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Internet Explorer 8 Pops Up In Beta
The answer to the question “how long until IE8 will be ready for download” turned out to be 3pm ET today.
More Employers Monitoring Workers Internet Use
More than one-fourth of U.S. employers have terminated employees for misusing email and one third have fired an employee for abusing the Internet according to the 2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey from American Management Association (AMA) and The ePolicy Institute.Twenty-eight percent of employers who have fired a worker for email misuse did so for violation of company policy (64%); inappropriate or offensive language (62%); excessive personal use (26%); breach of confidentiality rules (22%); other (12%).
UK Internet Population Expected To Grow
More and more people in the UK are becoming comfortable with the Internet, according to a new study. Usage remains far short of 100 percent, but approximately 60.5 percent of the population ventured online at least one per month in 2007, and a full 62.6 percent should do so this year.
Comcast Stands By Its Internet Filtering
Comcast has admitted that it intentionally slows down some traffic on its network, including music and movie downloads. The company said in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission that slowing the transfer of music or video between subscribers sharing files is necessary to manage traffic flow over its network.
UK Internet Users Could Be Banned For Illegal Downloads
Internet users in the UK who go online and illegally download music and movies could have their Internet access revoked according to plans the government is considering.
A draft proposal says that Internet service providers would have to monitor users who accessed pirated content through their accounts. The government says that plans are in an early stage and it is working on final regulations.
Six million users a year are estimated to download files illegally in the UK and music and film companies say it is costing them millions in lost revenue annually.
Countries Getting Internet Back After Cable Cutting
We’re still waiting to hear what caused damage to several underwater Internet cables; it’s likely to be either especially interesting (in an apocalyptic, WWIII sense) or completely mundane (think rusty old anchors). But either way, affected nations are getting their access back.
Fixing Yahoo, The Internet Way
Lots of ideas float through the maze of sites and blogs online, some of them aimed at fixing Yahoo. Here are some of the suggestions we found.
Voters Expect The Next President To Be Internet Savvy
Forty-four percent of voters expect the next President to be Internet savvy, according to a new poll done by Zogby International on behalf of the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee(CICAC).
How The Internet Is Killing News
Journalism—real, in-depth, investigative, hard-hitting journalism—is expensive. The first thing the major news broadcasters did after being deregulated, was drop their documentary units. This type of journalism is also known as "long-form" journalism, and the Internet is helping to kill it.