Google balloons to ring the Earth in 2016 — for Internet, not world domination
Connecting traditionally problematic areas of the world to the Internet is high on the list of many virtual giants already, ...
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Musk seeks permission from the FCC to test his ambitious space internet
Later last year, ZME Science revealed that one of Elon Musk's top priorities in the future is deploying a massive ...
Internet addiction affects over 400 million people globally, study finds
We've probably all experienced it at some point - you really have no reason to stay online... but you do ...
What the World looks like when the Internet is asleep
There are over 4 billion IP addresses registered all over the globe and this number is constantly growing as developing ...
Screening job candidates on facebook backfires for employees
Who would have thought snooping into people's private lives pisses them off? A new study by North Carolina State University researchers ...
How IP cameras work: the basics of modern surveillance
In an ever more crowded and complex world, people are more aware of the need for security, both in business ...
Brain-to-brain interface allows first telepathic exchange of information between two humans
In a mind-boggling and, frankly, a bit frightening breakthrough, researchers at University of Washington have devised a brain-to-brain interface that for ...
A Growing Global Menace
Investigators say the operation was the biggest, most sophisticated theft New York City has seen since the 1978 Lufthansa heist. ...
In Memoriam: A Brief Look at Pre-Google Search Engines
On July 8, 2013, Yahoo!, Inc., officially shut down and sent AltaVista.com to the depths of the internet necropolis, along ...
Excellent Educational Material within Your Reach
The internet is a valuable source of information and it is very accessible. You can find practically any information you ...
China’s next-generation internet infrastructure tightens security
The Chinese government is well on track in its plans of implement a modern and more secure internet infrastructure. The ...
Internet for robots comes online
Just recently European scientists have released the first part of the Rapyuta program - a global world wide web for robots. ...
Rockstar Technology
Some technologies rock our worlds with game-changing innovations. New inventions sometimes also impact our lives with permanent change and leave ...
Most people on dating websites lie about themselves. Find out how easy it is to spot them
Researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison recently carried out an linguistic analysis that compared descriptions posted by online dating sites users ...
Teen drinking linked to Internet use
According to a recently published study, teens who regularly drink alcohol tend to spend more time on a computer surfing ...
Fake ‘MacDefender’ antivirus infecting naive Apple users
Naive Apple users might find themselves in quite a predicament thanks to a new malware which tricks users into thinking ...
m.facebook.com gets a revamp after reaching 250,000,000 users
In a recent blog post, Lee Byron, a Facebook product designed officially reveals to the world that facebook's mobile versions ...
ICANN gives final approval for .xxx domains
Adult entertainment now has a new home: the realm of .xxx TLD. The decision was made final by the ICANN ...
The Internet’s response to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami
In the wake of Japan's most devastating ...
Finland on track to offer high speed internet to all its inhabitants
Finland is definitely one of the countries leading the technological development in numerous fields; the latest in their plans is ...