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Probe finds botched Calgary 911 call the result of Internet ...

An investigation into a botched 911 call that contributed to the death of an 18-month-old Calgary boy has placed the blame on the family's Internet phone provider. The family of Elijah Luck called 911 through their voice-over-Internet prot [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

FBI Targets Internet Archive With Secret 'National Security ...

The Internet Archive, a project to create a digital library of the web for posterity, successfully fought a secret government Patriot Act order for records about one of its patrons and won the right to make the order public, civil liberties [...]

Posted On : May, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Stephen Colbert takes home top Internet award

Stephen Colbert, whose U.S. presidential campaign was cut short, came out a winner on Tuesday when he walked away with a Webby award as the Internet's "Person of the Year." Other special achievement winners in the 12th annual Web [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Space Internets Coming Soon!

NASA is badass. Let's admit it. Who else would be so forward thinking as to team with m2mi to build small satellites to make internet bandwidth available in space? This way, the Venusian social networking site we've all wanted to hook up wi [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Comcast increases Internet speeds for business customers

Comcast Corp. said Tuesday it has increased upload and download speeds for business customers of its high-speed Internet service. The Philadelphia cable, phone, Internet and media company said it is now offering its business Internet cu [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Aluratek's Big Step in Internet Radio

When I was a boy, I wanted a shortwave radio. I was fascinated by the idea of listening to radio programs from around the world. I didn't get one until I was an adult, by which time the reason I had wanted one was diminished: In recent year [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Internet Lingo Used in School Assignments

LOL, BRB, and OMG are just some of the things teens say in their conversations to their friends on the Internet, in their blogs or in text messages. And a new study released from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that 64% of [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

China Tops US for Internet Population Lead

China has proclaimed itself the world's largest Internet market, with 221 million Internet users, state media reported Thursday. The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) cited statistics from the China Internet Network Information Centr [...]

Posted On : Apr, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Is that Miley Cyrus flashing her bra on the Internet?

Is that Miley Cyrus flashing some skin? Less-than-wholesome photos of a girl bearing a close resemblance to the 15-year-old superstar are making the rounds on the Internet. One photo shows the Cyrus look-alike tugging at her white tank to [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Microsoft sues over brand in Dutch programme curbing kids on...

Software company Microsoft said Monday it is suing a company run by a Dutch mother because it had started using a Microsoft domain title in computer programmes aimed at curbing children's use of the Internet. "Microsoft has filed suit [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Sector Snap: Major Internet stocks climb after Google report

Major Internet stocks rose Friday, with Google shares soaring after the Web search leader reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. Google shares rose $96.69, or 21.1 percent, to $546.23 in afternoon trading. In the past year, [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Bell insists throttling Internet services necessary

Bell Canada says it is downgrading the Internet services of bandwidth hogs, and is asking the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to toss out a landmark complaint by competitors. The Canadian Association of Internet [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Eight Teenagers Charged in Internet Beating Have Their Day o...

The six teenage girls accused of beating a classmate and filming the attack for the Internet made their first court appearance on Friday, looking down and occasionally covering their faces with their hands and hair to avoid a gaggle of ca [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

All the internet's his stage

THE other day I went to a rehearsal of a new production of Hamlet at Shakespeare's Globe. I strolled in and took a seat towards the back which turned out to be slightly obscured by a column. It didn't affect the novelty of the experience, h [...]