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(News) Students at North Carolina State University are learning to build business applications in the Web 2.0 mold using an IBM incubator project called Project Zero.
(News) Complaints about the speed of the network that Apple Inc.'s new iPhone connects to points to the need for a new broadband wireless network in the U.S., said a businessman proposing one.
(News) Internet visionary Vint Cerf retires from Net oversight after nearly a decade of setting precedents and policy.
(News) Israeli researchers have created a topographical map of the Internet by enlisting more than 5,600 volunteers across 97 countries who agreed to download a program that tracks how Internet nodes interact with each other.
(News) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is seeking ideas and opinions on ways to modify the agreement terms it enters into with Internet registrars to protect individuals and organizations that do business with them.
(News) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers opened a week-long meeting on Monday where it will address critical issues like new generic top level domains, internationalized domain names and the organization's efforts to become more accountable and transparent.
(News) Asian regulators should think twice about following the U.S. lead on net neutrality, or risk undermining the economic incentive for Asian carriers to build and maintain faster networks, according to speakers at the CommunicAsia Summit in Singapore.
(News) Dell has announced the availability of virtualisation services that aim to help enterprises draw up and implement their virtualisation plans -- and it'll help you choose from its own hardware and software portfolio too of course.
(News) A government-funded research institute in Taiwan has opened a patent Web site for an October fire sale of IT patents, hoping to match international sellers with Taiwanese buyers.
(Reviews) We examined six free online instant messengers and found several strong contenders for the number-one spot on our chart.
(News) Paris Hilton has used her MySpace site to post a blog urging visitors to sign an online petition that asks authorities for leniency regarding her drink driving conviction.
(News) Nokia Siemens Networks BV says it wants 5 billion people to enjoy the benefits of being connected by 2015, but in the meantime it will be disconnecting about 9,000 employees.
(Reviews) Even when the term isn't well-defined, a broadband provider may use "excessive bandwidth use" as grounds for suddenly cutting off a user's service.
(News) Cisco has patched a number of security flaws in the software used to manage its wireless networking products.
(News) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is considering a change in the way Internet's governing body is organized that could allow it to skirt some potential legal issues.
(News) The overseer of the Internet's addressing system rejected for the second time the creation of a ".xxx" top-level domain, supported by some as a way to isolate adult content on the Internet.
(News) Microsoft Corp. and Nortel Networks Corp. are extending their unified communications partnership to carrier networks, laying the groundwork for hosted services.
(News) Large businesses in the U.S. looking for high-bandwidth networks that can handle several technologies have a new option available to them with the launch of a dedicated optical network service from Verizon Communications Inc.'s Business unit.
(News) Hundreds of groups and individual Internet users sounded off to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on net neutrality in comments filed Monday, the deadline for responding to the agency's inquiry into the proposed regulation.
(News) Microsoft and Adobe will wrangle for market and mind share in the burgeoning rich Internet application space, according to close observers of the companies.
(How To) With the right cell phone and online data service, the Internet is just a call away.
(News) Six men face charges of illegally distributing drugs through an Internet pharmacy, and the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking forfeiture of more than US$40 million in profit from the operation.
(News) Tens of thousands of cyber-police monitor the activities of Chinese Internet users, according to a report by Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released Wednesday.
(News) The ability of citizens in Myanmar to keep connected to the world via the Internet could make a substantial difference to the outcome of the current protests taking place in the South East Asian country, dissidents living in Japan said on Friday.
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(News) Guns, saws, and some very dim-witted thieves were all apparently involved in a network blackout that affected Internet users, primarily in the Northeastern U.S., earlier this week.
(How To) Fix Mom's PC From Your Home or Office
(News) Internet service providers in the U.S. experienced a service slowdown Monday after fiber-optic cables near Cleveland were apparently sabotaged by gunfire.
(News) How many people can claim to have a job that allows them to surf porn, sports and millions of other Web sites that are not allowed anywhere near PCs in corporate America and K-12 schools?
(News) As part of its strategy to increase its presence in as many Web-enabled mobile devices as possible, Google Inc. has agreed to collaborate with Sprint Nextel Corp. to offer a range of Internet services to users of the U.S. operator's planned new WiMax network.
(News) How useful are your Web apps if you don't have a Net connection? Google's Gears API aims to make online data available anywhere, anytime.
(How To) Send and receive your POP3-based messages from Gmail.
(News) The number of Chinese Internet users hit 162 million at the end of June, growing at the fastest rate since 2004, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said Wednesday.
(News) The average person in the Western world takes the Internet for granted, yet fewer than 20 percent of the 6 billion people living on this planet have access to it. Web-enabling 50 percent of the world's population by 2015 may sound ambitious, but that's AMD's goal for its 50x15 initiative, which will stress the use of alternative sources of sustainable, affordable power.
(News) New Pew Internet study says nearly 30 percent of U.S. residents tag online content.
(News) Curious sites and Web-mail outages have readers seeking help and answers.
(news) Instant Messenger gets noisy, colorful update featuring animated themes.
(howto) Use a universal client for instant messaging, crumble cookies selectively, de-brand Outlook Express.
(news) Privacy advocates warn of greater vulnerability as popular application migrates to more devices.
(news) Metamessage service lets you view faxes, Web pages, and many file types on wireless devices.
(howto) Send and get photos using AOL Instant Messenger's IM Images feature.
(howto) Don't be fooled: AIM won't redial a hung-up modem connection.
(howto) Use these tips to troubleshoot problems with AIM's Talk feature.
(howto) Take your AIM Buddy List with you when you change PCs.
(howto) AIM 3.5's small stock ticker offers big features.
(howto) Find new chat partners using AOL Instant Messenger's people search feature.
(howto) Set up AIM to reply automatically when you're away.
(howto) Give each person on your AIM Buddy List a custom icon.
(news) Networking software makes it simpler to connect Windows and Mac PCs, even in a small-office environment.
(news) Networking software makes it simpler to connect Windows and Mac PCs, even in a small-office environment.
(news) Security Check debuts with online tools to scan your PC for viruses and other security risks.
(reviews) America Online's new version is a good upgrade for dial-in users and a must for broadband users.
(howto) Miniature JavaScripts can enhance Web surfing--if you're careful.
(How To) Get the right domain name for your e-commerce business.
(news) Broadband Abroad: Internet Connectivity Outside of the United States
(news) New.tel Domain Is Approved
(howto) Web 2.0? First, Let's Get Web 1.0 Right!
(reviews) New, Improved Web
(news) Wi-Fi Reaches the Speed of Ethernet
(news) Moving Your Number to VoIP? Please Hold
(howto) Faster, Better Web Mail
(news) NSF Proposes Next-Generation Internet
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(news) Get Hot New Software Without the Wait
(news) Symantec report says Internet attacks for financial gain on the rise.
(howto) Find out what your customers are thinking.
(howto) Final lesson: The Net has become invaluable, but it's far from foolproof.
(news) Revamped eSynch tools include broadband planning and management programs, plus tips.
