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Small, not big, online retailers oppose Internet sales tax
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Molly Wood
May 8, 2013
It's rare these days that legislation flies through the U.S. Senate and gets bipartisan support in the House of Representatives -- but the Internet sales tax bill could do both.
Mozilla accuses governments of spying through its software
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Molly Wood
May 7, 2013
What happens when the government uses a non-profit as a cloak for surveillance?
The Root launches black Twitter aggregator 'The Chatterati'
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Molly Wood
May 6, 2013
Online magazine The Root has just launched 'The Chatterati', a new webpage that watches Twitter users, phrases and hashtags trending in the black community.
Quitting the Internet cold turkey
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Molly Wood
May 3, 2013
Ever tried to quit something cold turkey? What about the Internet? On May 1, 2012, Paul Miller of the tech site The Verge cut himself off from the Internet. No web, no streaming, no email, no texts, or voicemails.
Soap operas get a new lease on life online
Apr 29, 2013
'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' are going online only starting Monday -- as the first offerings of 'The Online Network', an ad-supported outlet for first-run entertainment delivered online.
Meet AppNexus: The online ad platform you already use everyday
Apr 29, 2013
While most people haven’t heard of AppNexus, many Internet users almost certainly interact with the company on a daily basis.
The Internet is coming to your car, watch, and dishwater, but can our systems handle it?
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Molly Wood
Apr 26, 2013
The Internet is powered by vast banks of computers which chew up energy. That's a big cost for the people who run these servers -- and the earth, depending on how all the electricity is generated.
For public good, not for profit.
Why mess with an undersea Egyptian Internet cable?
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Molly Wood
Mar 29, 2013
The Egyptian Navy says it caught three men trying to cut a big Internet cable that runs under the Mediterranean causing slow downs in the country and as far away as Pakistan.
Spam wars clog the Internet
Mar 28, 2013
If you found your Internet surfing coming up slow in recent days, it's possibly because of one of the biggest cyberattacks experts have ever seen.
EverQuest turns 14: Secrets of the original online multiplayer game
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Molly Wood
Mar 26, 2013
Video game years are kind of like dog years, and that makes the game EverQuest, which turned 14-years-old this month, positively ancient.