IST 2710: Computers in the News
To get a story here, email the file to David Bowen <d.r.bowen@wayne.edu>
Stories shown with the most recent at the top.
- Cyber Monday - online
discounting for the Monday after Thanksgiving, from The New York Times,
11/26/07
- eBooks - Amazon.com's
Kindle is the newest entry, from The New York Times, 11/22/07
- NBC Buys
Internet Show - Quarterlife, from The New York Times, 11/17/07
- Microprocessor
Math Errors Threaten Computer Security, from The New York Times,
11/17/07
- The Debate
on Technology in Education, from THE Journal, November 2007
- Technology
In Education - Report Says We Are Not Even Close, from THE Journal,
November 2007
- Live Automated Poker,
from The New York Times, 11/5/07
- Google Developing Open
Source Free Wireless Phone Software, from The New York Times, 11/6/07
- Outsourcing
Personal Services from The New York Times 10/31/07
- Social Networking;
Google and Others Fighting Facebook, from The New York Times, 10/31/07
- Entrepreneurs and Privacy; Do Not
Track, from The New York Times, 10/31/07
- Website for
People with Disabilities, from The New York Times, 10/30/07
- Wireless
Internet Newest Extra for Rental Cars, from The New York Times, 10/30/07
- Websites serving the poor
built by outsourcers, from The New York Times, 10/30/07
- Microsoft
buys Facebook (a social networking site) for big bucks, from The New
York Times, 10/25/07
- High-end
digital audio with USB-DAC, from The New York Times, 10/25/07
- Embedded computers in cars,
from The New York Times, 10/24/07
- More embedded
computers in cars, from The New York Times, 10/24/07
- Google to start
tracking TV ad exposure, from The New York Times, 10/24/07
- Putting your own medical
records online, from National Public Radio, 10/22/07
- Microsoft yields to
Europe on sharing Windows information, from The New York Times, 10/23/07
- Tracking people through
their cell phones, from The New York Times, 10/23/07
- Counting hits on a web site
gets controversial - just how many hits are there?, from The New York
Times, 10/22/07
- Libraries wary
of free digitizing, want open access, from The New York Times, 10/22/07
- Terrorist Web Sites - shut
them down or monitor them?, from The New York Times, 10/21/07
- Russian Hackers,
from The New York Times, 10/21/07
- Is the Internet bubble
coming back to the stock market?, from The New York Times, 10/17/07
- Safety with
pilotless aircraft, from The New York Times, 10/17/07
- Phone and email
convergence
- Self-driving Car
- Comparing GPS readings to
find traffic bottlenecks
- Disintermediation - using the Internet to cut out the middleman (the
intermediary) and go straight to the customer (and the intermediaries are
NOT happy!)
- Research that
earned 2007 Nobel prize in Physics led to microsizing hard drives, from
The New York Times, 10/10/07
- Finding and
using medical information on the Internet - what works in terms of better
health, National Public Radio 10/11/07
- Fighting Digital
Rights Management - the Free Culture movement on US campuses, from The New
York Times, 10/11/07
- Better commuting through
text messaging, from The New York Times, October 8, 2007
- Mapping_Information_And_National_Security,
from National Public Radio's Morning Edition, October 8, 2007
- New Way to Surf the Web,
from The New York Times, Business Section, October 7, 2007
- Ticket Resellers Hack
into Ticketmaster using DOS, from The New York Times, Business Section,
October 6, 2007
- Operating Systems - Linux gets
Dell support, leading to lower-cost computers, from The New York Times, Business Section, October 4, 2007
- Making money with Facebook
widgets, from The New York Times, Business Section, October 4, 2007
- The power of complaining on
the Web, from The New York Times, Business Section, October 4, 2007
- Microsoft fails in bid to have docx
declared Open Source, from The New York Times, Business Section,
September 5, 2007
- Blocking ads in your Web
Browser from The New York Times, Business Section, September 3, 2007
- Cloud Computing from The New
York Times, Business Section, September 3, 2007