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Google's SPDY will speed up downloads

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its effort to speed up the Web, Google is experimenting with SPDY, a new application layer protocol, that it hopes will speed up the conversation between browsers and Web servers ...


White House opens Web site programming to public

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created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 5

(AP) -- A programming overhaul of the White House's Web site has set the tech world abuzz. For low-techies, it's a snooze - you won't notice a thing.


Internet set for change with non-English addresses (AP)

Internet set for change with non-English addresses

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 31

(AP) -- The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names - or addresses - that can be written in languages ...


Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

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created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.


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WOWD, the real-time search engine

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of WOWD, the Internet's newest search engine, was launched last week at the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It aims to differentiate itself from other search engines ...


Univision programming will now be allowed on YouTube

Univision coming to YouTube

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

YouTube and Univision announced an agreement on Monday to bring short- and long-form programming from the Spanish-language broadcast network to the video-sharing site.


Google CEO: Vast Web changes coming within 5 years

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (10) | comments 11

(AP) -- A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just five years away, the head of Google said Wednesday.


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Six net neutrality principles proposed

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 8

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. voted last week to start a process to formulate rules that could force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to uphold six principles that would preserve ...


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Google's desire to scan old books has critics casting it as Goliath

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.


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Many computer users hesitate to ride the Wave

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Google's latest brainchild, Google Wave, is all the rage among bleeding-edge technology enthusiasts. But corporate information technology executives say that while they're intrigued by Wave -- a replacement ...


Google's "Street View" is created by still photographs taken by specially-equipped vehicles

Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(AP) -- Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object - Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy.


In future it will be possible to write an entire website address in any of the world's language scripts

Multilingual web address system approved

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 7

The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more ...


Protecting your virtual privacy

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The details of your personal life, such as grocery purchases and pizza topping preferences, are collected every day ― online and by club and discount cards from the gym, department store and supermarket. Though this ...


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Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.


Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking

Advertisers face resistance to on-line tracking

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created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice.