Google’s recent announcement of a 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home testbed has communities across the US salivating —but imagine what the Internet might be like if that connection to your home were even faster. Say… 100Gbps. In less than 20 years, such speeds will be possible, but only for companies who installed ..readmore

Cisco Systems Inc, introduced a new router that it says will handle Internet traffic 12 times faster than rival products, as it looks to compete with rivals such as Juniper Networks Inc. Cisco Systems – Router – Juniper Networks – Data Communications – Vendors

The FCC is considering dedicating a portion of the wireless spectrum to “free or a very low cost wireless broadband service,” according to Reuters . They didn’t offer much in terms of details, and you can file this one under the believe-it-when-we-see-it category, but it’s a nice thought. [ ..readmore

Workplace distractions are nothing new, but if you can’t seem to find time to do some serious distraction-free work for any significant chunk of time, consider time blocking an appointment with yourself. Over at business site Fast Company, our own Gina Trapani continues her Work Smart video series with ..readmore

Hey there Lifehacker RSS readers! Starting today, as passed down from above, Lifehacker’s default RSS feed is switching from a full-item feed to an excerpt-only feed. Don’t panic! You can still get the full feed back. We fully understand the hypocrisy of a productivity site with an excerpt-only RSS ..readmore

Untapped reserves include deposits of both “light” and “heavy” rare earths — families of minerals that help make everything from TV displays to magnets in hybrid electric motors. Electric motor – Rare earth element – United States – Television – Business

If bold colors, a big desk, and plenty of well it storage sounds like your kind of office, you’ll definitely want to check out today’s featured workspace. Sometimes after making do with an office that just doesn’t fit, you have to dig in and commit to an overhaul. Lifehacker ..readmore

Apple subsidiary FileMaker has released version 11 of its flagship FileMaker Pro database. The updated software purports to make building and maintaining databases even easier, while acknowledging that many users are accustomed to using spreadsheets for database purposes by including pivot table-like reporting and Excel-like charting features. FileMaker Pro ..readmore

Gareth Davis, the platform manager in charge of Games at Facebook, delivered his keynote Tuesday morning at the Game Developers Conference. Davis opened the Social & Online Games Summit to a packed room inside the Moscone Center. Davis focused his talk on the changes in social gaming and told ..readmore

Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S. Microsoft – MSN – Yahoo – United States – MSN Web

Filed under: Developer , iPhone In a step towards transparency, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has made the entire iPhone Developer Program License Agreement available for the general public. This is the document that all iPhone developers must agree to when they become part of the iPhone developer program. As ..readmore

If you like Google Wave’s real-time collaboration but not the interface or registration, check out TypeWith.me. It’s a solid, simple, as-you-type document collaboration webapp with no sign-up required. A quick background: Google recently bought previously mentioned EtherPad with goals of integrating it into Wave, then closed the service. Then ..readmore

Math professor, programmer, and blogger John Cook discusses how work expands to fill the time allowed for it, and why the more trivial something is, the more time we waste discussing it. Yesterday I found a copy of Parkinson’s Law for $1 at a library book sale. This book ..readmore

Facebook will finally make itself heard in the rapidly developing world of location-based services, according to The New York Times. The company will unveil a location-based feature at its f8 conference in late April. Nick Bilton reports: The new location feature will have two aspects, according to the people ..readmore

Filed under: Found Footage , iPad Neil Curtis, the guy behind the adjective-filled iPad mashup video we presented last month, has taken the iPad commercial shown on the Oscar broadcast and clarified it. Our own Sang Tang did a graphical breakdown of the ad’s focus earlier today, so this ..readmore

Panic is a software company that makes useful tools like my personal favorite, Transmit for the Mac . They’ve also made a beautiful project status display keeps their team on top of what they’re working on and keeps everyone motivated. The board is actually an internal web page that ..readmore

If you like Google Wave’s real-time collaboration but not the interface or registration, check out TypeWith.me. It’s a solid, simple, as-you-type document collaboration webapp with no sign-up required. A quick background: Google recently bought previously mentioned EtherPad with goals of integrating it into Wave, then closed the service. Then ..readmore

The European Parliament is fed up with the secrecy surrounding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Today, representatives from all the major parliamentary coalitions introduced a resolution demanding that the European Commission release all negotiating texts, inform Parliament about the negotiating process, and absolutely refuse to countenance any sort of ..readmore

U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday. United States – Federal Communication Commission – Wireless – Broadband – Access Providers

Cisco Systems Inc, introduced a router that it says can handle Internet traffic 12 times faster than rival products, the first upgrade in several years of its product line that directs data traffic over the Internet. CiscoSystems – Router – Data Communications – Vendors – Carrier Routing System