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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: Web, Internet 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: Internet, China 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: Internet, lawsuit, 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: Internet, privacy, security, Apple, Google 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: Pandora, MTV, Internet, 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: Internet, FCC, Congress, Net Neutrality, ISP 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: Internet, networking, IPv4, IPv6, ICANN 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: Web, Internet, BBC 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: social networking, Twitter, Facebook, 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: privacy, online advertising, security, Web, Internet 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: Internet, FCC, Net Neutrality, Comcast, NBC 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, Net Neutrality, Internet, broadband ISP 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, security, Web 2.0, Internet, iPhone Are You a Screen Addict? By James Maguire | Article Published October 11, 2010 Are You a Screen Addict? Tags: monitor, vweb, screen, Internet 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: TechCrunch, media, AOL, blogs, Internet 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: Google, antitrust, Google Apps, Internet, FTC 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: Google, FTC, Internet, EPIC, 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: Facebook, Internet, Social Media Analytics, Twitter, Social Networking Tools 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: Internet search, Internet, Web, Web 2.0, Web browsers 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: iPhone, Internet, Gizmodo, Web, journalism Online Relationships and Offline Trust By James Maguire | Article Published April 14, 2010 Online Relationships and Offline Trust Tags: social networking, online trends, Internet How Social Networking Saved a Life By James Maguire | Article Published April 06, 2010 How Social Networking Saved a Life Tags: Internet, social networking, Web 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: semantic Web, Web science, education, Internet, IT education 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: Firefox, Internet, open source, Mozilla, Web browsers 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: search, censorship, Google, China, Internet 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: Internet, Amazon, Web site metrics, Gomez, e-commerce 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: Internet, dot-com, Internet browser, ITIF, Facebook 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: conference, Internet, Web, Google Docs, apps The Price of Sociability (And Stupidity) By Chris Nerney | Article Published June 25, 2009 The Price of Sociability (And Stupidity) Tags: Twitter, Internet, scams, privacy, social networking, security Hooked On High Speed By Chris Nerney | Article Published June 17, 2009 Hooked On High Speed Tags: broadband, survey, Pew Internet, research, high-speed, 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: Internet, IT, media, music, Copyright The Mega-Merger That Never Measured Up By Chris Nerney | Article Published May 28, 2009 The Mega-Merger That Never Measured Up Tags: Internet, Time Warner, merger, AOL, media Sotomayor On Tech Issues By Chris Nerney | Article Published May 27, 2009 Sotomayor On Tech Issues Tags: Obama, Internet, Senate, Supreme Court, technology, Sotomayor 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, wigig, Wi-Fi Alliance, InternetNews.com, Internet, WiGig Alliance, wireless 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: Google, Wolfram Alpha, search, semantic Web, Internet 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: partnership, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, Ballmer, acquisition, Internet Just Saying No To Broadband By Chris Nerney | Article Published January 22, 2009 Just Saying No To Broadband Tags: Pew Internet, dial-up, Ars Technica, Internet, broadband, survey 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, Cell, media, Internet Internet Poised To Eat Itself? By Chris Nerney | Article Published November 20, 2008 Internet Poised To Eat Itself? Tags: broadband, infrastructure, Nemertes, capacity, IPv6, Point Topic, Internet The Nuclear (Networked) Family By Chris Nerney | Article Published October 20, 2008 The Nuclear (Networked) Family Tags: Internet, Pew Internet, cell phone, survey, broadband My Wife Thinks I'm Just Wasting My Time... By Chris Nerney | Article Published October 15, 2008 My Wife Thinks I'm Just Wasting My Time... Tags: brain, research, searching, UCLA, Google, Internet, alcohol Is Chrome Google's Trojan Horse? By Chris Nerney | Article Published September 05, 2008 Is Chrome Google's Trojan Horse? Tags: Chrome, Google, search, Internet, browser U.S. Becoming Route 66 Of Internet By Chris Nerney | Article Published September 02, 2008 U.S. Becoming Route 66 Of Internet Tags: spying, United States, Internet, intelligence, Verizon The Internet Plot Our Media Ignored By Chris Nerney | Article Published August 07, 2008 The Internet Plot Our Media Ignored Tags: Paris Hilton, government, Lessig, Patriot Act, Heath Ledger, Internet John McCain's Secret 10-Point Plan To Win The Technology Vote By Chris Nerney | Article Published August 07, 2008 John McCain's Secret 10-Point Plan To Win The Technology Vote Tags: technology, McCain, humor, Internet, Google, MySpace When Paranoia Is Justified By Chris Nerney | Article Published August 06, 2008 When Paranoia Is Justified Tags: Internet, spying, Patriot Act, terrorism, NSA, 9/11, censorship Two Things You Don't See In The U.S. By Chris Nerney | Article Published July 16, 2008 Two Things You Don't See In The U.S. Tags: database, privacy, information, terrorism, Internet Is There a Cure for the 'Distraction Virus'? By Mike Elgan | Article Published May 22, 2008 The Internet is an incredible productivity tool that offers unprecedented access to information and communication with others. But it's also distracting, and getting more distracting every day. Tags: Facebook, Google, Internet, YouTube, Amazon How Consumers Really Use The Internet By Chris Nerney | Article Published May 19, 2008 How Consumers Really Use The Internet Tags: Internet, commerce, ecommerce Wild West of the Web Getting Wilder By Heidi Cyre | Article Published May 14, 2008 Wild West of the Web Getting Wilder Tags: security, cybercriminals, Internet, identity theft When Is International "Shut Up Day"? By Mike Elgan | Article Published May 02, 2008 Saturday is International Computer Shutdown Day. But I don’t accept the thought that the Internet is some kind of addiction, a dark mental prison that keeps us from living our lives. Tags: technology, international, IT, mobile, Internet The Conference Call Is Dead By Mike Elgan | Article Published September 12, 2007 And good riddance. There's a better way to do phone meetings. Tags: conference call, Web conference, Internet, phone, call |
