http://www.newscloud.com/section/internet Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:52:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us http://www.newscloud.com/read/On_The_Hill_Privacy_Behind_Bipartisan_Net_DataCollection_Probe Worried about privacy issues, top House Democrats and Republicans are jointly questioning data collection practices of Internet network operators who tailor Internet advertising based on a consumer's Web surfing activity.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_IOC_is_Now_Officially_an_Accomplice_to_the_Communists_in_China Beijing, which has constantly complained about its precious Games being politicized, is itself politicizing the Olympics every time it censors a website. By not allowing reporters to access sites like Amnesty International or the Chinese version of the BBC, the Chinese government is attempting to shield itself from international criticism and arbitrarily filter out political viewpoints that it deems harmful to its image. This action of censoring the Internet in Beijing is a powerful political statement...

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inccom_11_Ways_to_Land_Media_Coverage Excellent slideshow on how you can promote your small business and land media coverage. These are the secrets that the pros use to move their businesses forward.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Long_Tail_4_Dummies Nearly four years ago, first in a widely cited article and later in a best-selling book, Chris Anderson posited that the Internet, with its vast inventories of books, albums, and movies, would liberate the world from blockbuster schlock. Anderson, the editor of Wired, labeled his concept "The Long Tail".

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/BitTorrent_seed_farmer_found_guilty_faces_10_years_in_jail A federal jury convicted 26-year-old Daniel Dove for both felony copyright infringement as well as conspiracy, the US Department of Justice announced on Friday. Dove, the last remaining administrator of EliteTorrents.com who did not plead guilty, now faces up to 10 years in prison.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Should_YouTube_censor_alQaida_UPIcom Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., called Monday for YouTube to take down al-Qaida videos that users had posted, but the site said most of the videos his office had flagged did not contain material that violated their guidelines and rejected his request that they act to remove all material from U.S. designated terror groups.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Woman_indicted_in_fatal_MySpace_hoax_on_girl "Any adult who uses the Internet to bully or harass another person, particularly a young teenage girl, needs to realize that their actions can have serious consequences," U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien said in announcing the indictment.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Tania_Says_Have_Sex_With_Me_amp_Save_The_Internet_Seriously_McMillans_She_So_Ghetto She will "make love" to every (honest & true) virgin that defends the internet regarding Net Neutrality.]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/EBay_sues_Craigslist_ad_website Online auction site eBay acquired a 28.4% stake when it bought shares from a former employee who had been given equity by Mr Newmark. Mr Newmark and Mr Buckmaster give away for free most of the services that Craigslist provides.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Access_Denied_report_on_Internet_censorship_around_the_world Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information--often about politics, but also relating to sexuality, culture, or religion--that they deem too sensitive for ordinary citizens. Access Denied documents and analyzes Internet filtering practices in over three dozen countries, offering the first rigorously conducted study of this accelerating trend.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Do_the_Blind_Deserve_More_Effort_on_the_Web While the article generated many positive comments, one reader said the disabled should 'get a grip' and maintained they 'have no more right to demand that others provide for their needs than I, as a diabetic, have a right to demand that sugar no longer be used.' Should Web sites and software makers do more, or does the reality of today's economics dictate that the blind/disabled will continue to struggle and learn to live with it?

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Internet_crime_soars Nearly $240 million in reported Internet crime and the biggest scam is internet auction fraud

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Apple_unleashes_new_version_of_Safari_web_browser As was reported by AppleInsider earlier this year (1, 2), the new version of the Apple browser is the first to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5 and the first to support CSS Animations. Safari 3.1 also introduces support for CSS Web Fonts, giving designers limitless choices of fonts to create new web sites.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Kentucky_Lawmaker_Wants_to_Make_Anonymous_Internet_Posting_Illegal http://www.newscloud.com/read/Pakistan_causes_worldwide_YouTube_outage