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Firefox hits 500,000,000 downloads
The Mozilla community is celebrating 500 million Firefox downloads by earning 500 million grains of donated rice, enough to feed 25,000 people.
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Popularity: 36% [?]
Popularity: 36% [?]
Google Might server Up Wi-Fi to Rural Areas w Ballons [PIC]
The Internet giant - which is now pushing into wireless services, has considered contracting with Space Data or even buying the firm, according to one person…Google believes balloons like these could radically change the economics of offering cellphone and Internet services in out-of-the-way areas, according to people familiar with its thinking.
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Popularity: 10% [?]
Opera: Browser market is broken—thanks to Microsoft
Internet Explorer 8 is around the corner with “standards compliant” mode, but there are still certain parties that think Microsoft should do a lot more. Opera is one of them, and has a few tips for Microsoft to “fix” its browser issues.
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Popularity: 7% [?]
Popularity: 7% [?]
A Map of the World’s Undersea Internet Cables
So you’ll know where not to cut.
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Popularity: 6% [?]
Popularity: 6% [?]
Journalist Who Exposes U.N. Corruption Vanishes From Google
How big do you have to be to earn the wrath of the United Nations and Internet giant Google? If you’re journalist Matthew Lee, all it takes are some critical articles about the UN. Lee is the editor-in-chief and pretty much the only reporter for Inner City Press, a pint-sized Internet news operation that’s […]
Popularity: 9% [?]
“Yes, There IS A Better Search Engine” - 10 Years Ago!
In an age where Go.com was new, and the Netscape and Yahoo Portals ruled the Web, one start-up company “with the unlikely name of Google.com” is showing the way. Salon.com in December of 1998 produced one of the first ever reviews or for that fact, mentions of Google.com still around on the internet today.
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Popularity: 8% [?]
Are You A Victim Of Internet Addiction?
Internet addiction has led to skipping sleep, ignoring family responsibilities, and showing up late for work to fulfill their desire to visit chat rooms and surf the Web. The consequences were severe: Many suffered from marital problems, failed in school or lost a job, and accumulated debt.
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Popularity: 9% [?]
Popularity: 9% [?]
Top 10 Wired Countries
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) regularly conducts studies of 30 nations to measure broadband penetration. Broadband penetration refers to the number of broadband Internet subscribers compared to the overall population.
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Popularity: 6% [?]
Popularity: 6% [?]
