Closing the Digital Frontier - Magazine - The Atlantic - 1 views
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Burks Oakley on 06 Jul 10Good article about free information and proprietary apps
Restriction on Anonymity on acts of Religious Vilification
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Top Ten Cybercriminals - Cyber Crime| Norton 2010 - 0 views
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Gives interesting descriptions on the top ten cybercriminals
A Virtual Revolution Is Brewing for Colleges - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
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Very thought-provoking article about the role of the Internet in the future of higher education.
Florida Testing Internet Voting For Presidential Election - Okaloosa Distance Ballot Pi... - 0 views
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Great information on Online Voting. Someday we may all move to this form of voting. Hopefully we can get the encryption issue figured out.
Americans Researching the Recession Also Look for Digital Diversions - Pew Research Center - 1 views
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A good summary of the latest Pew Internet report - reasons that Americans are turning to the Internet during this recession.
The Associated Press: Web-monitoring software gathers data on kid chats - 0 views
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A leading parental monitoring/filtering tool (CyberPatrol) also data mines kids' chat messages.
Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Church of Scientology Proposes Net Censorship In Au... - 0 views
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Websites created with primary purpose of inciting religious vilification shall be removed or their access to the Australian public restricted
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Church of Scientology in Australia has proposed removal of anonymity on the net and censorship of sites critical of (specific, presumably) religions.
Using the Internet to get out the anti-globalization message - 0 views
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Good article about the power of the Internet to provide real-time news
Election 08 Special Coverage: The Internet elected Obama - Internet - 0 views
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Good article on how Obama and McCain used the internet for the election.
Broadband Internet Service Helping Create a Rural Digital - Amber Waves-September 2009 - 0 views
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A really good article about what increased access to broadband can do for rural America.
Want to read all about it online? It may cost you - washingtonpost.com - 1 views
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It is going to get expensive getting our news.
F.C.C. Chairman Proposes 'Open Internet' Rules - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Good article about the open Internet and net neutrality.
Internet Use Among College Students: - 0 views
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A start at the understanding of the varying use of the internet by race. -
I found this site a few months ago when we discussing this topic. I found it very interesting that there is still a gap between the different races. In reading what the Pew team found and what this one did, it was very interesting.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Google books deal battle heats up - 0 views
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Attempts by Google to digitize out of print books without permission from the authors were challenged in court. Now Google has offered a settlement to authors, which could be further challenged.
Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012, Gartner says - Network World - 0 views
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* Social Web * Email * Close Digg Slashdot Fark Stumble Reddit MIXX del.icio.us Newsvine Technorati Facebook Buzz up! Twitter Your Name: Your Email Address: Recipient(s) Email Address: (Comma separation for multiple addresses) Your Message: Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012, Gartner says Broadband penetration currently reaches just over half of U.S. homes By Brad Reed , Network World , 07/24/2008 Newsletter Signup * Share/Email * Tweet This * 1 Comment * Print The United States will close its digital divide significantly within the next four years, with 77% of U.S. households having a broadband Internet subscription, according to a new Gartner study. Just over half of U.S. households currently subscribe to broadband Internet services, but Gartner predic
Who's Driving Twitter's Popularity? Not Teenagers - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Though Twitter’s founders originally conceived of the site as a way to stay in touch with acquaintances, it turns out that it is better for broadcasting ideas or questions and answers to the outside world or for marketing a product.
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This is the power of Twitter - in forming a "personal learning network".
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Illinois falling behind in Internet connection speed - Chicago Breaking News - 0 views
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According to the union, Internet connection speeds in the United States lag considerably behind those in South Korea, Japan and Sweden, which it said are "many times faster."
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This is really serious - many other countries are way ahead of the USA in this important area!!
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Illinois is falling behind in Internet connection speed - not very good news for Illinoisians!
Sentiment Analysis Takes the Pulse of the Internet - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The rise of blogs and social networks has fueled a bull market in personal opinion: reviews, ratings, recommendations and other forms of online expression. For computer scientists, this fast-growing mountain of data is opening a tantalizing window onto the collective consciousness of Internet users.
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This is a really interesting concept - well worth keeping an eye on in the future.
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This is an interesting concept!
April 2009 Mobile Metrics Report - 0 views
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iPhone for the win!
The Amazing Money Machine - The Atlantic (June 2008) - 0 views
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"The story of Obama's success is very much a story about money. It provided his initial credibility. It paid for his impressive campaign operation. It allowed him first to compete with, and then to overwhelm, the most powerful Democratic family in a generation-one that understood the power of money in politics and commanded a network of wealthy donors that has financed the Democratic Party for years."
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Excerpt from article, "The story of Obama's success is very much a story about money. It provided his initial credibility. It paid for his impressive campaign operation. It allowed him first to compete with, and then to overwhelm, the most powerful Democratic family in a generation-one that understood the power of money in politics and commanded a network of wealthy donors that has financed the Democratic Party for years."