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Skype Blackout
Hits Millions Worldwide

Firm says service slowing returning

Dec 23, 2010 9:00 AM CST

Skype Blackout Hits Millions Worldwide

Firm says service slowing returning
(Newser) - Millions worldwide have been hit with a Skype outage that began yesterday, the BBC reports. The online communications service says that failed “supernodes,” which “act a bit like phone directories,” are at fault. Now, Skype is trying to build “mega-supernodes” to fix the issue. The... More »

Cyber Stalkers Attack
Human Rights Sites

Volunteers aid hackers in worsening problem: research

Dec 23, 2010 6:28 AM CST

Cyber Stalkers Attack Human Rights Sites

Volunteers aid hackers in worsening problem: research
(Newser) - In a sort of cyber-censorship, those who disagree with a human rights group have an increasingly easy answer: Hack its website. Hackers are increasingly targeting such groups, researchers find, using DDoS attacks to inundate a website with data in order to shut it down—sometimes for weeks. Between August 2009... More »

Facebook Adds
News Feed Filters

Users gain control over types of updates to view

Dec 22, 2010 3:21 PM CST

Facebook Adds News Feed Filters

Users gain control over types of updates to view
(Newser) - Facebook is rolling out a revamped News Feed, featuring a drop-down menu that lets users isolate what kind of news they want to get. They can, for example, choose to see only friends’ latest photos, only status updates, or only updates from Pages (rather than friends). They can also opt... More »

analysis

Get Ready for the
Two-Speed Internet

Dan Lyons: Thanks to net neutrality, we'll probably have fast and slow lanes

Dec 21, 2010 5:46 PM CST

Get Ready for the Two-Speed Internet

Dan Lyons: Thanks to net neutrality, we'll probably have fast and slow lanes
(Newser) - So what can we expect from the new FCC rules to create the abstract-sounding concept of net neutrality? For one thing, we'll eventually have "two Internets—the fast one, with great content, that costs more (maybe a lot more) to use, and then the MuggleNet, which is free but... More »

FCC Adopts Net Neutrality
Rules for Web Traffic

Issue will be revisited in the courts

Dec 21, 2010 12:31 PM CST

FCC Adopts Net Neutrality Rules for Web Traffic

Issue will be revisited in the courts
(AP) - Net neutrality lives, for now: A divided FCC approved new rules today meant to prohibit broadband companies from interfering with Internet traffic flowing to their customers. The rules, however, are likely to face scrutiny in next year's Congress, and the issue will likely ultimately decided in the courts. The FCC's... More »

al franken

Our Most Urgent Free Speech Issue: Net Neutrality

FCC's draft regulations 'worse than nothing'

Dec 20, 2010 1:38 PM CST

Our Most Urgent Free Speech Issue: Net Neutrality

FCC's draft regulations 'worse than nothing'
(Newser) - Tomorrow, the FCC will discuss regulations on net neutrality—the principle that the biggest corporation and the humblest blogger should have equal access to viewers on the Internet. The FCC could protect this freedom, but its draft regulations “don't do that at all,” writes Sen. Al Franken on... More »

Bad Reviews Delay Latest Google TV Debut

Search giant must improve inter-company relations: analysts

Dec 20, 2010 9:55 AM CST

Bad Reviews Delay Latest Google TV Debut

Search giant must improve inter-company relations: analysts
(Newser) - Google has delayed the grand unveiling of its new TV software, after a spate of less-than-stellar early reviews. Toshiba, LG Electronics, and Sharp were all planning to debut their versions of Google TV at the Consumer Electronics Show next month, but Google surprised them by asking them to hold off... More »

Blogging Is on the Decline:
Victim of Facebook?

There's been a steep drop among teens

Dec 16, 2010 4:58 PM CST

Blogging Is on the Decline: Victim of Facebook?

There's been a steep drop among teens
(Newser) - Millennials engage in the widest variety of online activities, but older users have some niches of their own, a new Pew Internet study says. Millennials, loosely defined as people aged 18 to 33, are more likely to use social networking, online classifieds, instant messaging, music sites, and "virtual worlds"... More »

Facebook Rolling Out New
Face Recognition Photo Tags

Also: Site poised for $2B in revenue this year

Dec 16, 2010 2:20 PM CST

Facebook Rolling Out New Face Recognition Photo Tags

Also: Site poised for $2B in revenue this year
(Newser) - Get ready for another Facebook update: Next week, the site will start rolling out new face-recognition technology for photos, the Huffington Post reports. It’s “comforting” to know that the service won’t be automatic, writes Larry Magid. If the site thinks it recognizes someone, it will ask you... More »

Americans Spend Equal
Time Online, Watching TV

It's first time Internet has caught up; average is 13 hours a week

Dec 14, 2010 3:54 PM CST

Americans Spend Equal Time Online, Watching TV

It's first time Internet has caught up; average is 13 hours a week
(Newser) - The Internet is officially as popular as TV: In a first, Americans spent the same amount of time online (an average of 13 hours a week) as they did watching television this year, says a new report on consumer habits. Email remains the most popular online activity, with 92% of... More »

Online Trackers to Tell You What They Know About You

Service to let users edit their demographics, or opt out

Dec 3, 2010 8:35 AM CST

Online Trackers to Tell You What They Know About You

Service to let users edit their demographics, or opt out
(Newser) - Online tracking companies are banding together to create a service where Internet users can view information collected about them, the Wall Street Journal reports. Via the Open Data Partnership, consumers will be able to edit their interests and demographics as gathered by eight tracking companies like BlueKai and eXelate—and... More »

in case you missed it

Facebook, iTunes Ruining Web ... Says Web's Creator

Tim Berners-Lee blasts those chipping away at its 'egalitarian principles'

Nov 27, 2010 1:46 PM CST

Facebook, iTunes Ruining Web ... Says Web's Creator

Tim Berners-Lee blasts those chipping away at its 'egalitarian principles'
(Newser) - Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British engineer credited with inventing the World Wide Web, has a message for us: Social networking sites, app developers, and other entities, if left unchecked, will ruin his creation—which now belongs to all of us. "The web evolved into a powerful, ubiquitous tool because... More »

study says

 Facebook 
 Strengthens 
 Relationships 

Those 'friends' you don't know may serve a purpose

Nov 24, 2010 11:33 AM CST

Facebook Strengthens Relationships

Those 'friends' you don't know may serve a purpose
(Newser) - Facebook "friendships" may seem superficial—but they actually strengthen social ties, a study suggests. “Facebook is not supplanting face-to-face interactions between friends, family, and colleagues,” a professor behind the study tells Reuters . After surveying 900 college students and recent grads about their Facebook activities, researchers found “... More »

 Plug-in Syncs MS 
 Office, Google Docs 

Cloud Connect lets you work in Word, save online

Nov 22, 2010 6:30 PM CST

Plug-in Syncs MS Office, Google Docs

Cloud Connect lets you work in Word, save online
(Newser) - Google has found a way for users to edit documents online without having to navigate a new application—bringing us a step closer to a cloud computing revolution. The search giant has built a plug-in for Microsoft Office that syncs it with Google Docs, TechCrunch reports. With the Cloud Connect... More »

analysis

 China Hijacks 15% of Web 
 Traffic? Try .015% 

Analysts: It's still a problem, but let's get the numbers straight

Nov 19, 2010 6:30 PM CST

China Hijacks 15% of Web Traffic? Try .015%

Analysts: It's still a problem, but let's get the numbers straight
(Newser) - The tech blogosphere was buzzing this week with reports that China hijacked 15% of the world's Internet traffic for about 20 minutes and did possibly nefarious things with it before letting it go. Only thing is, the real figure was probably closer to .015%, writes Andy Greenberg at Forbes . He... More »

opinion roundup

Is China's Web Hijack Cause
for Worry? Probably

It's not clear if anything bad happened, but it highlights Internet weakness

Nov 18, 2010 12:23 PM CST

Is China's Web Hijack Cause for Worry? Probably

It's not clear if anything bad happened, but it highlights Internet weakness
(Newser) - A report to Congress alleges that China briefly hijacked a chunk of the world's web traffic, including some from US military facilities, before sending it on its way. (The actual amount rerouted is in dispute .) China denies it , but tech writers are pretty sure it happened. Cause for alarm?... More »

 New Social Network 
 Limits Friends to 50 

Founders believe people will share even more

Nov 15, 2010 1:54 PM CST

New Social Network Limits Friends to 50

Founders believe people will share even more
(Newser) - If you were moved by Jimmy Kimmel's recent push for a National Unfriend Day , you should be glad to hear this news: New social network Path launches today, and it limits you to your nearest and dearest 50 friends. Path's limit is in keeping with the work of evolutionary anthropologist... More »

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

'What the F Has Obama Done?' Site a Mega-Hit

'Big deal, I could do that in my sleep,' says site ... meaning the opposite

Nov 13, 2010 7:00 PM CST

'What the F Has Obama Done?' Site a Mega-Hit

'Big deal, I could do that in my sleep,' says site ... meaning the opposite
(Newser) - The website "What the F*** Has Obama Done So Far?" —which is actually a tribute to the prez—has garnered a whopping 4 million hits in less than a week, its founders tell the Huffington Post . If you've not experienced it yet, the site lists a number of... More »

 The Internet Is Almost Full 

IP address shortage could be Y2K 2.0

Nov 13, 2010 10:00 AM CST

The Internet Is Almost Full

IP address shortage could be Y2K 2.0
(Newser) - Don’t panic or anything, but a massive crisis is looming with the potential to shut down the Internet. The world is on the verge of using up all 4.3 billion possible IP addresses, explains Thomas Weber of the Daily Beast —which means that effectively the Internet is... More »

 Cops Screen 
 Recruits' Texts, 
 Facebook Posts 

Racy pics, suicide threats get would-be cops dumped

Nov 12, 2010 11:16 AM CST

Cops Screen Recruits' Texts, Facebook Posts

Racy pics, suicide threats get would-be cops dumped
(Newser) - Law enforcement agencies are probing potential recruits’ digital lives for information that might make them unfit for the job, USA Today reports. More than a third of police agencies look into applicants’ social media presence, says a new report conducted for police executives. Reviewing postings to sites like Facebook, MySpace,... More »

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