Cyberbullying Survey

Cyberbullying and Online Teens. Amanda Lenhart. Pew Internet. June 27, 2007.
A new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that 32% of teenagers who use the Internet have been targets of annoying or menacing activities. These include receiving threats, having their private e-mail forwarded without their permission, and having embarrassing photos of themselves posted by others. Most often the victims of these activities are girls.

Using Wikis in Sports

Sports Wikis: Who's on First? Lark Birdsong. Searcher. June 2007.
Citing numerous examples, the author shows how sports teams, organizations and businesses are using wikis to further their goals. He also indicates ways in which they can be useful reference tools for librarians.

Internationalizing Domain Names

ICANN to Tackle New Top Level Domains. Juan Carlos Perez. PC World. June 25, 2007.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico this week, where their agenda includes discussion of adding international domain names using character sets beyond those currently in use.

On the Forefront of Personalization

A Conversation With Google's Personalization Guru. J. Nicholas Hoover. InformationWeek. June 15, 2007.
Sep Kamvar is profiled here. While the conflict between personalization and privacy is acknowledged, Kamvar insists that Web history and search history are under the control of the user.

Physics Collides with the Blogosphere

Rumors in Physics Blogosphere Test Faith in 'God Particle'. John Borland. Wired. June 18, 2007.
Rumors abound that scientists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered the fabled Higgs boson. This article provides a revealing look at a scientific community.

Search Engine Privacy Questioned

Google 'Hostile to Privacy': Privacy International. AFP. June 11, 2007.
In a new study prepared by Privacy International, Google and other search engines have been found deficient in the area of user privacy.

The Internet's Dark Corners

Researchers Chart Internet's 'Black Holes' . Ryan Singel. Wired. June 7, 2007.
A researcher at the University of Washington has discovered that some parts of the Internet are unreachable.

Extraterrestrial Art

Art for E.T.'S Sake. Stuart Atkinson. ad Astra. May 31, 2007.
Contact from extraterrestrials could potentially take many forms, some unimagineable to us. The author considers the possibility that artistic expression could be one of them.

Google Gears

Google Making Web Work Offline. Reuters (via USATODAY.com). May 31, 2007.
Google has ceated a new product, Google Gears, that will allow people to work with Web resources while not being connected to the Internet.