Tag Archives: Internet

From the critic's dilemma, to the case against soft drinks, to punk knitting ...

2006 may be the year the Internet becomes a true alternative “broadcast” medium, between podcasts, online radio, streaming video popping up everywhere, and now, quite significantly, the announcement that reality TV guru Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice, The Contender, Rock Star) signed a deal with AOL to produce an online …

A study used the US paper currency tracking website WheresGeorge to simulate the spread of disease.

Nettwerk Music Group and an anti-RIAA blog help out lawsuits targets.

From Kansas to Philadelphia to the Marshall Islands, via National Public Radio and a pop concert.

Similar to the age-old concept of making a mix tape for a buddy, these playlists give other online listeners who have paid the service provider fees the opportunity to listen to hours upon hours of music.

How long does it take to evaluate a website? As little as 50 milliseconds, or one-twentieth of a second, according to a new study by Canadian researchers published in the journal Behaviour and Information Technology. And not only is a judgment made about the appeal of a site with amazing …

Now that blogs are ubiquitous — the effort to keep track of their vast and ever-expanding numbers reminds me of when McDonald’s gave up trying to keep public count of their burger sales and just went with “billions and billions served” on their marquees — the competiton for eyeballs is …

... in which a question posed two years ago is suddenly and unexpectedly solved, with further revelations to follow.

A birthing plan that is a political statement, chasing Starbucks on Fair Trade, a history of typewriters, and more ...