White Spaces Officially Cleared For Wireless Broadband

A big story flew somewhat under the radar yesterday as the Election was at the forefront of minds not only all across the America, but around the world. The FCC has approved the use of the unused airwaves between broadcast TV channels, otherwise known as "white spaces" for public wireless broadband service.

Election Drove Record Internet Traffic

The Internet didn’t break yesterday, and if there was ever a day for that to happen it was Election Day 2008 in America. Akamai’s Net Usage Index for News recorded the highest number of website visitors per minute in history, placing Barack Obama’s historic win at the top at the chart.

Heaviest Internet Users Also Heavy TV Viewers

Nearly 31 percent of in-home Internet activity takes place while the user is watching television, which indicates there is a large amount of simultaneous Internet and television usage, according to a new report from Nielsen's TV/Internet Convergence Panel.

Google Groups Search Moves To Include More Forums

Internet forums can be invaluable resources; they're where experts on all sorts of subjects gather to discuss problems and new developments, or simply make friends.  So it's more than a little important that the Google Groups site now attempts to return search results from all over the Internet.