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Aug 22, 2012

Wi-Fi Donkeys Carry Internet Access on Park Trails

It may be fun to check out life in the first century, but not if it means you can't Tweet about it. Not to worry: An Israeli park meant to recreate life in Biblical times is now offering Wi-Fi hotspots, carried by donkeys, for tourists who want to Tweet, Facebook,...

Aug 29, 2012

Internet Addiction Tied to Gene Mutation

Are you addicted to the Internet? You might be able to blame your genes. Scientists say they've found a link between a toxic relationship with the Web and a genetic quirk that also plays a role in nicotine addiction. Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany interviewed 843 people...

Oct 17, 2012

New FBI Program Teaches Kids How to Stay Safe Online

The Federal Bureau of Investigation unveiled a new program yesterday (Oct. 15) aimed at teaching children the best practices for staying safe online. The FBI-SOS (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge takes third- through eighth-graders to grade-specific virtual islands where games, videos and other media teach kids about specific aspects of...

Nov 2, 2012

What's Wrong With Online Voting?

Internet voting for American citizens is exceedingly dangerous. That's the opinion of David Jefferson, a computer scientist and chairman of Verified Voting, an election watchdog group based in Carlsbad, Calif. I consider voting security to be a national-security issue, said Jefferson. So it has to be treated with that level...

Nov 19, 2012

Kids Should Wait Until 13 to Use Internet Alone, Parents Say

Though a majority of kids over 5 use the Internet, most American adults think children should have to wait until age 13 to connect to the Web without supervision, a new survey found. In September, the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children's Health asked parents about their kids'...

Dec 11, 2012

Checking Facebook at Work Could Become Illegal

Logging into Facebook, perusing eBay and surfing to other decidedly non-work related sites may not just upset your boss; it could also be a federal offense. That's according to two Boston College professors who recently authored a paper on how a broad interpretation of the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse...

Dec 14, 2012

Why Online Porn May Make You Forget

Though some people find porn entertaining, they don't necessarily remember what they've seen. That's because viewing Internet pornography may interfere with short-term memory, according to new research. The study is the first to examine the influence that processing pornographic pictures has on working memory. The part of the brain responsible...

Jan 3, 2013

Google Executive to Visit North Korea

North Korea remains a closed society where just a handful of elites can use Google on the unrestricted Internet. But that is not stopping Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt from paying a personal visit to the secretive East Asian country. The North Korea trip would mark a first by a...

Jan 14, 2013

30% of Teens Meet Online 'Friends' Offline: Study

Nearly a third of teenage girls have met people offline after becoming online friends, according to a new study. In many cases the identity of that online character was not fully confirmed before the teens set up a real-life meet-up. In addition, one in 10 experienced some form of exploitation...

Jun 5, 2013

Arctic Connections: Broadband Coming to Top of the World

A Norwegian project aims to achieve the ambitious goal of bringing broadband to the Arctic. A broadband network that could transmit large amounts of data over many channels would benefit the oil and gas industries, search-and-rescue operations and shipping traffic communications, among other things. The Norwegian Space Center Telenor and...

Jul 30, 2013

The Internet of Things: A Seamless Network of Everyday Objects

Gone are the days of computers, smartphones and tablets being the only objects able to connect to the Internet. Today, nearly everything around us — from coffee pots and household lights to vending machines and cars — has the ability to be brought online to interact with other machines. This...

Sep 26, 2013

Who Isn't Using the Internet? (Infographic)

A recent poll shows that 15 percent of Americans don't use the Internet at all. (Image credit: by Ross Toro, Infographics Artist) ...

Oct 11, 2013

The 20 Most and Least Wired Countries

A report published Oct. 7 by the International Telecommunication Union, a branch of the United Nations focusing on information and communication technologies, reveals which countries have the highest percentage of digital natives, or youth ages 15 to 24 who have been using the Internet for five years. Here are the...

Oct 16, 2013

Need for Speed: New Series Explores World's Fastest Things

From building the world's fastest cars, trucks and boats to rooting for Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt, humans are obsessed with speed. In the premiere of the new NOVA series Making Stuff, which airs tonight at 9 p.m. EDT/8 p.m. CDT on PBS, host and technology columnist David Pogue takes viewers...

Oct 21, 2013

Online Dating Game: 1 in 10 Americans Have Tried It

Match.com, eHarmony, Okcupid: People looking for love online have many options. And according to a new Pew survey, about 1 in 10 Americans has tried at least one of these options. Of those, two-thirds have gone on dates with someone they met online and about a quarter have met a...