Search Results for 'Internet'

Substitute Internet knock-offs for real video games

Thanks to the standard seven-figure salary afforded to the regular Evergreen columnists, it’s easy for me to forget that not everyone can afford to buy new games on a weekly basis. Never fear, as I’ve got the perfect solution to [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Internet safety program puts kids' security at fingertips wi...

A Canadian-developed Internet software program is putting kids' online safety literally at their fingertips by using their one-of-a-kind prints as their personal ID prior to accessing the web.It's among several safety components featured in [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 avilable for Download

IE8 has been in development for several months. If you've been using the pre-release betas or the most recent release candidate, then today's release won't be all that new to your eyes. Aside from some minor tweaks, the code is very much th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Internet firms agree UK targeted advertising rules

The world's leading Internet companies including Google (GOOG.O) and Yahoo (YHOO.O) have signed up to a set of targeted advertising guidelines in Britain to provide consumers with greater privacy and protection.Targeted or behavioural adver [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Internet History

The conceptual foundation for creation of the Internet was significantly developed by three individuals and a research conference, each of which changed the way we thought about technology by accurately predicting its future: Vannevar Bush [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Check Internet Performance with Google's M-Lab

Have you been wondering whether you're getting the broadband connection you were promised by your Internet Service Provider (ISP)?If your answer is yes, then you'd be happy to know that there are tools being devised by Google's M-Lab, 0r Me [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Google out to expose Internet traffic chokers

Google has begun offering tools to expose Internet service providers (ISPs) that choke traffic or shift users into slow lanes while allowing others to zip along at high speeds. The online search and advertising king is an unabashed champio [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Internet Search Engine Posts Loss

Yahoo! saw its profits slide from £140m in the final quarter of 2007 to a loss of £215m over the past three months, but this was still ahead of expectations. Many analysts had been anticipating worse as Yahoo!'s profits were hi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Download Internet Explorer 8 RC1 today!

Microsoft today has unveiled a near final version of its browser – Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for systems running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.Unfortunately Internet Explorer 8 RC1 wont work on r [...]

Posted On : Jan, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Internet Cafe Business is Shrinking

More and more owners are trying to sell their internet café while no one wants to buy.In addition, facing the stronger regulations of the government, the whole industry itself is witnessing a crisis expanding. The internet caf&eacut [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

An Internet era ends as technology icons exit

Steve Jobs exiting the Apple stage, perhaps not to return, signals a close to an Internet Age era with roots stretching back to the radical hippie movement of the 1960s.His departure for health reasons comes some seven months after his reno [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Surge in Chinese internet users

This marks a 41.9% increase on the previous year and is still growing fast, said the government-linked China Internet Network Information Centre.The study also showed huge increases in the number of people in China accessing the internet th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Internet eyes ad sales in hard times

Although the financial crisis has seen many of China's exporters close down and put pressure on the country's economy, the Internet-related industries remain relatively untouched.While many advertisers are reducing their budgets for traditi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Is the Internet addictive?

There is no denying that the Internet tops the spot in our lives today. From virtually instant e-mails to reading chapters from an online book or taking up a course using MIT’s Open Course Ware, the Internet offers almost endless opti [...]