nonprofit-tech's Bookmarks Tagged With "internet"
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Is Google Making Us Stupid?
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google
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What the Internet is doing to our brains?
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Free Wi-Fi, but Not for All
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/technology/06wifi.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=login
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As travelers demand free Internet access, and providers seek revenue, a compromise is emerging to offer both free and paid options.
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What is Net neutrality?
http://www.physorg.com/news128874879.html
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"Net neutrality is about nondiscrimination," said Kuhns. "It really is about allowing people to connect to any legal site they want using any legal equipment they want, and not being hampered by their network provider."
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Comcast’s Concession to Net Neutrality
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/comcasts-concession-to-net-neutrality/?hp
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The reason this all is an issue, of course, is that Comcast had been slowing down file transfers that used the BitTorrent protocol, a move that prompted an inquiry by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Beaming Online Services Toward Blacks
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/technology/14ecom.html
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A new search engine, Rushmore Drive, is going after the dominance of Google by offering search results targeted to ethnic groups.
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How Should I.S.P.s Tell You if They Want to Track Your Surfing?
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/how-should-isps-tell-you-if-they-want-to-track-your-surfing/index.html?ref=technology
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The term “unavoidable notice” has been bandied about by a group of Internet advertising executives recently as they explored whether to endorse proposals for Internet service providers to keep track of where their customers surfed and what they se… More
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Couple Sues Google Over "Street View"
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0404081google1.html
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A Pittsburgh couple is suing Google for invasion of privacy, claiming that the web giant's popular "Street View" mapping feature has made a photo of their home available to online searchers.
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GeekBrief.TV Episode: #328 Explaining Web vs Internet vs RSS
http://www.geekbrief.tv/gbtv-328-geekbrieftv
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I got email from someone who has been resisting this whole Internet thing. I admire her restraint, but I’m glad she’s giving it a go. She asked me to explain the Web and RSS and Digg and Widgets. I decided to devote an episode to explaining it all… More
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Pop!Casts: Internet Facilitating Meaningful Connections
http://www.poptech.org/popcasts/popcasts.aspx?lang=&viewcastid=152
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Video or Audio. The cofounder of Kiva.org, the first peer-to-peer microloan website, demonstrates how the Internet can facilitate meaningful, positive connections between lenders and entrepreneurs in the developing world and even help us all becom… More
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Domestic Wiretapping Programs Should Not Be Secret
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080305/174143454.shtml
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A whistle-blower reports that an unnamed wireless carrier has provided a government facility in Quantico, VA, with unfiltered access to its core network. The whistle-blower says this gives the government direct access to private information such a… More
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