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Swedish crackdown on piracy leads to fall in illegal filesharing

Technology / Internet

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Sweden's tough new anti-piracy law has led to a sharp drop in illegal downloading but critics say the effects will be short-lived and argue it is an excessive breach of personal privacy.


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Googlefail! The Web reacts to virtual traffic jam

Technology / Internet

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

What would life be like without Google? Last week 83 million people found out.


Providers test the limits of access to Internet with new pricing systems

Technology / Telecom

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 12

Your days of all-you-can-eat Internet buffet may be coming to an end. Probably not tomorrow, but soon enough, industry analysts say.


Income slashed, web traffic falls when paper goes online-only

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Researchers from City University London have found that at least 75 percent of revenue can be lost and web traffic can actually fall when a newspaper moves from print and web to web-only.


The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, however, is a matter of debate.


Web retailers extend shipping deadlines (AP)

Christmas Web sales spike after snowstorm

Technology / Business

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Stores in the snow-battered East Coast may have been sparse this weekend, but shoppers kept spending online. Retailers spurred sales with new discounts and shipping offers to make sure gifts arrive ...


ComScore, Omniture join up to measure audiences

Technology / Internet

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Two of the largest companies involved in tracking and analyzing Web traffic are joining forces to measure digital audiences more comprehensively.


Adobe to buy Omniture for $1.8B; 3Q profit slides (AP)

Adobe to buy Omniture for $1.8B; 3Q profit slides

Technology / Business

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday it will buy Web analytic software company Omniture Inc. for about $1.8 billion, giving the maker of content-creation software a way to let marketers measure the effectiveness ...


News Corp. plans fees for newspaper Web sites

Technology / Internet

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start coughing up fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said.


Hearst hopes Web-only Seattle P-I will turn profit

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- When the Seattle Post-Intelligencer transforms into an Internet-only operation Wednesday, it will try to do something it failed to accomplish for years as a traditional newspaper: make money.


A ripple in the Twitterverse: When Oprah tweets, people follow

Technology / Internet

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The social networking site Twitter is closing in on one week A.O. -- After Oprah -- and, as expected, the media mogul has inspired a horde of new users to sign up.