A Music File by Any Other Name
...ecause the small file size and ultimate portability of compressed audio files has afforded them huge popularity, not to mention near ubiquity, on the web. We'll also be looking exclusively at downloadable, and not streaming, file types.
Let's start with the basics of audio compression. I'll do my be......more...Asia Recognized; Porn in Limbo
... Asian countries, also plans to explore permitting site addressess in Asian languages.
Separately, ICANN delegates discussed methods for allowing new web addresses to be created in Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic and other alphabets instead of the Latin script used in English. The technical tweaks require......more... VOIP Crisis, Can't Call 911
...strictions on the simplest of names.
In response to requests by companies seeking to extend their brands, ICANN will chart a course for single-letter web addresses as early as this weekend, when the ICANN board meets in Vancouver. Those names could start to appear next year.
Matt Bentley, chief exec......more... Net Dust Storm Blows Into Tunis
...he United States could, in theory, wipe another country's top-level domain out of the system for political reasons, leaving it largely unreachable to web and e-mail traffic. Maybe countries that don't support the war on terror are kicked off the internet, for example, says Wu.
That's never happened,......more... The Art of Privacy Invasion
...rdless telephones, Bluetooth gadgets, microwave ovens and, increasingly, cameras that beam security pictures to a home PC for remote viewing over the web. Equipment frequently carries a range of about 100 feet, makers say.
Toronto-based Teran has performed her work, Life: A User's Manual, in cities ......more... Web of Fear: Net Surfers Cut Back
Web of Fear: Net Surfers Cut Back
Identity theft scares online users away from websites soliciting personal info. EBay and Craigslist look out, Google wants a piece of the classifieds pie. Tech industry weathers monsoon in India. and more.
Wired News Report
8:57 a.m. Oct. 26, 2005 PDT
As identity th...more... ICANN, VeriSign Reach Accord
...y for the revival after an outside review of a controversial search service the company created in late 2003 for guiding internet users who mistype web addresses.
After VeriSign launched the service, called Site Finder, for .com and .net names, critics complained that it interfered with spam filte......more... Tips From Top Taggers
Tips From Top Taggers
If your online bookmark tags are a mess, here are some tagging tips from the web's top taggers. By Robert Andrews.
By Robert Andrews
2:00 a.m. Oct. 6, 2005 PDT
After a few months of storing bookmarks online with tools like del.icio.us, many people find the tags they've used to ...more... Live Like the Jetsons in Utah
...ch screen mounted inside the home, or connect to it from any personal computer, laptop, personal digital assistant or other device that can display a web page.
About 90 percent of the homes were pre-sold, at prices between $186,000 and $400,000.
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Taiwan's government has asked Google to stop cal......more... |