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The Internet Turns 40

The Internet Turns 40

Agence France Presse AlterNet: Media and TechnologyOctober 30, 2009.
Technology and media stars, pundits and entrepreneurs joined the Internet's father to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his culture-changing child.

FCC to Take on Telecoms in Fight for the Future of the Internet

FCC to Take on Telecoms in Fight for the Future of the Internet

Art Brodsky, Public Knowledge. September 21, 2009.
It looks like the battle for net neutrality is finally gaining some momentum. This will be the biggest telecom fight in more than a decade.

10 of the Most Obscenely Stupid Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories and Attacks Against the President

10 of the Most Obscenely Stupid Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories and Attacks Against the President

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. September 8, 2009.
Obama's nefarious plan for the nation's genitals? His evil designs on your children? Here are the most absurd right-wing assaults on the president -- and logic and reason.

If You Love the Internet, Fight for It

If You Love the Internet, Fight for It

Megan Tady, AlterNet. July 20, 2009.
"I want an Internet that gives everyone an opportunity to create their own content, and go wherever they choose on the Web."

Michael Jackson Memorial Breaks All Known Records for

Michael Jackson Memorial Breaks All Known Records for "Obitutainment"

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. July 13, 2009.
Famous in analog. Mourned in digital. In death the King of Pop inspired the greatest online eulogy in human history.

"More Better Faster!": How Our Spastic Digital Culture Scrambles Our Brains

David Bollier, On the Commons. June 30, 2009.
The digital communications apparatus is crowding out deeper relationships and more deliberative modes of thinking.

Big Business Is Aiding the Internet Crackdown in Iran and China -- Will the Technology Be Used on Americans Next?

Big Business Is Aiding the Internet Crackdown in Iran and China -- Will the Technology Be Used on Americans Next?

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. June 25, 2009.
No legislation in the U.S. prevents the government from employing technology that monitors everything that goes through the Internet.

Higher Education Is Stuck in the Middle Ages -- Will Universities Adapt or Die Off in Our Digital World?

Higher Education Is Stuck in the Middle Ages -- Will Universities Adapt or Die Off in Our Digital World?

Don Tapscott, Edge. June 17, 2009.
There is a huge clash between the model of learning offered by big universities and the natural way that young people who have grown up digital learn.

U.S. asks Twitter to Maintain Service After Iran Zote: Official

Agence France Presse June 16, 2009.
The State Department asked Twitter to delay maintenance plans in order to allow Iranians to communicate while their government banned other media.

How Social Tech Fuels Iran's Election Revolution

How Social Tech Fuels Iran's Election Revolution

Deanna Zandt, DeannaZandt.com AlterNet: World. June 15, 2009.
It's less about celebrity and more about connection, humanity and the ability to inject values into the wider culture in a populist way.

Road To Ruin: Online Lenders Fight Regulation

Road To Ruin: Online Lenders Fight Regulation

Lagan Sebert, American News Project AlterNet: Video. June 5, 2009.
Are high-interest payday loans received over the internet keeping families in debt?

First Amendment Rights Watch: Criminalizing the Internet

First Amendment Rights Watch: Criminalizing the Internet

David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: Media and Technology. May 15, 2009.
I'm all for putting people in jail for violating the law, whether they violated it on the Internet or somewhere else. But this is too far.

Suck It, Telecoms! Public Broadband Gets Reprieve in North Carolina

Suck It, Telecoms! Public Broadband Gets Reprieve in North Carolina

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 6, 2009.
Legislators put on ice a bill that would have crippled municipal broadband projects.

Is President Obama Putting Net Neutrality At Risk?

Is President Obama Putting Net Neutrality At Risk?

Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: Media and Technology. May 2, 2009.
There is a disturbing possibility that President Obama has put his excellent open media and network neutrality platform at risk.

Fake Consumer Rights Group Says Getting Ripped-Off for Internet Use Is Good For You

Fake Consumer Rights Group Says Getting Ripped-Off for Internet Use Is Good For You

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 23, 2009.
A shill group is taking up the fight to legitimize attempt by cable giants AT&T and Time Warner to price-gouge for Internet service.

Cable Giants Continue Hoping No One Will Notice Their Attempts to Destroy the Internet

Cable Giants Continue Hoping No One Will Notice Their Attempts to Destroy the Internet

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 22, 2009.
Despite Time Warner's epic fail with metered billing, AT&T has refused to abandon its usage caps program -- and the AT&T version is even worse.

Wired Less: Disconnected in Urban America

Wired Less: Disconnected in Urban America

Megan Tady, Internet for Everyone. April 14, 2009.
Even in some of our most tech-savvy wired cities, millions of people do not have high-speed Internet in their homes or businesses.

Time Warner COO: You WANT to Pay More for Internet Service

Time Warner COO: You WANT to Pay More for Internet Service

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 7, 2009.
COO Landel Hobbs claims that customers want a "tiered" pricing system for Internet use.

Price Gouging for Internet Use: Coming To a Town Near You?

Price Gouging for Internet Use: Coming To a Town Near You?

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 7, 2009.
Time Warner's strategy for managing increased Internet use -- ripping off customers -- has not been very popular.

Expanding the World Wide Web Isn't So Good for the ... World

Expanding the World Wide Web Isn't So Good for the ... World

Stan Cox, Prairie Writers Circle. March 20, 2009.
The feds are spending $18 billion to stimulate the Internet -- and that means a huge increase in energy consumption.

When News Goes Totally Digital, How Do You Create Trust?

When News Goes Totally Digital, How Do You Create Trust?

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. March 12, 2009.
Is brand power the best way to keep the news trustworthy?

Why You Should Be on Twitter

Why You Should Be on Twitter

Chuck Tryon, AlterNet. March 4, 2009.
Don't listen to the critics. Twitter is a great forum for communication and community building.

MoveOn Should Oppose Obama on Afghanistan

MoveOn Should Oppose Obama on Afghanistan

John Nichols, TheNation.com. March 3, 2009.
MoveOn's new director says the group has other priorities than telling Obama he's wrong on Afghanistan. This is a mistake.

Twitterers Tweet Back at AlterNet

Twitterers Tweet Back at AlterNet

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. February 24, 2009.
Our Twitter followers and readers had a lot to say about a recent article slamming Twitter.

Christian Bale Versus Bill O'Reilly?

Christian Bale Versus Bill O'Reilly?

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. February 5, 2009.
God bless the Internet.