Informatics researchers throttle notion of search engine dominance August 07, 2006 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Search engines are not biased toward popular Web sites, and may even be egalitarian in the way they direct traffic, say Indiana University School of Informatics researchers. Their study, "Topical interests and the mitigation ... | |
More questions than answers over the Net June 19, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As Congress debates whether to adhere to network neutrality, the consensus within the technology realm is as elusive as a definition of the issue itself. | |
 Latest weapons in spam battle are images May 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Like all wars, the campaign against junk e-mail -- spam -- is marked along the way with victories and casualties. It's an "ever-escalating battle," the senior director of marketing at anti-spam company Commtouch, ... | |
The Web: Reaching an inflection point May 10, 2006 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Is the Web becoming "disruptive" once again? That is, is it vigorously stirring things up as it did when it first came on the commercial scene back in the mid-90s? Experts tell UPI's The Web that the second generation of ... | |
'Cyberblackmail' on the rise May 09, 2006 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
As illegal moneymaking schemes go, it's certainly not a new one: Crooks steal something of value from their victims and then demand ransom for its safe return. The 21st-century twist in the tale is that now it's not just ... | |
Lots of options available to VoIP users May 01, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The Internet phone industry is growing at an exponential rate and today boasts more than 4 million users, more than doubling in the past year. But as the number of users increases, so does the number of providers. | |
 Networking: Is that bank's URL legitimate? May 01, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Computer-security professionals at the weekend were working on what is being described as a just-emerging IT problem -- the kind which, if the pros are correct, potentially could imperil all e-commerce across ... | |
Ask.com hopes to make search faster, more relevant 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Assuming your company's name isn't a verb synonymous with looking things up online, how do you get Web surfers to not just try your search engine, but also frequent it? | |
 Obama has huge lead over McCain -- in cyberspace October 05, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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If the US presidential election was being held in cyberspace, Barack Obama would win in a landslide. The Democratic candidate has raised tens of millions of dollars more than Republican John McCain online ... | |
 Google launches blog tracking service October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Google has launched an enhanced blog tracking service that helps people mine a growing mountain of online commentary for gems worth reading. | |
Peer-to-peer networking takes internet out of the equation October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When people working on a project get together with their laptops and PDAs, they share information via the internet and a client server. But new software developed by European researchers allows independent, ... | |
 Skype admits privacy breach by Chinese partner (Update) October 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Skype on Thursday became the latest US firm embroiled in controversy over its operations in China, acknowledging that its Chinese partner had been archiving politically sensitive text messages. | |
China spying on Skype users: Canadian researchers October 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
China is monitoring the chat messages of Skype users and censoring them if they contain sensitive keywords such as "Tibet" or "Communist Party," according to a group of Canadian researchers. | |
Congress passes bill to help save Internet radio October 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Congress has cleared the way for a potential agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates. | |
E-mail accounts easy to break into October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The hacker who infiltrated Sarah Palin's e-mail account last month may have intended to embarrass the Republican vice presidential candidate, but the prank also exposed one of the Internet industry's most uncomfortable secrets: ... | |
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