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30% of All Online Traffic Is Porn
Think pornography is popular online? One tech site estimates that 30% of all Internet traffic involves porn, with the world's biggest porno site trumping traffic on CNN or ESPN three times over, the New York Daily News reports. That site, Xvideos, draws 4.4 billion page views monthly—w...
News Corp Pays the Price for Being Wrong About MySpace
Video 1min 41sec. Once upon a time MySpace was once the most popular social media platform in America. In 2005, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp bought MySpace's parent company for over $580 million. However, since then MySpace has taken a nose dive. Critics say it alienated users with a cl...
Eli Pariser: What The Internet Is Hiding From You
Former MoveOn director Eli Pariser laid it all out in this eye-opening TED talk, and got a standing ovation for his trouble. His book on the topic, The Filter Bubble, is out this week. As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our persona...
Cyber Spying: China vs US
As America and China grow more economically and financially intertwined, the two nations have also stepped up spying on each other. Today, most of that is done electronically, with computers rather than listening devices in chandeliers or human moles in tuxedos. And at the moment, many exp...



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Inside the Google's YouTube problem
Most great tech companies start out with one great idea, and for Google it was figuring out how to make money off the work of others. G...
Video: Fears Over Google's Digital Books Project
The rise of eReaders is revolutionising the way people read but the future in the electronic age is far from clear.Google is part of ...
Video: What the Heck is Google Wave?
What's all the fuss about Google Wave? If you're like me, you used email for close to 15 years. And you may have noticed that sometimes...
Video: Obama Big Believer in Net Neutrality
During the State of the Union YouTube follow-up interview on Feb. 1, President Obama again expressed his strong commitment to Net Neutr...
Berlusconi Moves to Control the Web in Italy
Italian Government Decree Would Mandate the King of Videos for ContentSilvio Berlusconi is moving to extend his grip on Italy's media t...
Video: Second Life's Virtual World and Reuters
Contributed by J. R. Ransom Video (1min 49sec): Second Life's Virtual World and Reuters. This is a pretty cool promo video on Se...
Video: Daily Show: Isaacson: Newspapers Made Mistake
Contributed by J. R. Ransom Technology Video (6min 26sec): Daily Show: Walter Isaacson Thinks Newspapers Made Mistake. A Jon Ste...
Video: Build a Better 21st Century Internet Plan for America
Contributed by J. R. Ransom Video (1min 57sec): Build a Better 21st Century Internet Plan for America. The internet is incredibl...
Video: Behind The Great Firewall Of China
Video (21min 51sec): China has the most sophisticated censorship and internet surveillance in the world. But despite this autocratic...
Video: The Power of the World Wide Web
2 Videos: On its 20th anniversary the founder of the Web says it's still in it's infancy. So what kinds of changes lie ahead and what...
Beware the Squeeze Page Spammer
Leopards don't change their spots. With laws and accepted standards in regards to unsolicited bulk email marketing, a.k.a. spam, havi...
Webcam Chat Attractive For Home and Business
The number of webcam chat rooms has grown exponentially in the past decade to meet the demand from people who use video webcams for...
Video: An Animated History of the Internet
Video (8min 10sec): An Animated History of the Internet. "History of the Internet" is an animated documentary explaining the inventi...
Video: Twitter, Facebook, MySpace? - Guy Kawasaki
Video (2min 55sec): Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, or None of the Above? - Guy Kawasaki. Venture capitalist and technology blogger Guy ...
Sen. Dorgan Plans Bill on Internet Neutrality
A senior U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce a bill in January that would bar Internet providers like AT&T Inc from blocking Web con...