Are Most Research Findings False?

Most Scientific Papers are Probably Wrong. Kurt Kleiner. New Scientist. August 30, 2005.
An epidemiologist at the University of Ioannina School of Medicine believes that the methodolgy employed by most researchers is flawed. [Why Most Published Research Findings are False]

Libraries Providing Audiobook Downloads

Libraries Offering Audiobook Downloads. Associated Press (via CNN.com). August 26, 2005.
This article describes how vendors such as OCLC and Overdrive have made it possible for library users to access electronic audiobooks "with no risk of being shushed."

Growth of Net Traffic Slowing Down

Maturing Net Growing More Slowly. BBC News. August 26, 2005.
The amount of traffic travelling on backbone cables between nations has slowed from 104% in 2004 to 49% this year.

Comparing Yahoo and Google Index Sizes

A Comparison of the Size of the Yahoo! and Google Indices. Matthew Cheney, Mike Perry, and Dr. Orville Vernon Burton. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. August 16, 2005.
A study conducted August 8 casts doubt on Yahoo's claim of having a larger index than Google has.

Slowing the Growth of Legitimate Music Downloading

Incompatibility Slowing Growth of Digital Music. Brian Garrity. Reuters, (via Yahoo News). August 12, 2005.
Competing digital-rights-management systems are frustrating consumers and slowing the growth of commercial music downloading.

Microsoft Granted Patents for iPod Technology

Did Microsoft Invent The iPod? TechWeb. August 12, 2005.
Microsoft has been granted patents for much of the technology behind the iPod. If the patents survive appeals, Apple may have to pay royalties.

Altering the Media Landscape

Technology Levels (and Changes) the Media Playing Field. Andrew Kantor. USA Today. August 12, 2005.
In his "Cyberspeak" column, the author shows how amateurs have been reclaiming the media.

A Look at IE 7

New IE Browser Catches up with Rivals. Associated Press (via CNN.com). August 12, 2005.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 will feature tabbed browsing, in addition to RSS support and extensive new security features.

Search Wars Update

Search Engine Race Gets Personal. Spencer Kelly. BBC News. August 12, 2005.
This article describes the efforts search engines are making to become our homepages.

Google Stops Copying of Copyrighted Books for Now

Google Pauses Online Books Plan. BBC News. August 12, 2005.
In an effort to calm concerns about its digitizing of copyrighted works in libraries, Google is giving the project a rest until November.

New Spyware Risks

Spyware : An Internet Plague. Mitch Johnson. Search Engine Journal. August 14, 2005.
Internet users now face the risk of spyware simply by visiting malicious websites where it can be installed directly onto their computers.

Microsoft Unleashes HoneyMonkeys

New Microsoft Security System Scours Web. Matthew Broersma. Computerworld. August 10, 2005.
Microsoft has created a strategy to discover sites that install malicious programs on vulnerable Windows XP systems. [Microsoft Research Publication MSR-TR-2005-72]

Planet Discovery Revealed by Google

Astronomy, Google Style. Tim Gray. Internetnews.com. August 10, 2005.
With observatory logs accessible through Google, the discovery of a new planet by Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology could have been revealed earlier than planned.

AOL to Release Free Content

AOL Ready to Reinvent Itself. Elinor Mills. CNET News.com. August 2, 2005.
Although still the fifth most popular site on the Web, AOL has been losing subscribers to broadband. It will soon release a portal in which once-exclusive content will be free to everyone.

Is Music Copy Protection Going Too Far?

Copyright Crackdown. Laurianne McLaughlin. PC World. August 1, 2005.
Sony and EMI have begun selling CDs that contain software limiting the number of copies that can be made of them. This article from the September 2005 issue of PC World presents a good overview of the issue of copy protection and its usability on handheld devices.

Teen Internet Usage at School

The Internet at School. Paul Hitlin and Lee Rainie. Pew Internet & American Life Project. August 2005.
About 18% of teens who use the Internet from different locations report using it at school most often. This is up 11% from December 2000. The study also reports their views on cheating and instant messaging.