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  • December 2007

    • Airplane WiFi Poses Sticky Situation

      Associated Press  |  Dec 24, 07 12:26 PM CST

      Airplane WiFi Poses Sticky Situation

      (Newser) - Airlines getting ready to offer Internet access are grappling with how to enforce netiquette at 33K feet. "We think decency and good sense and normal behavior will prevail," said the CEO of one service. If it's not porn or violent images, its annoying ringtones and loud conversations that can get in the way of a polite flying experience. More »

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      Internet  • airline  • airplane  • air travel  • Wi-Fi  • web

  • July 2007

    • Schools Cater to Tech-Enamored Students

      CNET  |  Jul 31, 07 6:33 PM CDT

      Schools Cater to Tech-Enamored Students

      (Newser) - An increasing number of colleges and universities are using new Web applications to engage a generation of students eager to collaborate—and strut their stuff—on the Internet. Blogs, wikis, and other collaborative tools are being used as more than just empty Web 2.0 buzzwords, CNET reports; they allow students to work and learn more efficiently and even help recruiting. More »

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      Internet  • technology  • education  • college  • student  • school  • Web 2.0  • university  • mathematics  • professor  • Texas A&M  • web  • Dartmouth

    • Google Stokes Wireless Competition With $4.6B Bid

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jul 22, 07 7:39 AM CDT

      Google Stokes Wireless Competition With $4.6B Bid

      (Newser) - Google is poised to bid $4.6 billion in the upcoming federal auction of wireless frequencies,  to create a national broadband network that could challenge the dominance of companies like AT&T and Comcast. If Google's bid triumphs, the web search giant could expand into selling Internet, telephone and television services—or have other providers do it for them, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . More »

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      Internet  • Google  • FCC  • auction  • wireless  • broadband Internet  • Eric Schmidt  • web  • network  • wireless frequencies

    • How to Survive the Email Onslaught

      Salon  |  Jul 13, 07 5:30 PM CDT

      How to Survive the Email Onslaught

      (Newser) - A spate of new survival manuals is addressing the problem of swamped inboxes, writes Salon's Scott Rosenberg. But how does one navigate through the sea of attachments, spam, and forwarded off-color jokes? Most experts agree on striving for emptiness: delete ruthlessly. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • computer  • email  • etiquette  • World Wide Web  • Gmail  • web

    • Five Priciest Web Domains

      Forbes  |  Jul 8, 07 12:40 PM CDT

      Five Priciest Web Domains

      (Newser) - Sex.com -             $12  million   (2005) Porn.com -           $9.5 million   (2007) Business.com -      $7.5 million   (1999) Diamond.com -      $7.5 million   (2006) Beer.com -            $7.0  million  (1999) More »

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      Internet  • list  • website  • web  • web domain

  • May 2007

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