Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:21 PM EST
E-mail has taken a full circle.
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:01 AM EDT
As Internet use expands worldwide, the United States said Wednesday it will give other governments and the private sector a greater oversight role in an organization whose decisions affect how computers relay traffic such as e-mail and Twitter posts.
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Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:26 PM EDT
Decades of Life magazine have been scanned and posted online, giving the public the first comprehensive electronic access to the iconic publication's archives.
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Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:23 PM EDT
Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online.
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Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:43 PM EDT
Like many people, I often find myself with a dozen open browser tabs and countless bookmarks as I plan trips or comb through reviews for a new gadget.
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:55 PM EDT
The Internet's key oversight agency is considering a centralized database of trademark holders, to cut down on questionable registrations of new Internet addresses.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:53 PM EDT
The Internet agency with key oversight of the monikers behind every Web site, e-mail address and Twitter post named former U.S. cybersecurity chief Rod Beckstrom Friday as its next chief executive.
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Wed Apr 1, 2009 3:39 PM EDT
I procrastinated for nearly two weeks before installing Microsoft Corp.'s new Web browser.
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Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:03 AM EDT
More people have been arrested in recent years for sexually soliciting youths online, but the sharp increase comes from better enforcement, and the Internet remains a relatively safe social environment, researchers said in a new study.
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Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:09 PM EDT
Missing from the doorsteps and driveways of many Michigan homes Monday morning: newspapers.
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:47 PM EDT
They are comfortable with gadgets, yet shudder sometimes as the cell phone rings.
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:31 PM EST
Bids for new Internet addresses to rival ".com" and other suffixes will likely be delayed until the end of the year as a key oversight agency grapples with trademark and security issues.
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Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:51 PM EST
Four media companies reported quarterly losses Thursday, weighed down by the declining value of their properties.
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Tue Feb 3, 2009 5:53 PM EST
The editor of The New York Times has hinted that the newspaper might charge again for access to some of its online offerings, less than two years after abandoning fees to boost advertising revenue.
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:26 PM EST
The publishers of U.S. News and World Report, a one-time weekly that became a monthly print publication this year, said Friday it is reintroducing a weekly edition as a digital download.
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:46 PM EST
Gannett Co. said Friday that its board would explore a dividend cut next month as the nation's largest newspaper publisher looks to conserve cash.
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Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:21 PM EST
Web sites for NBC-owned television stations are tapping technology from an Internet startup to let visitors hone in on their particular neighborhoods.
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Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:54 PM EST
Gannett Co., the nation's largest newspaper publisher, reports earnings for the fourth quarter and full year before the market opens Friday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
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Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:43 PM EST
Leading U.S. newspaper Web sites are getting more visitors, and those visitors are coming more often, in what might be a small bright spot for an industry struggling with declining revenue.
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Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:41 PM EST
Although the Chicago Cubs aren't part of Tribune Co.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, experts say a federal court overseeing the case is likely to review the baseball team's impending sale anyhow.
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:56 PM EST
For the historic inauguration of the nation's first black president, The Washington Post is hiring hundreds of hawkers to help distribute more than 1.5 million additional copies of the newspaper over two days.
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:50 PM EST
USA Today publisher Gannett Co. imposed one-week unpaid furloughs for most of its U.S. employees Wednesday, saying the move could help minimize the need for further layoffs amid a severe advertising downturn.
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:16 PM EST
A task force charged with assessing technologies for protecting children from unwanted contact online has concluded that no single approach is foolproof and that parental oversight is vital.
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Fri Jan 9, 2009 2:10 PM EST
As budget cuts force many U.S. newspapers to retrench on their foreign coverage, veteran journalist Charles Sennott saw virtually no chance of getting another assignment abroad.
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Sun Jan 4, 2009 1:09 PM EST
Just a dozen years ago, newspapers on either side of Arlington, Texas, fought fiercely for every reader in the fast-growing city, spending millions of dollars to expand their staffs and cover the smallest meetings and sporting events.
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