Government Information Still Not Free

The Freedom of Information Act imposed requirements on federal agencies to make more information publicly available, without requiring people to jump through hoops via FOIA requests to get it.

Google Earth Promotes Global Awareness

One thing you can say about Google is they don't stray too far from their Birkenstocks –aside from the legal department, where the smell of free love will get you shot on sight. But two new environmental layers added to Google Earth are evidence of those patchouli-scented sandals.

Google, Microsoft To Invade White Space?

When Google, Microsoft, Dell, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard team up, you know big things are a-happening.  In this case, all five companies want to make the Internet accessible through traditional television airwaves.

Online Shoppers Unhappy With Return Process

In a PriceRunner survey of 400 shoppers who have been purchasing items online between one in five years found that close to 40 percent of survey respondents were not satisfied with returning items they had purchased online. The main reasons given for returning an item online were, an item was damaged, the wrong item was shipped and the item was an unwanted gift or a…

Google’s Gray Maps The Literary World

In 1993, Matthew Gray created the world's first search engine.  Now, while working for Google, he's created a map of the world "based on the frequency of its locations mentioned in books."