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Feds Tapping Internet Servers at Google, Apple, Facebook, Others By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published June 07, 2013 The PRISM program is collecting search history, email messages, chat and more. Tags: cyber espionage, Apple, Google, FBI, Internet, Facebook, NSA, government, U.S. Cisco Says Internet Traffic Will Triple in Next Four Years By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 31, 2013 The "Internet of Things" will generate much of that traffic. Tags: internet of things, traffic, Internet, Cisco, video, networking Tim Cook Discusses Wearables, 'Gamechangers' By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 29, 2013 The D11 event featured interviews with Tim Cook, Mary Meeker, Sheryl Sandberg and others. Tags: tim cook, Sheryl Sandberg, wearable devices, Internet, Apple, Facebook Syria Experiences 20-Hour Internet Blackout By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 08, 2013 Many experts believe the government shut down Internet access. Tags: outage, Syria, Internet, downtime Anonymous Calls for Web Blackout to Protest CISPA By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 22, 2013 Few websites participated in Monday's "Internet Blackout Day." Tags: hacktivist, Internet, CISPA, Anonymous, Web More Than 250 Million Domain Names Registered By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 09, 2013 About 40 percent of all domains are .com addresses. Tags: .com, report, domain name, VeriSign, Web, Internet, .NET Russia Begins Censoring Some Internet Content By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 01, 2013 Social networking sites have been ordered to remove some content. Tags: government, censorship, Twitter, social networking, Internet, Facebook, Russia, YouTube Publishers Object to Amazon's Top-Level Domain Plans By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 11, 2013 Industry organizations complain that allowing Amazon to run domains like .book and .author would be anti-competitive. Tags: ICANN, top-level domain, Amazon, Internet, Web Study: All Internet Pages Connected in 19 Clicks or Less By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 19, 2013 It's not quite 'six degrees of Kevin Bacon,' but the Web may be more closely connected that you thought. Tags: Internet, Web, links, study Facebook Bug 'Breaks the Internet' By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 08, 2013 Many websites were temporarily inaccessible due to a problem with Facebook Connect. Tags: Internet, outage, Web, bug, Facebook Oracle to Purchase Acme Packet By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 04, 2013 The company makes technology that helps transmit communications over the Internet. Tags: communications, Oracle, VoIP, video, Internet, merger and acquistion activity As Life Moves Online, Virtual Death Follows By Jeff Vance | Article Published January 22, 2013 While most every service has long been available online, handling the passing of loved ones has only recently made in-roads. Tags: Web, Internet China Passes Tougher Internet Rules By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 28, 2012 The new regulations require Internet users to provide their real names. Tags: regulations, government, censorship, Internet, China Websites Honor Sandy Hook Victims with Moment of Silence By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 21, 2012 Numerous Internet sites went dark for one minute at 9:30 am ET on Friday. Tags: downtime, Internet, website U.N. Group Attempts to Assert Control over the Internet By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 13, 2012 A controversial resolution introduced in the middle of the night attempts to add language regarding oversight of the Internet to a telecommunications treaty. Tags: regulation, Internet, government, United Nations China's Biggest Search Engine Baidu Enters Mobile Browser Fight By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published September 05, 2012 The company claims its browser is 20 percent faster than competitors like Safari and Chrome. Tags: Baidu.com, China, mobile, browser, search, Internet Yahoo Names Google's Marissa Mayer as Its New CEO By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 17, 2012 Trained as an engineer, Mayer was one of the first employees at Google. Tags: Internet, Google, Marissa Mayer, Yahoo, CEO Thousands Could Lose Internet Access July 9 Due to Virus By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 05, 2012 Systems infected with the DNSChanger malware won't be able to connect to the Internet until the virus is removed. Tags: Internet, malware, DNS Changer, virus Farewell Laptop? Mobile Internet Use Jumps By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 27, 2012 More than half of U.S. cell phone owners use their phones to surf the Internet. Tags: survey, cell phone, Pew, mobile, smartphone, Web, Internet ICANN Glitch Reveals Personal Details of gTLD Applicants By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 15, 2012 The process for applying for new top-level domain names has been plagued by software problems. Tags: ICANN, privacy, Internet, top level domain Amazon, Google Lead Rush for New Top Level Domains By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 13, 2012 Could .app become the next .com? Tags: Google, Internet, top level domain, ICANN, Amazon ICANN Reveals new Top Level Domains By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 13, 2012 A major shift in the history of the Internet starts today. Tags: domain name, Internet, ICANN, Web Internet Powers Flip the IPv6 Switch By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 04, 2012 World IPv6 Launch day is this Wednesday, June 6. Tags: Internet, IPv6 Cisco: IP Traffic Set to Quadruple by 2016 By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 30, 2012 Within four years, there may be 2.5 network connections for every person living on earth. Tags: Cisco, traffic, IP, Internet, VNI German Judge Rules Microsoft Infringed on Motorola Patents By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 03, 2012 A German court has banned sales of Windows 7, Xbox 360, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player 12, but that ban can't be enforced because of a previous Seattle court decision. Tags: lawsuits, patent infringement, Internet, video, Microsoft, Motorola VeriSign Set to Support up to 220 New Internet Top Level Domains By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published April 27, 2012 Revenues rise as demand for domain names new and old continues to grow. Tags: Internet, Domain, VeriSign Vint Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee, Linux Torvalds, Al Gore Among Internet Hall of Fame Inductees By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published April 24, 2012 Thirty-three people will be in the first class of inductees. Tags: Internet Watchdog Group Reveals 'Enemies of the Internet' List for 2012 By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published March 12, 2012 Bahrain, France and Australia made the list; Libya was taken off. Tags: government, Internet For Impatient Web Users, an Eye Blink is Just Too Long to Wait By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published March 01, 2012 Google researchers say a 400 ms delay in loading a page can cause people to change their Internet usage. Tags: Internet, Google, Web, Microsoft Nobody $#@!s With the Internet. Or Do They? By Mike Elgan | Article Published February 08, 2012 Governments, corporations and other organizations need to be aware that there’s a new sheriff in town. Tags: Internet, Web Number of Web Users in China Hits 513 Million By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 16, 2012 The number of people online in the country climbed 12 percent in December. Tags: China, Internet Indian Court Threatens 'China-Like Censorship' for Google, Facebook, Others By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 13, 2012 Delhi's High Court wants the websites to block "offensive and objectionable" content. Tags: lawsuit, Internet, India Why the Information Age Is the Age of Ignorance By Mike Elgan | Article Published November 30, 2011 You've agreed to share your personal information with virtually everyone -- you just don't know it. Tags: security, Internet, privacy, Google, Apple Hague Lists Cyber 'Rules of the Road' By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published November 01, 2011 The UK foreign secretary has offered guidelines for the Internet that he believes all governments should follow. Tags: government, Internet 30% of People Say Internet is as Important as Food, Air, Water, Shelter By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published September 26, 2011 Another 50 percent say the Internet isn't as important as food, water, air, and shelter, but it's close. Tags: Internet Head of Net's Address System to Leave By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 18, 2011 Rod Beckstrom will leave Icann next July. Tags: Internet Not Guilty Verdict for Casey Anthony Causes a Surge in Internet Traffic By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 06, 2011 Page views for news sites jumped from 2 million per second to 3.3 million per second when the verdict was announced. Tags: Internet I want my MTV -- and 500 Other Channels, 24/7... By James Maguire | Article Published March 23, 2011 I want my MTV -- and 500 Other Channels, 24/7... Tags: Internet, MTV, Pandora, on-demand Senate Dems Voice Opposition to House Net Neutrality Repeal By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published February 24, 2011 Band of four senators writes to bipartisan leadership expressing opposition to House efforts to overturn FCC's net neutrality order. Tags: Net Neutrality, ISP, FCC, Congress, Internet ICANN Moves Into IPv6 Era By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published February 04, 2011 With the last block of IPv4 addresses exhausted, the Internet transitions into a new era. Tags: ICANN, IPv6, IPv4, networking, Internet The BBC's 'Web Mapping': the Net is Global, Remember? By James Maguire | Article Published January 19, 2011 The BBC's 'Web Mapping': the Net is Global, Remember? Tags: BBC, Web, Internet Internet Building the Hive, Driving Engagement: Pew By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published January 18, 2011 New research from Pew Internet Project highlights the dramatic effect Internet-enabled technologies are having on Americans' ability to form communities. Tags: Facebook, social networking, Twitter, Web, Internet 'Do Not Track' Rules Favored by U.S. Consumers: Gallup By David Needle | Article Published December 22, 2010 But poll shows many are willing to let certain advertisers of their choosing track them on the Web. Tags: online advertising, privacy, Web, Internet, security House Chair Calls for Net Neutrality Conditions on Comcast/NBC Deal By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published December 08, 2010 Rep. Henry Waxman, head of the Energy and Commerce Committee, asks Federal Communications Commission to condition blockbuster merger to protect free flow of online video. Rep. Ed Markey weighs in with calls for affordable broadband service. Tags: Comcast, NBC, Internet, FCC, Net Neutrality FCC to Vote on Net Neutrality Rules This Month By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published December 01, 2010 After more than a year of debate, politicking and closed-door negotiations, the FCC is poised to enact its first binding nondiscrimination rules for broadband providers. Tags: FCC, Congress, Internet, broadband ISP, Net Neutrality Tech Heavyweights in Battle to Control the Internet Economy? By David Needle | Article Published October 28, 2010 Internet watchers Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle detail what they say is a battle for points of control over the Internet economy. Tags: iphone apps, iPhone, security, Web 2.0, Internet Are You a Screen Addict? By James Maguire | Article Published October 11, 2010 Are You a Screen Addict? Tags: Internet, monitor, vweb, screen AOL: We've Got TechCrunch By David Needle | Article Published September 28, 2010 Spunky, often controversial Web property TechCrunch joins the establishment as part of AOL. Tags: blogs, TechCrunch, AOL, Internet, media House Panel Probes Antitrust Tools in Internet Era By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published September 17, 2010 House Judiciary members begin an inquiry into whether century-old antitrust law has kept up with Google, Apple and the new Internet economy. Tags: antitrust, FTC, Google, Internet, Google Apps EPIC Slams Google's Privacy Moves By David Needle | Article Published September 06, 2010 Google says the more streamlined set of privacy policies will be easier for consumers to grasp, but the head of the Electronic Privacy Information Center wants an FTC investigation. Tags: EPIC, Internet, Google, FTC, privacy Tech Experts See Net's Social Benefits Outweighing Negatives By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published July 08, 2010 The Pew Internet Project canvases a broad range of technology experts and critics, who weigh the pros and cons of the always-on world. Tags: Social Media Analytics, Social Networking Tools, Internet, Twitter, Facebook GOP Launches Web-Wide Push to Curb Spending With YouCut By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published May 12, 2010 In what the party bills as a first-of-its-kind effort, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor is asking the public to vote online or via text on one of five programs designated as an example of government waste. Tags: Web, Internet, Web 2.0, Web browsers, Internet search Tech Comics: "Checkbook Journalism" By Oliver Widder | Article Published April 30, 2010 Gizmodo's payment of $5,000 for a misplaced iPhone raises questions about the nature of journalism in the Internet age. Tags: Gizmodo, Web, iPhone, Internet, journalism Online Relationships and Offline Trust By James Maguire | Article Published April 14, 2010 Online Relationships and Offline Trust Tags: online trends, Internet, social networking How Social Networking Saved a Life By James Maguire | Article Published April 06, 2010 How Social Networking Saved a Life Tags: Web, Internet, social networking Country's First 'Web Science' Degree Program Comes to RPI By David Needle | Article Published April 02, 2010 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to offer both a bachelor's degree and a Master's concentration in Information Technology and Web Science. Tags: Web science, education, Internet, IT education, semantic Web Mozilla's State of the Internet Report on Firefox By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published April 02, 2010 The report from open source vendor Mozilla includes plenty of insights into where Firefox is used. Guess where Firefox has an 80 percent share of the browser market? Tags: Mozilla, Web browsers, Firefox, Internet, open source China Condemns Google's Censorship Gambit By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published March 23, 2010 Chinese official sounds off about Google's decision to offer an unfiltered version of the Web to the mainland in state media, while a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry looks to tamp down diplomatic concerns. Tags: China, censorship, search, Internet, Google Gomez Picks the Web's Best Performers By David Needle | Article Published March 16, 2010 Which companies had the most responsive and consistently available Web sites? Gomez ranks the winners across six industries. Tags: Amazon, e-commerce, Web site metrics, Gomez, Internet Dot-Com at 25: The Breakthrough That Changed Everything By David Needle | Article Published March 15, 2010 ITIF report chronicles the past 25 years of .com's impact and lobbies for what it says is needed to ensure future progress. Tags: Facebook, ITIF, dot-com, Internet browser, Internet Web-based Collaboration Apps: Top Options By Gerry Blackwell | Article Published January 22, 2010 Web-based collaboration tools range from document sharing tools to online conferencing solutions. Which options are best for your needs? Tags: Internet, Google Docs, Web, apps, conference The Price of Sociability (And Stupidity) By Chris Nerney | Article Published June 25, 2009 The Price of Sociability (And Stupidity) Tags: Internet, security, Twitter, privacy, scams, social networking Hooked On High Speed By Chris Nerney | Article Published June 17, 2009 Hooked On High Speed Tags: survey, broadband, Internet, high-speed, research, Pew Internet Sweden 'Free Web' Party Scores EU Seat By - Reuters | Article Published June 08, 2009 Pleasing those who want everything to be free on the Net, Sweden's Pirate Party won a seat in the European Parliament. Tags: IT, media, Internet, Copyright, music The Mega-Merger That Never Measured Up By Chris Nerney | Article Published May 28, 2009 The Mega-Merger That Never Measured Up Tags: media, merger, Internet, Time Warner, AOL Sotomayor On Tech Issues By Chris Nerney | Article Published May 27, 2009 Sotomayor On Tech Issues Tags: Obama, Senate, Sotomayor, Internet, Supreme Court, technology Higher-Speed Wireless Can't Happen Fast Enough By Chris Nerney | Article Published May 11, 2009 Higher-Speed Wireless Can't Happen Fast Enough Tags: Wi-Fi Alliance, wigig, WiGig Alliance, InternetNews.com, wireless, Wi-Fi, Internet Changing The World Of Internet Search Forever -- Again By Chris Nerney | Article Published May 04, 2009 Changing The World Of Internet Search Forever -- Again Tags: Internet, Google, search, semantic Web, Wolfram Alpha Marriage Off, But Microsoft Still Wants To Date Yahoo By Chris Nerney | Article Published April 24, 2009 Marriage Off, But Microsoft Still Wants To Date Yahoo Tags: Internet, Microsoft, acquisition, partnership, Ballmer, Facebook, Yahoo Just Saying No To Broadband By Chris Nerney | Article Published January 22, 2009 Just Saying No To Broadband Tags: broadband, Ars Technica, Internet, survey, Pew Internet, dial-up Why Are Knowledge Machines Banned In Schools? By Mike Elgan | Article Published January 21, 2009 The lowly cell phone could be seen as a source of enrichment instead of being banned as a disruption. Tags: news, IT, Internet, media, Cell Internet Poised To Eat Itself? By Chris Nerney | Article Published November 20, 2008 Internet Poised To Eat Itself? Tags: capacity, IPv6, infrastructure, broadband, Internet, Point Topic, Nemertes The Nuclear (Networked) Family By Chris Nerney | Article Published October 20, 2008 The Nuclear (Networked) Family Tags: broadband, Internet, survey, Pew Internet, cell phone |