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This article discusses the growth of online shopping as well as the advantages of it.

This article discusses the affect that the internet has on Americans when it comes to getting news as well as what online sources they use.

Video chat is an idea that has been around for a while, but not until recently was it actually possible on a large scale. Now people can talk to each other as if they are in the same room through their televisions, and do it everyday if they want to.

"It's not known exactly how much in uncollected taxes is due to states from online sales, but a 2009 study from the University of Tennessee estimated that it could total $10.14 billion this year, assuming total e-commerce sales of $3.49 trillion. Only a fraction of this owed tax would result from consumer purchases, however, because most e-commerce sales are from one business to another."

Here is an article on the projected amount of monies states are losing in revenues by not collecting online sale taxes.

One way that some have tried to deal with piracy is by suing large groups of people that are sharing a file, rather than sue individual people. The problem is that there is a debate on whether it is alright to clump these people into a single case. This article shows that some attorneys have ruled that you may not lump multiple file sharers into a single case, while others have ruled this practice to be fine.

Looks at a piece of legislation being debated right now that is intended to address piracy. "The bill would give the government legal tools to blacklist a "rogue" website from the Internet's Domain Name System, ban credit card companies from processing US payments to the site, and forbid US-based online ad networks from working with the site. It even directs the government to keep a list of suspect sites, even though no evidence has been presented against them in court."

All of us are taking at least this class online and this site actually gives many reasons why it is the best way to further your education. It has many links to help with finding different academic programs, schools, how to read a course descriptions and things like that. I found this site very helpful when I was looking for schools to attend soley online.

Good article about cyberbullying - and it was a 12 year old girl!!!

Illinois is falling behind in Internet connection speed - not very good news for Illinoisians!

This seems really bad for higher education (IMHO).

The white house is now using the open source web content management platform. It lets you build the website, at the website. Very interactive!

There is always the good side, keep troops connected to home, but that can be bad too.

A neat howto, on promoting your website using twitter. Hope it helps any of you.

Good article about cybersecurity - and what Google is doing to fight back.

Thought some of the stats they found on those who think music downloading should be legal/illegal was interesting and relevent to our topic

This is a website formed by a coalition in order to save the internet! I'm sure many of you have heard about net neutraility but some might not know what it means..

Article discusses RIAA's new approach to curbing the downloading portion of file sharing. RIAA is working with ISP's to have them slow down the internet connections of people who are downloading music illegally. Does not mention anything about doing the same for people who are sharing though. The sharers are still being sued.

Here is a very interesting article discusing the future of technology and it's impact on jobs. Some of the opinions need to be taken with a grain of salt.

This is a free radio site that plays any type of music from any artist. I frequently use this site to listen to music while I write papers, and since this week's discussion is on the Music Industry I thought it would be relative to share this with the class.

"Sandra Thornton is eager to generate new business for the sewing plant she manages just outside Centerville, Tenn. When the machines at Southeastern Pant are running full tilt, the plant's 55 employees can crank out 2,000 pairs a week for police officers, firefighters, and security guards all over the U.S. Nestled among the rolling, ranch-dotted hills of the central part of the Volunteer State, Thornton's plant has managed to stay open when many clothing companies are sending work overseas, by focusing on custom orders. "All the police agencies want their own stripes, their own pocket sizes," she says. "Our equipment is very easy to change over.""

People of rural areas will benefit from broadband Internet, becuase it will enable them to connect to millions of other people. Also, store owners and other businesses will thrive with broadband Internet.