Last week I wrote about how two dial-up Internet providers have increased their marketing during the economic downturn, and I asked readers if they would consider downgrading from broadband to save money. Some of the comments:
Terry Mulcahy wrote:
I will give up my car before I give up broadband. I remember downloading a service pack for [...]
Sun, March 1 2009 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
From “A Second Look at Citywide Wi-Fi,” in today’s Technology Report:
The idea of setting up networks to beam wireless Internet access across entire cities and towns has been touted for years as a spur to economic development. It also has been promoted as a way to help bridge the so-called digital divide — the gap [...]
Mon, December 8 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
The Web is full of content that only its creator could love. Witness the office-party photos, blogs about people’s pets and bad lip-synched videos that turn up in a few minutes of Google-fueled procrastination.
To Guthrie Lonergan, however, Web junk is the basis of his most popular online art. “I’m sort of interested in that boringness,” [...]
Wed, December 19 2007 » Wall Street Journal » Comments Off
When a group of college students launched the document-sharing Web site Scribd.com, they envisioned it as a place where they and others could publish term papers online.
Scribd, which allows anyone to upload documents much like YouTube lets users post videos online, has grown quickly since its September 2006 debut. Users have added more than 350,000 [...]
Fri, November 16 2007 » Wall Street Journal » Comments Off
Young Cineastes Find Lego a Congenial Medium for the Age of YouTube
In the three-minute film “Cognizance,” a hit man on his way to his next target wordlessly reflects on his life. He walks past shoppers browsing in stores, children on a merry-go-round, a young couple embracing. Finally, he spots his intended victim across a busy [...]
Sat, October 6 2007 » Wall Street Journal » Comments Off
A New Library in Arizona Fans a Heated Debate Over What Some Call the ‘Googlization’ of Libraries
By all accounts, patrons of the Perry Branch Library in Gilbert, Ariz., are happy with the new digs.
Since the doors opened last month, visitors have checked out about 900 items a day, far more than the 100 to 150 [...]
Fri, July 20 2007 » Wall Street Journal » Comments Off
As recent graduates, several of Hung Truong’s classmates will be headed for typical next steps in their technology careers: working as programmers or pursuing master’s degrees in computer science.
But the 23-year-old, who received his undergraduate degree from the University of New Mexico, instead plans to study the growth of social-networking sites like Facebook and why [...]
Tue, May 29 2007 » Wall Street Journal » Comments Off
New Real-Time Messaging Services Overwhelm Some Users With Mundane Updates From Friends
Though she already has a blog, a podcast and a character in the virtual world of Second Life, Kera Richard has recently become obsessed with a new online tool for connecting with friends. For the past three weeks, she has joined the crowds on [...]
Fri, March 16 2007 » Wall Street Journal » Comments Off
