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Google Plans 2008 Launch of Enhanced Web Hosting

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Google plans to launch Google Sites in 2008. The initial plan is to enhance Google Apps and Google Page Creator features by using JotSpot for collaboration tools. The new enhanced features may set up a possible ...


New magazine-sharing site may violate copyrights

August 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 10

(AP) -- The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy.


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.


Yahoo in 'cloud computing' research with HP-Intel

July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Yahoo and technology giants Intel and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance to advance "cloud computing," backing a trend that would reduce reliance on packaged software.


Wikipedia opens online library on human genes

July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s) | User comments: 2

A group of US researchers laid out the foundations Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of open-access encyclopedia Wikipedia.


Study Finds Men More Than Women Share Creative Work Online

June 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | User comments: 3

A Northwestern University study finds that men are more likely to share their creative work online than women despite the fact that women and men engage in creative activities at essentially equal rates.


University of Minnesota study uncovers the educational benefits of social networking sites

June 20, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Low-income students are in many ways just as technologically savvy as their counterparts
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered the educational benefits of social ...


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 ...


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?


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