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 is much controversy right now, surrounding Sen. John Edwards’ extramarital affair. Many people, public figures and those from the general population, are calling for an end to Edwards’ political career.
Why? That’s what I don’t understand. Yes, he had an affair. So have millions of others, men and women alike. Having an affair is [...]
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 [...]
The Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals provides in-depth coverage of the open access movement and related topics (e.g., disciplinary archives, e-prints, institutional repositories, open access journals, and the Open Archives Initiative). A more abbreviated version is the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography. Version 58 is now available. [...]
While many institutes of higher learning reward creative thinking and initiative, Harvard Business School said on Tuesday it is rejecting applications from 119 would-be students who it says hacked into a Web site to learn if they were accepted at the Ivy League university ahead of the official notification.
Well, it’s been a long week but I made it. My in-laws are here from Wisconsin visiting us. They originally wanted to visit Ireland but that was a little out of our price range so we went to Scotland instead.
As if TV executives didn’t have enough problems already. I’ve given up on network TV myself other than a couple of shows. Now a new study shows that the video game generation is tuning out the tv also.
Over at the new Yahoo! Search Blog, initiated on August 18, a semi-anonymous (initials only) entry finally appeared yesterday. The title is “Search Tricks #1″. They weren’t kidding about the 1. After the obligatory Google-bashing and self-aggrandizing prose, all of one search tip appeared. “Another semi-hidden treasure we offer is the inurl: [...]
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