Does the Internet have any effect on the way we live? Is the Web influencing society, religion, politics, even the way we interact? Are we in danger of losing our humanity or will technology end up enhancing it? We’ll bring you stories and sites that illustrate, illuminate and make you think about the profound, sometimes sublime, ways that the Internet touches our lives.
There are plenty of men who were instrumental in the early success of the US space program, paving the way to the moon and beyond but never receiving the recognition they deserved. Bill Dana, John McKay and Joseph Walker were civilian test pilots in the X-15 program back in the 1960s. These three men, along [...]
Cellular phones which track children and censor the content they receive are being introduced by Motorola. Welcome to 1984, kids. Motorola and Big Momma are watching you.
Cellular phones which are capable of tracking children and monitoring their movements are being introduced by Motorola, according to Motorola Chairman and CEO Edward Zander.
RufuSS is an online news aggregator. It grabs RSS and Atom feeds off the internet and renders them in an simple interface.
I don’t understand the problem with allowing an xxx TLD. Doesn’t it only seem logical that having a special place for porn will help protect children, contrary to the Bush belief? I realize that the argument is that they wouldn’t be able to force all the porn sites to us the .xxx but I believe [...]
I have a friend who is a fairly well-known recording artist. In fact, he and his group are extremely well known in their particular musical field (think bluegrass-jazz fusion).
He was playing nearby last week, and we had a chance to catch up and chat, and so I asked him for his take on the [...]
Sister Furong, whose real name is Shi Hengxia, and who goes by the Chinese “Furong Jiejie” (which means “Sister Furong”, which in turn means “Sister Hibiscus” or “Sister Lotus”, depending upon to which interpretation you adhere), may not be a household name here in the United States (yet) but she certainly is in China.
Anyone who has read my posts here knows that I like to keep up on RFID technology and it’s implications on society. This article at Cnet with Accenture’s Chief Scientist Grover Ferguson is an interesting read. He brings up some interesting points about the public attitude toward privacy and security.
The test kits used to determine “HIV positive” status in patients are deeply flawed - they were developed on the basis of faulty scientific methodology and assumptions and are without value in determining whether a person suffers from “HIV Aids”, alleges Kim Marie Bannon in a civil suit filed under the Consumer Protection Act of [...]
In a locked-down television landscape, here is an outpost of innovation and access for alternative media voices and delivery formats: Internet television, made and delivered in a format that effectively competes with traditional mainstream television channels while offering news and views you dont normally get to see.
This past week marked the official public launch of [...]
Tech News on ZDNet reports that “[a]n online dating service does not have the right to blast unsolicited e-mail at thousands of University of Texas e-mail addresses, a federal appeals court ruled.”
A recent report of research conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project reveals that the number of teenagers using the internet has grown 24% in the past four years and 87% of those between the ages of 12 and 17 are online. This report, as many others the Pew group has released, explores [...]
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