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Rise. Shine. Check E-Mail.

Monday, August 10, 2009

The New York Times has noticed a trend that’s been going on for…well, for decades, probably, but it’s now entirely mainstream: Folks sometimes leap online first thing in the morning, before they’ve so much as brushed their teeth. (Back in the 1990s at the height of AOL addiction, I’m sure plenty of people started their [...]

Craigslist is Newspapers’ Silent Killer

Monday, May 25, 2009

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With all of the newspaper industry’s huffing and puffing over Google and other news aggregators, you’d hardly suspect that print journalism has another major problem on its hands. New research (PDF) from the Pew Internet and American Life Project solidifies what I’ve been hearing for a long time: It’s the classifieds, silly. Over the last four years, [...]

What Happens On The Internet Stays On The Internet (Duh)

Thursday, May 14, 2009

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To preface, on a whim I searched the above phrase in Google and was surprised by how many results came up, verbatim (minus the “duh”). There’s even a T-shirt. I guess it can never be said enough. In an article that hits close to home, the Chronicle of Higher Education notes how former writers for their [...]

Can’t Get Free Food? Blame the Internet.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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The other day, I was browsing through my Twitter feed and spotted a link to a free meal coupon from KFC. Needing dinner, I printed out the coupon and took it to my local restaurant for some free grilled chicken, two sides and a biscuit. I also retweeted the link and told some friends through [...]

Time Again to Worry About the Internet

Monday, May 4, 2009

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Last week, The Times created a minor panic by reporting that we’re on track to run out of bandwidth by 2012, pointing to a study that blames greater demand than supply. Unfortunately, the story is peppered with inaccuracies and sensationalizes the problem, according to one of the study’s researchers who spoke with me. Let’s start with [...]

Twenty Years Ago Today, the Idea That Became the Web Was Born

Friday, March 13, 2009

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Over at Cnet, Charles Cooper has a nice post on a meaningful historical tidbit: Twenty years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee, who was working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva, Switzerland, submitted a proposal to his bosses on how the organization could do a better job of keeping track of information. It involved [...]

NASA Tests Interplanetary Internet

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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It might not be subspace communications, but NASA has successfully tested a deep space communications network that it says is the first step toward the creation of an interplanetary Internet. Today, NASA announced that engineers from its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., had transmitted images to a NASA science spacecraft that was located more than [...]

Technologizer Predictions: What Could Be in 2009

Monday, January 12, 2009

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Back on December 31st, I asked the Technologizer community to make technology-related predictions for the year ahead. You made scads of them–from ones that seem like sure bets for 2009 to ones that might never come to be. Highlights follow after the jump–thanks to everyone who contributed. Once 2010 rolls around, let’s rate the accuracy [...]

Undersea Cable Failure Causes Mideast Internet Chaos

Friday, December 19, 2008

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Well it looks like it has happened again, and nobody knows why just yet — another undersea cable — this time three of them — that run between Asia and North America have been cut. Only one cable remains, which is causing big problems for the Internet worldwide, and in some cases, cutting countries off [...]

In the Year 2020…

Monday, December 15, 2008

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Us longtime Conan O’Brien fans know that one of the signature skits of his late night show was “In the Year 2000,” which made predictions — however ridiculous — of what life would be like in the future. Well, Pew Internet and American Life project did something similar, but they took a serious look at [...]

Should the U.S. Roll Out Free Nationwide Wi-Fi? It Depends on Which Administration You Ask.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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The lame duck Bush administration is flapping its wings in opposition to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) free, national wireless Internet plan. Meanwhile, U.S. President- elect Obama is assembling a team to execute a plan to broaden the availability of high speed Internet access in the United States. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the [...]