 Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web (Update) July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web. | |
 Defiant China hits out at US, stands firm on Internet July 31, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A defiant China stood firm on controversies swirling around the Olympics on Thursday, hitting back at the United States over human rights criticism and insisting Internet censorship would remain. | |
 Crackdown launched on illegal downloads July 24, 2008 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Britain's six biggest internet providers have backed a government plan to clamp down on rampant music and film piracy, it was reported Thursday . | |
New magazine-sharing site may violate copyrights August 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy. | |
 300 Internet death threats since Tokyo killing spree June 28, 2008 | User rating: 1.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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As many as 300 Internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead, media said Saturday. | |
Web 2.0: Opening up, or dumbing down? April 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
| User comments: 8
Are Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, and other Web 2.0 giants the scourge of American culture, laying waste to its 20th-century institutions and dumbing down society? | |
Internet-savvy voters shake up US presidential election June 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
| User comments: 6
Videos shared on YouTube and blogs scrutinizing candidates are part of an Internet-age revolution shaking up the US presidential election and sweeping in a new political era. | |
 Australia unveils online code of conduct July 16, 2008 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
| User comments: 6
Australia on Wednesday unveiled a new code of conduct to regulate online and mobile phone content which will call for classifications similar to those for films, a government spokesman said. | |
 British computer hacker loses appeal over US extradition July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
| User comments: 6
A British man accused of hacking into the computer systems of the US military and NASA on Wednesday lost his appeal against extradition to face trial. | |
 China to censor Internet during Games: organisers July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
| User comments: 5
The Beijing Olympics were plunged into another controversy on Wednesday as China announced a backflip on Internet freedoms for the thousands of foreign reporters covering the Games. | |
 Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw (Update) July 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
| User comments: 5
Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet. | |
 Wikipedia founder aims to break Google stranglehold August 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
| User comments: 5
Watch out Google -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes that Wikia Search, a project he spearheads, will break Google's domination as the world's most widely used Internet search engine. | |
 How Did That Chain Letter Get To My Inbox? May 16, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
| User comments: 4
Everyone who has an e-mail account has probably received a forwarded chain letter promising good luck if the message is forwarded on to others--or terrible misfortune if it isn't. The sheer volume of forwarded ... | |
YouTube breeding ground for anti-vaccination views December 05, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
As cold and flu season hits this year amid growing debate over the necessity of vaccinations, University of Toronto researchers have uncovered widespread misinformation in related videos on YouTube. | |
 Web 3.0: user-generated networks? January 17, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
| User comments: 3
European researchers took the concepts of Web 2.0, like user-generated content and social networking, into the real world. They hope to create user-generated physical networks so internets could be set up, ... | |
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