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August 2008
- He's a Goofy Dancer, Not a Prophet of Peace
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 2, 08 6:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - No doubt you've seen or heard of the YouTube phenomenon in which Matt Harding dances his way across the world and its cultures, set to a New Age song poem. And no doubt you've heard fans refer to Harding as nothing less than a purveyor of world peace. But please, let's give it a rest, writes Meghan Daum in the Los Angeles Times . More »
- 6 Degrees of Separation? New Study Says 6.6
  
  Washington Post | Aug 2, 08 12:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A huge Microsoft study of its Messenger records bolsters the oft-quoted, but never proven, theory of “six degrees of separation"—almost. The study puts the figure at 6.6, but that's still a pretty small world. A Microsoft researcher analyzed 30 billion messages sent among 180 million users worldwide and found that most people could be linked by a string of fewer than 7 acquaintances, the Washington Post reports. More »
July 2008
- 'Garfield' Without Garfield Lands Book Deal
  
  Editor & Publisher | Jul 31, 08 6:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Some comic strip authors might be miffed—or turn litigious—if a fan became a minor celebrity by systematically removing the namesake character and posting the edited strips on the Internet. Not "Garfield" creator Jim Davis, Editor & Publisher reports. With his blessing, Davis’ publisher will issue a book of Dan Walsh's “Garfield Minus Garfield” comics, with the original strips alongside the doctored versions. More »
- Domain Name Bug Worries Web Providers
  
  New York Times | Jul 30, 08 9:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - ISPs worldwide are racing to patch a flaw in the design of the Internet that could allow criminals to steal personal and financial details of Web users by diverting them to fake sites. The flaw resides in the procedures of the Domain Name System, which translates URLs into numerical Internet protocol. The problem underlines the dangers of the Internet's jumbled, decentralized architecture, in which no one entity can fix such a weakness, writes the New York Times . More »
- Comically Simple Ploy Pays Big for Kansas Candidate
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 28, 08 5:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A cash-strapped candidate for the Kansas legislature has turned around his fortunes in the flash of a few thousand mouse-clicks: Before circulating sassy online cartoon strips, Sean Tevis had $1,525 in his campaign coffers; in less than two weeks, he’s raised nearly $100,000 more. The episode is dramatic evidence of the political power of web-based social networking, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »
- Internet Hits 1 Trillion Sites
  
  PC World | Jul 26, 08 7:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The internet now hosts a staggering 1 trillion unique web sites, according to Google researchers. The million million sites—over 150 for everybody on the planet—are growing by billions of pages a day, PC World reports. Google doesn't index all those pages, but plots them on a complex graph. A theoretical human researcher trying to check a different internet site each second would finish up around the year 3696. More »
- New Site Lets Microbloggers Post Short Videos
  
  Mashable | Jul 24, 08 5:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sick of spreading your message by text alone on sites such as Twitter, but not ready to actually talk to your friends face to face? Worry not: a new site, “12 Seconds,” allows you to post video updates from home or on your mobile device, Mashable reports. The only catch? You’ve probably figured it out already: each video must be 12 second or le

Stories

He's a Goofy Dancer, Not a Prophet of Peace

6 Degrees of Separation? New Study Says 6.6

'Garfield' Without Garfield Lands Book Deal

Domain Name Bug Worries Web Providers

Comically Simple Ploy Pays Big for Kansas Candidate

Internet Hits 1 Trillion Sites

New Site Lets Microbloggers Post Short Videos