Archive for the ‘internet’ Category

Woman indicted in fatal MySpace hoax on girl

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

"Any adult who uses the Internet to bully or harass another person, particularly a young teenage girl, needs to realize that their actions can have serious consequences," U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien said in announcing the indictment.Read the full story

Access Denied: report on Internet censorship around the world

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information--often about politics, but also relating to sexuality, culture, or religion--that they deem too sensitive for ordinary citizens. Access Denied documents and analyzes Internet filtering practices in over three dozen countries, offering the first rigorously conducted study ...

Do the Blind Deserve More Effort on the Web?

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

While the article generated many positive comments, one reader said the disabled should 'get a grip' and maintained they 'have no more right to demand that others provide for their needs than I, as a diabetic, have a right to demand that sugar no longer be used.' Should Web sites ...

Apple unleashes new version of Safari web browser

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

As was reported by AppleInsider earlier this year (1, 2), the new version of the Apple browser is the first to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5 and the first to support CSS Animations. Safari 3.1 also introduces support for CSS Web Fonts, giving designers limitless ...

Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.Read the full story

Comcast Blocks Net Traffic

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally. Read the full story

Internet startup to go — 7 hours

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

These new projects (it is a little hard to call them full-fledged companies) take an entirely different approach from the software and Internet firms of the late 1990s. The new ethos among entrepreneurs: Throw something out there quickly and see if it sticks.Read the full story

Verizon, AT&T broadband policies allow for censorship of unfriendly opinions

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Lazarus writes that the companies say they can terminate Internet access "for any behavior that AT&T or Verizon believes might harm its 'name or reputation,' or even the reputation of its business partners."Read the full story

Facebook Brand Left to Mercy of Hate Groups

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Update: Facebook has reactivated the "Fuck Islam" group and Microsoft is continuing to place ads from major corporations such as Sprint, T-Mobile and Coca Cola through its digital advertising service on the group page. Update: After I posted this to Slashdot's Firehose, the Fuck Islam group was deleted today. However, the ...

LiveJournal Says Users are Responsible for Content of Links

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

LiveJournal tries to turn the blogosphere upside down. Ooops. Don't they talk to the folks at SixApart?Read the full story