseph Tobolski, a partner at Accenture Technology Labs, talks with Ars Technica about the challenges to cloud adoption in the enterprise, the use and abuse of "cloud" as a buzzword, and the fundamental tradeoffs that cloud demands of its users.

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