Feb 19 Will Google Make us Smarter? Internet Experts Say Yes, but With Caveats In a widely-read 2008 article in The Atlantic Monthly magazine, writer Nicholas Carr asked "Is Google Making us Stupid?" He argued that as people learn to surf the vast amounts of information available online, they are losing the ability… Continue reading
Feb 17 Already in the Global Spotlight, Vancouver’s Skies Deliver Additional Delight A week before the torch arrived in the Olympic city, Vancouver's skies were already illuminated, ready to greet the world with a warm welcome. Light artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and his team had installed 10 searchlights on both sides of English… Continue reading
Feb 10 Google Looks to Speed Up Web Google wants to make the Web faster -- much faster. In a post on its corporate blog Wednesday, the world's largest search engine announced it will build ultra high-speed broadband networks that will deliver Internet speeds more than 100… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch Digital Nation: Exploring Technology’s Impact on Society In an excerpt from the PBS program "Frontline," Rachel Dreztin examines how our brains are being shaped by technology, how companies are spicing up conference calls with avatars and how advances in weaponry have reshaped war. Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch Internet Restrictions Highlight Political, Cultural Divides On the heels of a U.S.-China dispute on Internet freedom, Jeffrey Brown speaks with democracy and media experts about the debate over how countries monitor -- and sometimes restrict -- access to the Internet. Continue watching
Jan 21 Clinton: Countries that Engage in Cyberattacks Should Face Consequences By Chris Amico Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a blunt defense of unfettered Internet access Thursday in a speech at Washington's Newseum, saying the United States will defend the right to information around the world. The speech comes in the wake… Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch News Wrap: Senate’s Reform Bill Won’t Pass House, Warns Pelosi In other news, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that the Senate health care bill is unlikely to succeed in the House unless significantly altered, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Internet companies to resist censorship worldwide. Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch New York Times Looks to Charge Online Readers, Again The New York Times has decided to charge online readers a fee for accessing the newspaper's Web site, starting in 2011. Jeffrey Brown considers whether readers will actually pay for the service. Continue watching