Coupons Available For Digital TV Switch
The government is now offering $40 coupons that people can use to apply towards the cost of a converter box that will allow analog TV to work when the switch to digital television takes place next year.
Saudi Blogger Still In Government Detention
Fouad al-Farhan’s criticism of the Saudi government earned him an investigation by authorities, followed by his detention for questioning.
Aussie Net Filtering Plans Challenged
An advocacy group claimed Australia’s mandate for ISPs to block pornographic and violent websites could slow down Internet access in the country.
Researchers Question Yahoo Answers
Stanford University researchers analyzed 10 months worth of content from Yahoo’s popular Answers service to learn about the people using it and where it might go in the future.
Adobe Bemused By Spying Claims
The discovery that some Adobe products phone home to analytics firm Omniture brought out the tinfoil hat crowd, and a raised eyebrow from Adobe’s John Nack.
Google To Trademark Knol, Dalvik
Call it a unit of knowledge, but beware of calling it a ‘knol’, as Google has applied to trademark the term.
Amazon Kindle’s Extra Features Discovered
When the Amazon Kindle first came out, we kind of laughed at it; limited by battery life and with a $400 price tag, it allowed you do nothing more than read separately purchased books. Now, we’re still not ready to embrace the thing, but it turns out that the Kindle is a little better than most people previously believed.
The Web’s Most, Biggest, Best, and Worst of 2007
2007 was a frenzied year for all things digital, and could be marked as when the revolution really began to take hold. Social media took center stage, impacting everything from politics to major corporate maneuvers to raising awareness of social causes.There were lawsuits, mysteries, legal abuses, policy shifts, embarrassments, scandals, oppressions, miscalculations, bubble discussions, and significant innovations. All and all, 2007 was a big year for anybody with a stake on the Net.So, without further ado, we present the Most, the Biggest, the Best, and the Worst of 2007.
More Americans Creating Content Online
Close to 40 percent (38%) of Americans are watching TV shows online, 36 percent use their cell phones for entertainment and 45 percent are creating Web sites, music, videos and blogs, according to a survey from Deloitte & Touche.
Queen
Never mind the silly songs, the physical comedy, and the cute pets; there’s a new hit on YouTube, and she is, in a surprise that few people can claim to have expected, the Queen of England.