“Information wants to be free” has long been the mantra of the Internet. Once a video, a song, or a news story is on the Web, it’s harder to rein in than a roomful of curious cats.
News Corp. to charge for news online and expects other media sites to follow.
Posts Tagged ‘internet’
The End of the Free Internet?
Posted: 12th July 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Economy | Finance, Science | TechnologyTags: free, internet, web, websites, world wide web
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Boy Found After Being Sold by Mom’s Internet Lover
Posted: 2nd July 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Crime, Happy News, Oddly EnoughTags: child, internet, kidnapped, lover
A missing 6-year-old boy has been found by Shunyi police after being sold by his mother’s online lover, Beijing Times reported on Tuesday.
The man has since been detained.
Man Allergic to WiFi, Sues Neighbor
Posted: 17th January 2010 by Veritas in Randomness, Science | TechnologyTags: internet, neighbor, sue, wifi, wireless
What would you think if we would:
Eliminate all cats so that people with cat allergies wouldn’t suffer anymore
Cut down all trees so that people allergic to tree pollen wouldn’t sneeze anymore
Eradicate all bees, so that folks wouldn’t get anaphylactic shock
Well, along those lines, a man in Santa Fe, who experiences sensitivity to Wi-Fi signals is [...]
FCC’s Regulation of the Internet Has 2 Sides
Posted: 27th October 2009 by Veritas in Politics, Science | TechnologyTags: cell, communication, fcc, government, internet, regulation, web
New Paint Blocks Wi-fi Theft
Posted: 3rd October 2009 by Veritas in Science | TechnologyTags: internet, network, paint, web, wi-fi
Don’t like the idea of your neighbors rudely snooping on the wireless signal you slaved to pay for from the lazy comfort of their living room? It’s not just about slowing down your connection; while they’re downloading Mad Men via bittorrent, you could be on the hook for their actions.
U.S. Gives ICANN Control of Internet Regulation
Posted: 30th September 2009 by Veritas in Politics, Science | TechnologyTags: government, internet, web
The US government has relaxed its control over how the internet is run.
It has signed a four-page “affirmation of commitments” with the net regulator Icann, giving the body autonomy for the first time.
Music Stars Battle over File-Sharing
Posted: 22nd September 2009 by Simo Häyhä in EntertainmentTags: copyright, download, illegal, internet, napster
Pop stars including Lily Allen, Gary Barlow and James Blunt have declared war on illegal file-sharing – and on another group of big-name musicians in the process. Their number one enemies are the people who download music without paying for it. Forty billion music files were downloaded without payment in 2008, global music industry body [...]
Pigeons Faster than Internet in South Africa
Posted: 11th September 2009 by Veritas in Science | TechnologyTags: internet, Science | Technology, south africa, telkom
JOHANNESBURG – A South African information technology company on Wednesday proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom , the country’s leading internet service provider.
15 Yr. Old Dies at Internet Addiction Rehab Camp
Posted: 6th August 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Sad NewsTags: addiction, China, chinese, internet
China is investigating the death of a teenager who was allegedly beaten to death in a camp designed to treat Internet addiction, state media said.
Deng Senshan, 15, died Sunday, less than a day after his parents sent him to the camp in southern Guangxi province, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Michael Jackson’s Death Crashes Twitter, Google and the Internet
Posted: 26th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessTags: death, google, internet, internet crash, Michael Jackson, Twitter
Inquiries into Michael Jackson’s death yesterday flooded news and search sites, causing Twitter to crash, Google to give errors, and severe slowdown across the Internet as a whole.
Introducing the Google Translator for Iran
Posted: 19th June 2009 by Veritas in Politics, Science | TechnologyTags: ahmadinejad, ayatollah, farsi, google, internet, Iran, language, mousavi, persian, service, translator, web
Google Inc released a tool that translates Internet blogs, news articles and text messages from English to Persian, and vice-versa, in a move the firm said will “improve access to information” amid the turmoil and media restrictions following Iran’s disputed election.
The move is the latest example of the growing role that consumer Internet technology is [...]