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With the Unveiling of the newest generation of Amazon Kindle (which began shipping on Monday) bloggers, publishing houses, newspaper editors, and even…
Many metaphors have been offered up to describe or explain the Internet, but calling it "an ocean of words" is as accurate as any other. In 1998 the first Google index counted 26 million pages, by 2000 it had reached the billion mark and by 2002 it had more than tripled again to over 3 billion. In July 2008 the company's Web Search Infrastructure Team…
It's probably fair to say that the average person doesn't know a lot about CO2 emissions; news stories don't go much beyond "humans are responsible for them." If you want to learn, then, a certain green-minded search giant has made some information available through Google Earth.
If a country were ever to attempt to invade Britain again, they should consider saving their firepower and invest in cats and clowns with excellent vocabularies. According to Hitwise, after a fear of flying, folks in the UK search about these fears more often than any others.
Though Representative Barney Frank has gotten most of his attention due to his role in handling the economic crisis, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee is also known for his nearly lone opposition to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, almost unanimously passed in late 2006. Frank is holding steady on that opposition and, according to Reuters, will introduce legislation next month to…
Watching video on television, online and mobile devices continues to increase and has reached new levels, according to Nielsen. In its fourth quarter "A2/M2 Three Screen Report," Nielsen found that the average American watches 151 hours of TV per month, an all-time high. Americans who watch video over the Internet consume another 3 hours of online video per month and those who use mobile video…
