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ATT.net homepage down, back via Yahoo

Sharalyn Hartwell — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:57:42 -0600

Internets users are experiencing difficulty this morning accessing the Att.net homepage. The site is temporarily down, but efforts are being made to restore services. In fact now it opens via att.my.yahoo.com/

Google Dashboard: Transparency and Caution Simultaneously

Michael Santo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:09:57 -0600

Google wants to be all things Internet to all people. Generally, there services are free, too. Users still pay a price, however. Their data is there for Google to mine. If you want to know just how much Google knows about you, that's what Google Dashboard is for.

Demo of Google Dashboard

Michael Santo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:46 -0600

This is a demo and informational video for Google Dashboard, showing how you can use the new service.

The White House Opens Its Cybersecurity Center

Michael Santo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:33:02 -0500

The Obama White House had already made great strides in bringing the administration further into technology than any other administration. On Friday, as promised, the U.S. opened a new $9 million cybersecurity center.

Internet Addresses to Go International

Michael Santo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:07:47 -0500

If ICANN, the internet regulator which oversees how Internet addresses are doled out has its way, users are about to see a big change in the way the Internet looks. It will not, however, appear in your browser window, but in your browser address bar.

SAT Scores Go Twenty-First Century, Online

Michael Santo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:05:46 -0500

The old, old days of waiting for your SAT scores to come to you in mail are long gone. By that, we are speaking of snail mail, that old hand-delivered method that seems so 19th century. No, now you can check your scores online.

FDA Warns of Online Swine Flu Scams

Michael Santo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:02:18 -0500

Many seem to be ready to toss aside swine flu as something to worry about. Many seem ready to skip the swine flu shot. At the same time, many are ready to fall for Internet H1N1 scams, as the Food and Drug Administration warned today.

Slash Http Dash: The Regrets of The Founder Of Internet

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:13:16 -0500

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web, has expressed regret at the inclusion of the double slashes after http: in the URLs that we use in Internet addresses, as in http://www.w3.org or indeed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL

How to Make Your Own Barcode, On the Bar Code's Anniversary

Michael Santo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:09:12 -0500

Those of you who visit Google's website daily just to be sure they don't change their doodle for some sort of special event without your knowledge would have been pleasantly surprised Wednesday. It was indeed different. On Wednesday, Google's latest doodle was a bar code.

Google Doodle Barcode Logo Celebrates 57th Anniversary

Donna Diegel — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:21:57 -0500

Google celebrates the invention of the barcode with a Google bar code of their own. Google logos Gandhi, Google's 11th birthday, H.G. Wells and Confucius, have been the most recent. If Google's trend continues, we can expect them to surprise us with a new "Google Doodle" logo for every holiday or major event.

So Why Does Google Have Two Ls?

Denise Clay — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:39:55 -0500

To the surprise of everyone, the September 27th homepage of Google as what looks like a type-o in the Google doodle. The extra L as it first appears has created a buzz and the question; so why does Google have two Ls?

NBCU and Insurance Company Present “In Gayle We Trust”

Phyllis Zimbler Miller — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:01:29 -0500

The September 15th AdWeek.com article “NCBU, American Family Roll Out Brand Series” by Brian Morrissey illustrated another example of the multitude of ways that individuals and companies can use the Internet to promote their brand or business.