15 Noteworthy Websites That Changed the Internet March 15, 2010
There are millions of websites out there. Many of them are unique. But the individual impact of any particular site on the overall Internet is generally negligible, if there's any impact at all. Not so with the fifteen sites here. These sites changed the Internet, mostly for good, in substantial ways.
Why Wikipedia Should Be Trusted As A Breaking News Source March 15, 2010
Most any journalism professor, upon mention of Wikipedia, will immediately launch into a rant about how the massively collaborative online encyclopedia can't be trusted. It can, you see, be edited and altered by absolutely anyone at any moment. But how much less trustworthy is the site for breaking news than the plethora of blogs and social?
25 years of .com domain names March 15, 2010
On March 15, 1985, a Massachusetts computer systems firm registered the first .com Internet domain name. Although Symbolics.com didn't spark an instant gold rush, the event planted the first seed of a transformation...
Privacy is Not Dead, Just Evolving March 15, 2010
It's a brave new world. Unfortunately--continuing the literary allusion--Big Brother is watching. As technology makes more information more accessible, it also threatens to expose information that is not intended to be shared. Privacy is a concept that is caught in the middle of the struggle.
SteP To MASHABLE - tech and science: GOOGLE COMES WITH 2 NEW March 15, 2010
Google responds to user feedback and quietens down Buzz inbox noise.WHILE conversation in Google Buzz, the very post appears in your Gmail inbox, but Gmail users have recently responded negatively by saying that it makes the inbox 'noisy'.
SCO Email to O'Gara: "I Need You to Send a Jab PJ's Way" March 15, 2010
Blake Stowell, then the PR guy for SCO, sent an email to Maureen O'Gara, saying "I need you to send a jab PJ's way," and then right afterwards she wrote that invasive so-called expose, in which she revealed, or at least intended to reveal, things like who I called on my phone. A la the HP scandal. She got fired for doing it the way she did...
Big Changes Are Coming to Digg March 15, 2010
Last night, during Digg's annual SXSW party, Digg's CEO Jay Adelson announced a set of significant changes to Digg. Among the changes Adelson announced are a streamlined submission process, a personalized homepage, an unlimited amount of topic pages, a new commenting system and better curation tools.
Venezuela's Chavez calls for internet controls March 14, 2010
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet and singled out a website that he said falsely reported the murder of one of his ministers.
The iPad paradox: Less is more March 14, 2010
A strange trend has emerged that violates the more-is-better ethos of American consumer culture. Some products and services are touting limitations as desirable "features." And consumers are loving it.
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