Will Google's Online Operating System Revolutionize the Computer?

"That big old hard drive in your computer? Google says you don’t need it anymore. The company is also betting you won't need that Windows, Macintosh or Linux stuff either. No, Google wants you to access, operate, and edit all your files on the Internet."

Myspace Concedes to Facebook, Changes Focus

"Myspace, once a leader in social networking before the ascendancy of Facebook, is trading its social networking focus to target the music, celebrities, movies, television, and games that Gen-Y'ers love the most."

Google Accounts for 6.4 Percent of Internet Traffic

"The internet is growing fast, but Google is growing even faster. According to online security company Arbor Networks, Google now represents an average 6.4 percent of all internet traffic. This is a new record for Google, as it gained more than 1 percent of all internet traffic share since January."

Students Remain Reluctant to Try E-Textbooks, Survey Finds

"Seventy-six percent of respondents said they would choose a printed book over an e-textbook, the same proportion as last year."

Free E-Books, With a Catch -- Advertising

"Barnes & Noble may kick off a fresh price war today for digital book readers. But the real news in digital publishing is a novel approach to the e-books themselves: Free books -- with advertising."

eMarketer: Mobile Ad Market to Top $1 Billion in 2011

"Spending on mobile advertising is set to grow nearly 50% to top $1 billion in 2011, according to the latest numbers from market researcher eMarketer."

Barnes & Noble Unveils Color Nook With Touchscreen

"Barnes & Noble unveiled a new full-color, touchscreen version of its Nook e-reader Tuesday in New York City."

New Technologies Dispense With Librarians

"Faced with layoffs and budget cuts, libraries around the country are replacing traditional, full-service institutions with devices that may be redefining what it means to have a library."

In Higher Education, a Focus on Technology

". . .in higher education, there are several promising projects that have used online technology effectively."

Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook Raise Bar With E-Book Lending

"Last week, Amazon announced plans to allow e-book lending between Kindle users "later this year," which would eliminate a major advantage that B&N's Nook had over its rival. The Nook has had a LendMe function since the e-reader was released last year."

MySpace Sharing User Info With Advertisers

"Days after Facebook disclosure, the second largest social media site is found committing the same privacy breach."

One Third of iPad Users Shun Apps

"About one-third of iPad owners have never downloaded any apps for the device, suggests a study."

Governors Use YouTube to Get Messages Out

"A growing number of the nation's governors are using YouTube to get their unfiltered messages to constituents."

In a Digital Age, Students Still Cling to Paper Textbooks

"According to the National Association of College Stores, digital books make up just under 3 percent of textbook sales, although the association expects that share to grow to 10 percent to 15 percent by 2012 as more titles are made available as e-books. In two recent studies — one by the association and another by the Student Public Interest Research Groups, a national advocacy network — three-quarters of the students surveyed said they still preferred a bound book to a digital version."

Colleges Face Legal Limits in Policing Online Misbehavior

"The University of San Diego’s Center for Education Policy and Law has reviewed what case law says about constitutional uses of electronic communications devices at educational institutions."

Analysis of Cheating in Online and Face-to-Face Courses

"So the results of a new meta-study on cheating, published in this fall’s edition of the Journal of Distance Learning Administration, might come as no surprise: Online courses that rely heavily on unproctored, multiple-choice exams are at greater risk of being cheated on than similar face-to-face courses, the study concluded."

Cisco Survey: Workers Can Be Productive Outside the Office

"How much good can you do stuck at your desk or in a meeting? Not as much as you can out in the field, especially if your company issues the hottest new mobile devices and configures them so that you can remotely access your company's private network, says a survey of 2,600 workers and IT professionals in 13 countries recently polled by Cisco."

More Bibliophiles Get on the Same Page With Digital Readers

"An estimated 4 million U.S. homes have an e-book reader such as Amazon's Kindle or Barnes & Noble's Nook, according to Forrester Research, which predicts sales of more than 29 million devices by 2015."

Library Inc.

"Libraries are early and enthusiastic adopters of digital innovations. But these innovations bring the values of the marketplace with them. Through innocuous incremental stages, academic libraries have reached a point where they are now guided largely by the mores of commerce, not academe."

Report: Consumers' Need for Speed Will Leave DSL in the Dust

"The phone companies' DSL services are becoming too slow to satisfy broadband customers -- and may soon suffer the same sad fate as dial-up Internet connections -- according to a report from financial services company Credit Suisse."

Internet About to Hit 2 Billion Users

"According to a report out Tuesday, there will be 2 billion Web dwellers by the end of this year."

Report: Tech Spending to Grow Slowly Through 2014

"Growth in worldwide corporate spending on computers, servers and other information technology will be 'timid and at times lackluster' over the next five years, according to analysts at research firm Gartner Inc."

Slide Show: The 10 Largest Online Schools

"The popularity of online education has exploded in recent years."

Music Streaming Seen Boosting Mobile Sales: Study

"Mobile operators should ditch their music download stores and opt for partnerships with music streaming services if they want to generate more revenue and make customers stick, a study found."

Average American Teen Sends and Receives 3,339 Texts a Month

"The average 13- to 17-year-old sends and receives a whopping 3,339 text messages a month, and adults' use of text messaging is starting to climb -- although to nowhere near the levels of American teens."

Mobile Phones Help Lift Poor Out of Poverty: U.N. Study

"Mobile phones -- spreading faster than any other information technology -- can improve the livelihoods of the poorest people in developing countries, a United Nations report released on Thursday said."

Like Netflix, New College Software Aims to Personalize Recommendations

"The project, unveiled at the Educause conference, will mine data about students and use that information to guide them through college."

comScore Releases First Comparative Report on Mobile Usage in Japan, United States and Europe

"comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study on mobile usage and behaviors in Japan, the United States and Europe from its MobiLens service."

Nearly One-Fifth of Americans Video Chat

"Just as 'Google it' is part of our lexicon, so too is 'Skype me,' with 19 percent of American adults saying they have done video calls online or by cell phone, as well as teleconferences, according to a new report."

Survey: 71 Percent of Tweets are Ignored

"Toronto-based social media analytics company Sysomos scanned 1.2 billion messages that were sent in August and September 2009 to try and get some idea of the kind of conversations that are going on. They discovered that more than seven in every 10 tweets sink without any kind of reaction from the world."

U.S. Online Ad Revenue Rises 14% in Second Quarter

"U.S. Internet advertising revenue increased 14% in the second quarter to hit a record $6.2 billion, according to an industry report, signaling the sector that has been weak since the recession has rebounded."

Study: 82 Percent of Kids Under 2 Have an Online Presence

"Thanks to the ubiquity of photo-sharing websites like Facebook, 82 percent of children in 10 Western countries have a digital footprint before the age of 2, according to a study by internet security firm AVG."

Social Networking Can Bring Students Stress as Well as Connection, Survey Finds

"A poll released today by the Associated Press and mtvU gives insight on the stress that social networks and text messaging can cause college students."

Yahoo Upgrades its Search Engine

"Yahoo has introduced a series of new features to help bolster its search engine, which faces tough competition from Google."

One Step Closer to a National Digital Library

"Can the nonprofit world create a national digital library to put America's collective intellectual wealth within everyone's reach? Robert Darnton, the historian who directs the Harvard University Library, has been one of the most public champions of the idea."

Searching For Better Research Habits

"Should colleges teach students how to be better Googlers? Educators who see the popular search engine as antithetical to good research might cringe at the thought of endorsing it to students. But they might not cringe nearly as hard as did attendees of the 2010 Ithaka Sustainable Scholarship Conference when Andrew Asher showed them what happens when students do not learn how to use Google properly."

Internet Explorer Drops Below 50% Market Share Worldwide

"Despite last month's promising debut of Internet Explorer 9, the world's most popular browser has fallen below 50% for the first time, according to StatCounter."