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The End of Thumbnails and the Future of the Web

Alan Taylor is bringing his "Big Picture" photo aesthetic to The Atlantic's new photoblog just as Gawker redesigns to accommodate larger images. Is the future of the web high-res photography?READ»

ANIMALS   |  Comment

Best Source for Tiger Bone Wine, Biggest Threat to Endangered Animals: The Internet

The blossoming of trade on the internet was bound to reach into the black market, gray market, and the pink and red market--endangered Mediterranean pink and red coral, I mean.READ»

A Visual Guide to Global Internet Use: Internet Addicts, Don't Move to the Democratic Republic of Congo

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PIRACY   |  Comment

Did Sinking Pirate Bay Cause More Piracy? And Does It Matter Anyway?

Pro-copyright activists celebrated while file-sharers cried at rulings on the Pirate Bay's illegality, and the subsequent attempts to sink the site. But some new data suggests piracy sites tripled in the aftermath, which really ...READ»