The largely unseen forces that keep the Internet running have fortified crucial parts of it after learning of plans for an attack by Anonymous on the Domain Name System.
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With Advance Warning, Bracing for Attack on Internet by Anonymous
An illegal business that long relied on phones, pencils and a burly goon has finally moved, in part, to the Internet.
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Bookies Using New Technology for Old-Fashioned Betting
The Isle of Bute on the west coast of Scotland is hosting a pilot scheme that could bring broadband internet connections to the country’s remotest areas.
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VIDEO: New tech to help rural notspots
BEIJING — Until a week ago, few Chinese had ever heard of Neil Heywood, and fewer still raised any questions when the 41-year-old British business consultant was found dead in his hotel room. Today, he is so famous — and such a sensitive topic — that China’s Internet censors have banned searches of Heywood’s Chinese name, Hai Wu De. Read full article > >
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After Bo’s ouster, a mysterious death adds to China’s churning rumor mill
A morning mix of entertainment headlines… A video that Alicia Silverstone recently posted on her “Kind Life” Web site has gone viral in the past 24 hours. In it, the actress who played Cher in “Clueless” feeds her son, Bear Blu , mother-bird-style by transferring food from her mouth directly into his. The Internet is officially grossed out. ( The Kind Life with Alicia Silverstone Web site ) Read full article > >
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Alicia Silverstone baby-feeding video goes viral; Lindsay Lohan to guest star on ‘Glee’?
A bill making it easier for startup companies to use the internet to raise money from investors is backed by the US House of Representatives.
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US House backs crowdfunding bill
The market for Web sites, night classes and online lectures in computer programming is booming, as demand grows for knowing how the digital pieces of the Internet fit together.
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A Surge in Learning the Language of the Internet
Oxford University’s Internet Institute has published its first digital, interactive textbook for students – which will also be free to the public.
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Oxford develops digital textbook
The computer software giant won a court order to enter two Web hosting facilities last week in a war against so-called botnets that scour the Internet for personal data to steal and exploit.
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Microsoft Raids Tackle Online Crime
Lawmakers on Wednesday picked apart a controversial deal between Verizon Wireless and the largest cable companies, questioning whether it will impede competition and lead to fewer choices for Internet users. Read full article > >
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Lawmakers fear Verizon Wireless deal with cable firms will limit consumers’ choices
Lawmakers on Wednesday picked apart a controversial deal between Verizon Wireless and the largest cable companies, questioning whether it will impede competition and lead to fewer choices for Internet users. Read full article > >
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Lawmakers fear Verizon Wireless deal with cable firms will limit consumers’ choices
The Pentagon is accelerating efforts to develop a new generation of cyberweapons capable of disrupting enemy military networks even when those networks are not connected to the Internet, according to current and former U.S. officials. Read full article > >
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U.S. accelerating cyberweapon research
The Pentagon is accelerating efforts to develop a new generation of cyberweapons capable of disrupting enemy military networks even when those networks are not connected to the Internet, according to current and former U.S. officials. Read full article > >
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U.S. accelerating cyberweapon research
According to Pew ’s most recent study on social networking sites, most users don’t agree with their friends’ political postings. As the election approaches, it’s only going to get worse. Here’s why we’re unfriending one another these days: Read full article > >
It’s good to be a cat these days, thanks in no small part to Internet culture. Besides revolutionizing porn, news and teenage gossip, the Internet reversed a long-held ambivalence toward felines, amounting to hours and hours of cat videos. Read full article > >
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‘Must Love Cats’: Hello again, kitty
With Advance Warning, Bracing for Attack on Internet by Anonymous
Saturday, March 31st, 2012After Bo’s ouster, a mysterious death adds to China’s churning rumor mill
Thursday, March 29th, 2012Alicia Silverstone baby-feeding video goes viral; Lindsay Lohan to guest star on ‘Glee’?
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012Lawmakers fear Verizon Wireless deal with cable firms will limit consumers’ choices
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012Lawmakers fear Verizon Wireless deal with cable firms will limit consumers’ choices
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
