A new survey by the American Library Association shows that 99.3% of public libraries offer free access to the web even if you don't have a PC and 67% offer e-books. Summer just got a whole lot cooler. READ»
South Korea is already light years ahead of the U.S. in terms of broadband infrastructure. Perhaps the lessons learned as Seoul rolls out its program will push the world closer toward truly wired cities.READ»
Leading Net radio service Pandora has just priced its IPO, ready to lead a nascent industry into the next phase. Here's how deal breaks down--and some interesting questions on the company's ability to compete with Apple, Google, Amazon, and Spotify.READ»
The streaming movie service has grabbed over 30% of Net traffic into U.S. homes during peak evening hours. The times they are a-changing, for the Web and for regular TV.READ»
In America's rural areas, the internet barely exists as you and I know it: People can't get broadband in their house; they use dial-up modems at home; and the only place they can hope to watch a YouTube video is the local library. ...READ»
Google backs some projects that may may make you blink, they're so odd--one of them is nevertheless so promising it's earned $1.18 billion in funding: It's a satellite network to bring Internet to the world's poor.READ»
The rumors about whitespace radio reforms are building on both sides of the Atlantic, but Google's already leaped into action and is already testing a wide-area broadband solution in an Ohio hospital that uses gaps in the TV transmission bands.READ»
As the U.S. broadband expansion plan stalls at the starting blocks, officials could learn a trick or two from the old country. The U.K.'s Net development plans demonstrate both shining examples and pitfalls to avoid.
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While you were slumbering in your bed, innovación was dancing a pasa doble with the Jules Rimet trophy on its head, crying tears of alegría, and wibbling about in a state of what can only described as benevolent inebriation. Way to ...READ»
As you slept last night, and Roger Federer drowned his sorrows in the Chalkdust pub in Wimbledon, innovation was putting on the pancake makeup and stepping out of its FEMA trailer for a YouTube appearance. 1. While Hurricane Alex ...READ»
Back in March, the FCC outlined its National Broadband Plan, aimed at increasing the amount of available wireless spectrum. Today, the White House strongly backed that plan, and added a deadline.READ»
Most municipal Wi-Fi initiatives end in the graveyard, but cemeteries are among the few spots not covered by Minneapolis's new $20 million wireless network, which blankets 95% of its 59 square miles. As an anchor tenant of the system, ...READ»
Think ADSL broadband is old hat and fiber is the future? Think again: Researchers at Alcatel Lucent have worked out how to get data rates of 300 Mbps over normal copper telephone wires. That, in case you didn't know, is fast.Most ...READ»
In a typically dense press release, AT&T announced that it is investing $1 billion in its infrastructure this year. The head office's largesse will benefit nearly every aspect of the company's network, from cloud computing and ...READ»
How much do you know about new “virtual worlds and 3D TV” technology developments? Maybe, you thought they were just a lot of online video game hype for kids but look deeper into today’s virtual world platforms like Second Life ...READ»
The deadline to apply for Google's experimental fiber network passed over the weekend, and Google released the final stats of the contest. Turns out everybody, everywhere, wants crazy Google Internet.READ»
The World Economic Forum (the folks behind the yearly Davos meeting) surveyed 133 nations recently to work out how well each is networked up. Measured by a number of criteria, the U.S. slipped from third last year to fifth in ...READ»
Today is when the FCC delivers its National Broadband Strategy to Congress. We've already had some sneak peeks at the deets, such kitting 100 million households out with super-fast speeds with either a free or lo-cost version, getting ...READ»
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