Ever wondered what was the difference between a point-and-shoot and a DSLR camera? How about the difference between 'http:' and 'https:'? Or how about something that eludes many: the difference between 'cute' and 'hot'? Now you can find out just

In a few weeks, the first-ever non-Latin character internet addresses will be online, thanks to the recent approval of the fast track process for internationalized domain names. The move is an exciting one indeed. With a huge portion of the

The official newspaper of the Chinese communist party has accused Google of intentionally blocking access to its website by displaying an allegedly unnecessary malware warning telling its visitors that the site might contain malicious software, shortly after the newspaper published

New legislation, if passed in US congress next month, could drastically change how we use the internet. The bill, if enacted, would prevent websites from sharing information with unrelated third parties.

A recent study by The Diffusion Group shows that more than 70 percent of US internet users surveyed watched online video during the surveyed week, and more than half watched online TV programs, reports e-Marketer. Interestingly, a significant portion (22.6

Google's new custom search engine promises a lot: a tailored search experience that can be customized to reflect the user's point of view or area of expertise.

It's an interesting twist: Google has just announced that it will be teaming with Twitter, integrating Twitter public updates into its search results. The announcement comes on the back of Microsoft's recent announcement of non-exclusive deals with the two biggest

Google and Facebook have recently revealed they will soon partner with online music streaming and digital store Lala to offer a service that will be competing with the giants of online music — namely Apple's iTunes digital store and Amazon.

Doesn't everyone want a personal assistant? Someone to take all their calls, forward them on to the appropriate source (home number, mobile, mother-in-law), take a message, or just get the caller's name first before connecting the call (or sending it

It's no surprise that the college-aged population is the most connected of all the age groups. They are, according to a new study done by e-Marketer, the most connected demographic in the US.

Google has recently released its results for the third quarter of 2009. The search engine giant reported revenues of nearly $6 billion ($5.94 billion, to be exact) for the quarter, which ended September 30, 2009. This is a fairly solid

The Mountain View, Calif. search giant recently announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair that it will launch "Editions," its own online bookstore that will allow users to download books in an open format viewable directly from their browser, without the

Like the ocean, most of which is hidden in dark depths never seen by man, much of the web is hidden to search engines, and therefore invisible to most people as well. So along comes Factual, an open data repository

Imagine if you will, that an associate of yours has just lent you an eye-tracker and you're keen on using it to optimize your web site. You want to know what people are looking at and you want to modify

It appears that both Microsoft and Google are eyeing the social networking, microblogging giant, Twitter. The two competitors are interested in partnering with Twitter for data mining purposes.

YouTube is currently making headlines as it announced earlier today that it is continuing its stable rise in traffic and just hit a landmark 1,000,000,000 daily views, three years after its controversial acquisition by Google.

In the ever-growing quest to find the perfect search engine, another has emerged that seems like it might be quite useful.

Google has made two improvements in its online advertising that will make the lives of local business owners, as well as mobile advertisers, very happy.

In September 2009, Hitwise released data on Brazil's most popular internet sites. Though Google Brasil was in the top spot, with over 11 percent of the country's total visits during the last week of August, 2009, the country's top social

According to a recently released study by eMarketer, Brazil's internet users are growing at a rapid pace. The study, which includes all ages and access locations in Brazil, shows that the total number of internet users in Brazil at 44.2