47% - Internet and Cell Phones Increasing Family Communication (Pew via Yahoo! News)
Advances in communication technology, such as internet access and cell phones, are cited as having a positive impact on the quality of communication with family members within the household by half of Americans (47%). Another 47% does not believe they have had any impact while only 4% say new technologies have decreased the quality of communications.
Internet safety meeting will focus on avoiding Internet predators (NWAnews.com)
FORT SMITH — An upcoming Child Internet Safety Summit will help parents and others protect children with access to the internet, U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Ark., said. (Benton County Daily Record)
Internet Explorer 8 inches closer to release (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer 8 will be released in the first half of 2009.
12 myths about how the Internet works (InfoWorld)
Thirty years have passed since the Internet Protocol was first described in a series of technical documents written by early experimenters . Since then, countless engineers have created systems and applications that rely on IP as the communications link between people and their computers. Here's the rub: IP has continued to evolve, but no one has been carefully documenting all of the ...
Kingston man arrested in Internet sting (The Citizens' Voice)
— HEIDI RUCKNO A Kingston man was arrested for having illegal contact with a minor after he allegedly used the Internet to proposition an undercover agent whom he believed was a 14-year-old girl, state Attorney General Tom Corbett said.
Telstra Won't Build Australian Internet Network With Seperation (Bloomberg)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Telstra Corp., Australia's largest phone company, won't bid to build a A$15 billion ($9.2 billion) nationwide high-speed Internet network if it requires a structural separation.
Internet `throttling' complaint rejected (Toronto Star)
When it comes to talking to friends on the other side of the country, Steve Anderson prefers to use the Internet-calling service Skype in a bid to dodge the hefty long-distance fees charged by local phone providers.
Visa Survey Reveals 80 percent of Asia Pacific Internet Users Go Online to Shop (Thaipr.net)
The internet is proving as appealing a shopping destination as the likes of shopping centres in Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong or Orchard Road in Singapore. According to a Visa e-Commerce Tracking Survey,
China Takes Steps to Counter Wildlife Trade on the Internet (PNN)
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Taobao, China's largest internet auction site, jointly announced a series of online activities to counter illegal wildlife trade on the Internet.
Internet cafe gitulis (Sun Star)
KAHADLOK ang gibati sa tag-iya ug mga kostumer sa usa ka internet cafe human gitulis sa mga armadong tawo kagahapon mga alas 2:00 sa kadlawonĂżsa Bayabas ning siyudad sa Cagayan de Oro.
