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Articles tagged "internet" NewsAmericans find it harder to imagine life offlineby Tim Barker [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)][20.Mar.08] :. It may not be the end of the world. But it can feel like it. You open your Web browser, only to be greeted by an obscure error message suggesting something is wrong with your Internet connection.... NewsVirtual worlds, social networks may intersectby Mark Boslet [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][7.Aug.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Imagine if those two neighborhoods came together. Some Internet developers believe this blending of sites is inevitable - thanks to a new wave of technological openness spreading... NewsNetheads aim to improve the Webby Jon Van [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][27.Jul.07] :. CHICAGO - The guys who decide how the Internet should work (a few are women) want you to know they don’t run the Internet. Nobody does. Despite its tremendous influence on Web technology, the... NewsFaster Internet hastens changeby Clint Swett [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][20.Jul.07] :. SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Addicted to YouTube? Think how much better it would be if you could watch its videos on your TV in high-definition. Want to check on the kids at home? A super fast...  NewsChasing dot-com dream in Chinaby Evan Osnos [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][11.Jul.07] :. BEIJING—In the office after hours, the Chinese economic miracle didn’t feel much like magic. Spent cups of instant noodles lay in the trash can. Cubicles were empty for the night. Among...  Book ReviewThe Cult of the Amateur by Andrew Keenby Glenn Harlan Reynolds [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][3.Jul.07] :. An extended paean to the lost Golden Age of middlebrow taste-makers and big-media megaphones, and an extended jeremiad against an age in which people are free to make up their own minds, and make their own contributions. Web time increases risk of `cyberbullying,’ study findsby S.L. Wykes [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][28.Jun.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Teenager Austin Stewart did something a friend didn’t like and the next thing she knew “a non-stop flood of hurtfulness” was posted about her on Facebook and... Internet tax proposal looms in Congressby Anna M. Tinsley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][27.Jun.07] :. FORT WORTH, Texas—When Marie Gaudet feels like shopping, she pulls up a chair and sits down at her computer. There, she can browse and shop at her leisure—without spending money on gas... Edwards blazes trail on Internetby Rob Christensen [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][24.May.07] :. RALEIGH, N.C. - In the run up to Memorial Day, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has been all over the Internet. There is an Edwards video on YouTube.com asking people to forego their... Muckraking, the Internet and Wasted Potentialby PopMatters Staff[21.May.07] :. It’s a shame that news organizations are using the Internet mostly as a hurry-up medium, leaning on already-overworked reporters to feed morsels of information to their websites while... Report shows internet censorship growing around the worldby Frank Davies [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][18.May.07] :. WASHINGTON—Internet censorship around the world is becoming more pervasive and sophisticated, with government-directed content filtering documented in at least 25 countries, according to a... Bill of fare game: Eateries see armchair critics at every tableby Amy Hoak [MarketWatch (MCT)][16.May.07] :. CHICAGO - In Edward Ho’s opinion, Kaze Sushi in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood serves up the best sushi in town. So he didn’t just tell his friends about it - the... Hateful discourse in blogs scares some users awayby Mark Boslet [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][14.May.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - When disagreements flare up, Nick Wilson isn’t afraid to hurl insults at his fellow bloggers. “I’ve been unkind to people for sure,” said Wilson, who... Power in 2008 campaign is at voters’ fingertipsby Etan Horowitz [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][10.May.07] :. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Nearly a year out from Florida’s presidential primary, a handful of strangers are sitting in Marcy Haydt’s living room sipping red wine and listening to the... Oft-criticized college students one-up cable’s bestby PopMatters Staff[25.Apr.07] :. WASHINGTON—Let’s face it, baby boomers often express anxiety about the younger generation. We did a lot of crazy things in our day, but we also marched against the war in Vietnam, we... Are we there yet?by PopMatters Staff[23.Apr.07] :. For newspapers struggling to harness the Internet, the road up ahead is foggy at best. Still, editors at daily papers across the country are beginning to find their way. Web spurs revolution in race for presidentby Tamara Lytle [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][22.Apr.07] :. Call It the Youtube Presidential Campaign. Widespread Internet access is likely to fundamentally change the 2008 presidential race in fundraising, candidate interactions and, most importantly,... Students snare crucial details on Webby Etan Horowitz [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][18.Apr.07] :. ORLANDO, Fla.—Justin Blau spent Monday checking the Facebook profiles of his friends at Virginia Tech to see who was alive. On Tuesday, the 20-year-old Tampa, Fla., man was back online,... Google to buy DoubleClick for $3.1 billionby Elise Ackerman [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][14.Apr.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Google has once again thwarted Microsoft’s Internet ambitions, announcing Friday that it has agreed to buy DoubleClick, a maker of advertising software, for $3.1 billion in... It’s a 24/7 shriek show, not a shred of self-editingby PopMatters Staff[12.Apr.07] :. Let us, for a moment, table Don Imus’ contemptible language and address the issue of how he and so many other opinionated gabbers came to flourish in the first place. There is precious little... Internet helps spread mistake about trip that Obama didn’t takeby Christi Parsons [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][10.Apr.07] :. WASHINGTON - There’s a story pinging around the Internet about how Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., paid a visit to Libya in 1984 and met with Louis Farrakhan, the Chicago-based Nation of Islam... The Golden Rule #1by PopMatters Staff[2.Apr.07] :. Online Journalism Ethics – An Oxymoron? As digital media blazes new trails and transforms itself, the need for fresh ethical standards grows more urgent with every deadline. At Poynter... When Harry Googled Sallyby Glenn McDonald[3.Oct.06] :. A terrifying glimpse of what can happen when modern technology meets Happily Ever After. |
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