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Technology and the Internet
This section is all about technology breakthroughs, applications, software, hardware and the internet.
09/05/2010
By M.P. Mueller, The New York Times. With so many new technologies and tools, we business owners often feel as if we're playing catch-up - as if we don't even know what we don't know. In just the ...
08/12/2010
Time.com. By AP. (ATLANTA) - Delta Air Lines Inc. said Thursday it's launched a new "Ticket Window" on Facebook that will allow passengers to book directly on the social media site. It's the first...
08/05/2010
Times Topics, The New York Times, August 5, 2010. The concept of "net neutrality'' holds that companies providing Internet service should treat all sources of data equally. It has been the center ...
08/05/2010
By Cecilia Kang, Washington Post Staff, August 6, 2010. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday called off its closed-door meetings with big Internet companies aimed at reaching agreemen...
08/03/2010
By Paul Briand, The Examimer. While it's no surprise that 82 percent of Americans make some use of the Internet, it may come as a bit of surprise that among the non-users is a good chunk of younge...
07/27/2010
Lifehacker.com. There's some truth to it. Posts like this and search trends point to what we're after. Many people want the ability to focus more and feel like they're losing the ability to f...
07/21/2010
By Don Fletcher, Time.com. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced his social networking behemoth passed 500 million active users today.
In a blog post on the Facebook site, Zuckerberg wr...
07/12/2010
By: Judy Woodruff, PBS.com. Pew Internet & American Life Project, in partnership with Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center. If you're one of those people who don't get all the fuss ...
07/04/2010
Psychology Today, By Ira E. Hyman Jr., Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University. The texting zombies are after me. One zombie nearly caused me to crash while biking this morn...
06/25/2010
Washington Post, by Rob Pegoraro. Apple's new iPhone 4 is in no danger of being mistaken for any of its three predecessors. Its angular contours and precision-engineered metal buttons feel dramati...
06/08/2010
By Paul Briand, Examiner.com. While Baby Boomers have made big strides embracing the online world, particularly social networking such as Facebook, they're slower to get on board with online video...
06/01/2010
By Redmond Carolipio, San Bernadino Sun, Posted: 05/29/2010. Like it or not, those four words typically epitomize the feelings of younger generations when it comes to baby boomers and technol...
05/31/2010
By Kit Yarrow - Professor, Author, Consumer Psychologist, San Francisco Chronicle. Today the other woman (or man) may not even be human. But don't let that stop you from appreciating the impa...
05/27/2010
By Cecilia Kang, Washington Post Staff, May 27, 2010. Facebook's founder presented new one-click options Wednesday to help subscribers protect their privacy, responding to a torrent of compla...
05/27/2010
By Douglas MacMillan, Bloomberg Businessweek. Facebook has been criticized by users who balk at the social network's frequent changes to its privacy controls. It's little wonder, since nearly two-...
05/14/2010
By Tara Kelly, London Correspondent, Time.com. When it comes to mental health, the Internet gets a bad rap. There are countless studies that suggest regular access to the Internet is linked to str...
04/05/2010
The Orange County Register, April 4, 2010. Apple's iPad is out, drawing lines the curious and gadget devotees to purchase the tablet computer at many Apple stores. It's seen as a breakthrough way ...
03/31/2010
By Dana ScartonSpecial to The Washington Post, March 30, 2010. As his patient lay unconscious in an emergency room from an overdose of sedatives, psychiatrist Damir Huremovic was faced with a...
03/29/2010
Northern Colorado Business Report, March 26, 2010 By Jessie Halverson-- The whole "social media" craze - and the ever-expanding number of websites and applications that fall under that umbrella - ...
03/24/2010
By John Pomfret, Ellen Nakashima and Cecilia KangWashington Post Staff, March 23, 2010. BEIJING -- China began blocking results for sensitive searches on Google's Hong Kong-based Web site Tuesday,...
03/18/2010
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service, PC World, March 18, 2010. Facebook's 400 million users have been targeted by a spam run that could infect their computers with malicious software designed to...
03/18/2010
Micah L. Sifry, Personal Democracy Forum. From time to time (like, every other day it seems), I get email from a reporter or an academic or a student with questions about the impact of the Interne...
03/10/2010
Engage Boomers, Media Post, by Anne Mai Bertleson, March 8, 2010. The other night while watching CBS's "The Good Wife," I saw Apple's newest iPhone television spot, "First Steps." In the storyline...
03/08/2010
By Mathew Ingram Mar. 4, 2010, Gigaom.com. Updated: Men are more positively inclined towards social media activities and use social networking sites more than women, according to what Liberty Mutu...
02/24/2010
MSNBC, Technology and Science, February 24, 2010. Among the findings by Pew, with most based on a survey last month of a national cross-section of 2,020 adults:
"Significantly more Millen...
02/15/2010
By Larry Rosen, Special to CNN February 11, 2010. Solana Beach, California (CNN) -- I dont tlk on th fone. txt im fb me. I tried to reach my teenage daughter the other day. I left a voice mail, se...
02/10/2010
By Eric Schmidt, Washington Post, Opinion, February 9, 2010. Eric Schmidt is Chairman and Chief Executive at Google.
We can see it reflected in our search trends at Google: Too many people...
02/08/2010
By Ray B. Williams, Psychology Today, February 7, 2010. In 2011, approximately 30% of the U.S. population will be over the age of 50. Yet, in 2010, they are expected to outspend younger adults by ...
02/02/2010
The Red Tape Chronicles, MSNBC, February 1, 2010. For years computer security experts have been preaching that users should never share the same password across their connected lives -- at online ...
01/26/2010
By Michael S. RosenwaldWashington Post Staff, January 25, 2010. Heather Pierce lives in Glover Park, but much of her life floats in the cloud. Her e-mail is stored in that vast digital space,...
01/11/2010
By Cecilia Kang, Washington Post Staff, January 10, 2010. LAS VEGAS -- What happens in Vegas could soon hit the open road. Even as policymakers and safety advocates worry that the use ...
01/08/2010
By Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, January 8, 2010. LAS VEGAS Finished catching your breath after the digital TV transition? Good -- the electronics industry has another upgrade in store for you. A...
12/21/2009
By Timon Singh, 12/16/09, NG Online. In terms of technological highlights and the breakthrough of gadgets and applications, 2009 is probably the most packed year in a long time. This is the year w...
12/07/2009
Rick Broida, PC World, for the Washington Post, December 7, 2009. Some days I feel like technology is conspiring against me. In the past couple weeks I've been through the wringer with m...
12/01/2009
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Baby boomers have a unique relationship to technology -- different from any generation before or since -- and they are actively shaping the devices, so...
11/04/2009
MSNBC, The Red Tape Chronicles, November 4, 2009. Click on a weight-loss, work-at-home or acai berry ad and you're likely to land on what looks like a blog or discussion board. Regular folks...
10/29/2009
Rick Broida, PC World, October 29, 2009. Hey, Facebook: Ever hear the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? Guess not, because your recent front-page "fix" has many users fuming. (Maybe ...
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