Monthly Garbage Bag

From the “What Are They Thinking” files: Bing on Google?


Why does Microsoft feel compelled to sponsor the link at the top of competitor Google’s search page for the term “Bing”, when the first organic search result (and 8 of the first ten) is bing.com?

HD streaming on Roku fails


Recently my Roku, attached to a new Airport Extreme 802.11n Dual Band II router, started having problems streaming HD content from both Netflix and Amazon video. It also had intermittent quality problems with SD content as well. In the past, it performed flawlessly.
Network tests (ranging from the obligatory Speed Test to ping and traceroute) seemed [...]