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According to new statistics from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), approximately 95 percent of all music downloads on the Internet are currently illegal, in that they infringe on copyright and cut the flow of cash to companies and artists. As a result, revenues have dropped globally by... |
16 January 2009
09:04 GMT |
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Moore's Law was first used to predict the number of transistors that can fit on an integrated circuit, and argued that their number would grow exponentially over time. Indeed, current trends show that twice as many transistors can be placed on the same circuit in an interval of approximately 18 months. Now, newl... |
15 January 2009
03:10 GMT |
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On account of the economic downturn, several states are pondering the possibility of starting to collect taxes on Internet purchases, in an attempt to address the worsening state of their budgets. Naturally, the move sparked vivid controversy, and online stores are thoroughly displeased with the proposed measure, as ... |
13 January 2009
02:12 GMT |
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In about a year, the Internet has overtaken newspapers as the second most important news sources in the US, both regarding national and international news, a recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center in December shows. Approximately 40 percent of the interviewed participants said that they used the Internet, w... |
30 December 2008
05:28 GMT |
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The UK Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, announced recently that the country would move towards a greater degree of control in on-line browsing, especially for children. According to the newly-proposed rules, web pages will have to be rated according to a nationally-devised system that will warn visitors as to the con... |
28 December 2008
05:39 GMT |
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Earlier this year, the Australian government proposed the introduction of a new system of limiting children's access to sites with inappropriate content on the Web, a mandatory filter that would basically block these sites. Critics, including civil rights movements, consumers, Internet engineers and providers, a... |
28 December 2008
02:47 GMT |
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European rescue boats rushed to the sea on Friday, with the express “find and fix” command firmly issued by telecommunications companies in both the Middle East and Europe. It's believed that the underwater lines were severed by an inattentive captain, who lowered the anchor of his ship in a place wh... |
22 December 2008
09:58 GMT |
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Though Sweden has a population of only about 9 million people, a new statistic says that 700,000 citizens often used illegal peer-to-peer transfers in the first three months of 2008, amassing a total of more than 605,100 files. The report was prompted by recent allegations against the country, which was accused of be... |
18 December 2008
06:51 GMT |
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Liu Jianchao, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said on Tuesday that his country would continue to impose traffic restrictions on various Internet websites, which the Beijing authorities deemed to be unacceptable and in direct violation of the Chinese law. Delicate subjects such as that of Tibet, Taiwan, and the ... |
17 December 2008
08:25 GMT |
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Google indicated that it remained committed, as strong as ever, to Net neutrality. In this regard, Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel, said that “Broadband providers – the on-ramps to the Internet – should not be allowed to prioritize traffic based on the source, ownership or destin... |
17 December 2008
03:21 GMT |
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The meeting in question was going to be one of the most interesting topics left for this year since the subject – voting for a free Internet plan – is a highly delicate one. This piece of news has become very controversial due to the many opposing politicians in the States and also to the great number of ... |
16 December 2008
04:30 GMT |
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Recent researches show that e-learning is a much more student-oriented alternative than classic studies, where teachers simply dictate content to students, and the latter write it down. Interaction was proven to stimulate the learning process more than simply presenting the knowledge to a room full of children. Gradu... |
10 December 2008
06:30 GMT |
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The Internet is a paradox, a medium of controversies. With a rapid ascension over merely half a century, it is often regarded as a blessing and a curse at the same time, with some even hypothesizing over the possibility of its becoming alive. Currently, it is a part of everyday life, ensuring rapid communication acro... |
9 December 2008
07:02 GMT |
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New communication alternatives should be explored by the technology and scientific colossi, as recently demonstrated by NASA's collaboration with the Twitter service that allowed subscribers to receive short memos on the Phoenix Mars Lander's state. This is also an outstanding example of openness to the pub... |
8 December 2008
17:51 GMT |
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China has been, in recent months, home to a very unusual phenomenon, the appearance of on-line human flesh search engines, where people accused of various wrongdoings are listed, alongside their telephone number, national ID number and full address. The emergence of these engines was prompted by a Chinese woman, who ... |
26 November 2008
03:54 GMT |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University revealed in a new study that on-line shopping can lead to an overall decrease in the prices of most products people buy more often than others. As Christmas and New Year are approaching, more and more Internet users will start to shop around for their favorite items, and... |
24 November 2008
10:31 GMT |
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The suicide of Abraham Biggs, broadcast live on Justin.tv website, shocked the nation on November 19th, when the depressive teen put an end to his life with a cocktail of medication he regularly used to treat his bipolar disorder. The 19-year-old boy used a web cam connected to the Internet, and posted links on vario... |
22 November 2008
20:01 GMT |
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AT&T has announced the availability of free Wi-Fi access for iPhone users at thousands of hotspots nationwide. Wi-Fi is also available in Starbucks restaurants. A handy Starbucks location finder is available from AT&T's website.According to the first reports, AT&T has already sent text messages to iPhone users, ... |
30 October 2008
07:29 GMT |
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A recent test on brain activity during reading and Internet surfing has indicated that the latter is superior to the old reading hobby, in that it stimulates more highly the areas related to memory, decision making and visual images, situated in the frontal, temporal and the cingulate regions of the brain. Still, whe... |
27 October 2008
02:36 GMT |
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A new patent filing from Apple reveals that the company wants to provide ever-present access to the Internet through a series of tiny RF modules that can be toted or placed almost anywhere. The invention is aimed at notebooks, of course, since the iPhone already offers on-the-go Internet access. The new Apple pa... |
24 October 2008
05:21 GMT |
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Intel vice president of mobility Shane Wall and colleague Pankaj Kedia don't mind trashing Apple's iPhone, according to an AppleInsider report. The duo explained that Apple's iPhone is dependent on old technology affecting the web browsing experience. In Wall's opinion, Intel's next-gen Moore... |
22 October 2008
10:43 GMT |
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Rapid Mobile Media, an Edinburgh, UK-based developer of mobile application and software platforms, has recently announced the release of its ThinkPhone series of products, which is designed to bring interactive Web applications to mobile phones. The ThinkPhone family includes ThinkPhone Design, ThinkPhone Direct and ... |
2 October 2008
06:06 GMT |
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A recent survey involved questioning 1.102 children 12 to 17 years of age and their parents concerning their gaming-related habits. As it turns out, 94 percent of the young girls and 99 percent of the boys show different degrees of game addiction. Pew Internet & American Life Project demonstrated in a survey pa... |
17 September 2008
11:19 GMT |
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General belief has it that, given that enough complexity is provided, life is probable to arise as a consequence. And, besides living organisms, there's no other system more complicated than the Internet. So, how wrong is it to assume that it may evolve into a living entity? Even now, you're reading t... |
17 September 2008
03:13 GMT |
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Akamai Technologies has released a report regarding “the state of the Internet” for the second quarter of 2008, and it lists Japan as being the primary source of attack traffic, followed by US and China. According to the report, in the second quarter of 2008, Japan accounted for 30% of the total global at... |
10 September 2008
11:19 GMT |
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An American writer who discovered that a draft of her latest book was leaked on the Internet decided to stop writing, although the first 12 chapters of it were ready for editing and publishing. Stephenie Meyer, author of the vampire novels “The Host,” “Twilights” and its sequels, all targeting... |
5 September 2008
10:21 GMT |
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TeliaSonera, the Sweden-based international mobile operator and Internet service provider, announced today the release of a new and free service that enables Internet Service Providers and operators to block their customers' access to Web addresses that feature material depicting child sexual abuse. Distrib... |
4 September 2008
07:06 GMT |
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The news about Google's upcoming web browser, the Chrome, has been flying around the Internet all day long, our editors writing some comprehensive reports about it earlier today. However, it would seem that the search-engine giant has finally decided to let the downloading begin and so, without further ado, we g... |
2 September 2008
15:44 GMT |
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Google is launching its own free, open source web browser. Google Chrome, as the browser is called, will only be available for Windows operating systems for a while, but the team is working on developing the product for Mac and Linux users as well. Since Google is undoubtedly ruling the search market, many wonde... |
2 September 2008
03:33 GMT |
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comScore has made public the results of its latest study regarding the online preferences of Japanese users for the month of June. As it turns out, an important role was played by the launch of Apple’s iPhone 3G in the country, which caused users here to pay more attention than usual to technology-related news ... |
1 September 2008
10:10 GMT |
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The Israel Antiquities Authority has decided to publicly display the Dead Sea Scrolls come next year. And it’s not going to be in a museum, as it would seem most likely, but on the Internet instead. The texts found in the 1940s in a cave near the Dead See comprise the entire Old Testament, with only one book &n... |
26 August 2008
17:45 GMT |
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The official website of the Beijing Olympics, Beijing2008.cn, attracted over 16 million visitors in just the first ten days following the opening ceremony. The website, with versions in Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Arabic, managed to be incredibly popular, thus underscoring the fact that people's attent... |
26 August 2008
07:06 GMT |
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Google, along with its partners, is supporting an initiative that is supposed to bring wireless high-speed Internet to every home, for an affordable price. The method is somewhat unusual, although the search giant has been promoting it for five months now, and it consists of allowing Internet providers to use the whi... |
11 August 2008
12:09 GMT |
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Sprint, the third largest mobile operator in the US, has just announced the availability of Sprint Web, a new home page set to improve the mobile Internet experience of its subscribers. Sprint Web features quick Google search access, as now Google is the default search engine on Sprint's phones. Moreover, lev... |
28 July 2008
10:33 GMT |
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25% of the world's oldest known Bible is available on the Internet. Codex Sinaiticus dates back to the fourth century A.D. Until now, parts of it were kept for preservation in a couple of libraries and in a monastery in Egypt. The role of these institutions was that of completing the missing parts, as the versio... |
25 July 2008
05:19 GMT |
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Gary Dean, a British businessman who had worked in advertising all his life, managing to earn enough money to afford a luxurious existence, was accused of leaving his wife and the rest of the family almost insolvent after the divorce. To put an end to the rumors that were becoming truly annoying, since the man actual... |
18 July 2008
09:18 GMT |
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When it comes to dealing with a computer, women seem to be more frustrated than men. 55.8% of the women who have to face different computer-related difficulties are extremely irritated, while only 49.7% of the men feel the same. The data have been made public by a Swedish study that was cited by Royal Pingdom. The ma... |
14 July 2008
10:40 GMT |
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South Africans' preferences when it comes to online surfing are primarily focused on employment websites. Only in June, 450,000 people used the employment offers displayed on specialized sites. The numbers are even more significant considering the fact that the average session duration was of almost 13 minutes, ... |
12 July 2008
06:49 GMT |
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Britons are heavy Internet users. As a study conducted by Nielsen Online shows, between June 2007 and May 2008, the average number of minutes spent monthly by the U.K citizens on the Internet surpassed 33 million. The leader, with 2,626 minutes and 7.8% of the market share, is MSN Messenger. The first runner up, gett... |
7 July 2008
09:11 GMT |
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Terra, the largest Internet company in Latin America, has managed to sign an agreement with the International Olympic Committee, that allows it to broadcast the Beijing 2008 Olympics on the Internet and mobile platforms. The company was chosen, as the official website of the Olympics states, because of its capacity t... |
7 July 2008
08:37 GMT |
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If anyone needs further proof of how un-informed some people might be when talking about the Internet and online games, just take a look at an article that is currently running in the The Boston Globe. Dr. Jerald Block is presented as being a psychiatrist that specializes in helping those that spend too much time in ... |
13 June 2008
19:31 GMT |
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According to Reuters, Amazon.com, the largest Internet retailer, is expected to launch a streaming video service in the weeks to come. The company plans to use the new product in order to augment its digital offerings.Nevertheless, while speaking at The Wall Street Journal three-day conference, which was held north o... |
29 May 2008
10:22 GMT |
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free-hotspot.com has announced today that Romania's Azuga town has become the second largest Free HotSpot Area in Europe. The company has decided to take the successful initiative it has also undertaken in Szklarska Poreba, Poland, to another European country, namely Romania.The company, which has recently annou... |
27 May 2008
10:12 GMT |
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ISPs throttling peer-to-peer downloads have always been criticized by users because these file-sharing applications have an incredible popularity among them but this doesn't stop the Japanese authorities to bring up a new set of guidelines which would allow ISP to limit speeds. According to The Asahi Shimbum, th... |
23 May 2008
05:21 GMT |
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Movie rentals have brought billions of dollars to both movie studios and rental businesses over time, but the advent of high-speed Internet connections, file-sharing, rapid data transfers, etc. is rendering the old business model obsolete. So, in order to survive on this increasing "online" market, Netflix, one of th... |
20 May 2008
07:57 GMT |
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A study conducted by media watchdog Ofcom, the Office of Communications, revealed that 77 percent of children in the UK download files from the Internet, including here music and movies, through file sharing applications, but are not aware that, sometimes, such actions are illegal. However, from those kids who do kno... |
16 May 2008
17:16 GMT |
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CBS Corporation was happy to announce today that it had reached an agreement to acquire CNET Networks, one of the 10 most popular Internet companies in the United States. According to the terms of the acquisition, CBS will acquire CNET Networks for roughly $1.8 billion, getting access to a combined 54 million unique ... |
15 May 2008
11:10 GMT |
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Although for some of you this may sound pretty incredible, one in five US households never sent an email, the National Technology Scan report, compiled by Park Associated, reveals. Moreover, no less than 20 million households don't have an Internet connection, which means that approximately 18 percent of the tot... |
14 May 2008
10:17 GMT |
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As of April this year, estimations are that the current number of available IPs are not going to be sufficient for all of the Earth's inhabitants. The current IPv4 Internet standard can provide networks with "only" 4 billion IP configurations, which isn't enough to cover all the 6 billion possible Internet ... |
14 May 2008
04:12 GMT |
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iPods, portable media players, as well as the vast majority of the consumer electronics gadgets are allegedly posing a threat to the future development of the Internet. According to a study conducted by Professor Jonathan Zittrain, such devices are sealed plastic shells that are allegedly turning their users into pas... |
8 May 2008
10:56 GMT |
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