AltWeeklies Wire
MySpace Banks on Webisodesnew
With rival Facebook snapping at the heels of the Rupert Murdoch-owned social networking site, the awesomest waste of time in the history of the internet has recently begun throwing a small fortune into an attempted makeover.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
09-25-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Should Users Who 'Eat Up' Bandwidth Pay as They Go?new
In the age of torrents, internet service providers are quietly protecting their networks.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Vincenzo Ravina |
09-24-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
'Red State Update': From Obscurity to National Famenew
For less than two years, two fictitious Middle Tennesseans have hosted Red State Update, an internet show that uploads several times a week, usually in three-minute increments -- after an appearance on the CNN/YouTube Democratic Debate, they're all over the place.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
09-24-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
The Internet's Not-So-Anonymous Sexnew
Why the feds are placing heavy new requirements on hookup websites.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
09-19-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
The Second Life Conference Hits Chicagonew
More than 800 people flew in from all parts of the country to gather and discuss the future of Second Life -- a hot topic considering that within the last year Second Life has become a corporate and media darling.
Chicago Newcity |
Maude Standish |
09-12-2007 |
Tech
Truth Only Follows Lies in Latest Wikipedia Skirmishishesnew
Now that tracing is possible, all those seeking to use Wikipedia for propaganda are busily creating "sock puppets" -- phony characters to fool Virgil Griffith's scanner, and disguise the origins of deception and confusion.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
09-07-2007 |
Tech
Bringing the Earth's Soundtrack to Your Computernew
Bio-acoustician Bernie Krause is working with Google Maps and Google Earth to allow people to hear field sounds from anywhere in the world.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Joy Lanzendorfer |
09-06-2007 |
Tech
Tags: Google, computers & technology
Ask Hiba!new
How Facebook spawned an unauthorized Ann Landers at Middlebury College.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
08-30-2007 |
Tech
The Rise of the YouTube Mash Upnew
Welcome to a whole new set of copyright issues as video websites provide users with tools to clone, edit, post-produce, and reappropriate the works of others.
Boston Phoenix |
Nick Sylvester |
08-30-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Expansion of Portland's Free Wi-Fi is Stallednew
Pacific Power and the wi-fi provider, MetroFi, have failed to strike a deal for how much to charge MetroFi for drawing power to run its system.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
08-29-2007 |
Tech
Park Avenue Peerage is Watching From a Distancenew
How James Kurisunkal blogged his way onto New York City's social scene from his dorm room in central Illinois.
Chicago Reader |
John Mantia |
08-27-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Second Life's Fab Fashionistanew
Aimee Weber virtual label gives a new look to the web world's avatars.
NOW Magazine |
Ian Daffern |
08-24-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Anonymity Trouble: The Satisfactions of Wikiscannernew
Virgil Griffith has revealed something far more fundamental than the fact that acolytes of Pepsi and the CIA will stop at nothing to propagandize on behalf of their employers: he's undermined the myth of the anonymous blogger in the basement.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
08-22-2007 |
Tech
Peer-to-peer Under Firenew
Never mind copyright -- security's now the big P2P network issue.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
08-20-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
State Farm Clarifies its iPhone Policynew
Although the company allows insurance on iPhones to be sold, local underwriters, who are divided into zones, have discretion to give an ultimate yea or nay.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
08-16-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
