Robot English Teachers Start Work in South Korean Schools

"Almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city, education officials said Tuesday, in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry."

Pew Study Hints at what Web Users Will Pay for

"The Web may seem like the land of something for nothing. Free video. Free news. Even free tools such as word processing and spreadsheets. But almost two-thirds of adult Internet users in the U.S. have paid for access to at least one of these intangible items online, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project."

12 Ways Libraries Are Good for the Country

"To library supporters everywhere—Friends, trustees, board members, patrons, and volunteers—American Libraries magazine offers this gift of 12 ideals toward which librarians strive as they provide comprehensive access to the record of human existence."

FCC Approves Controversial 'Net Neutrality' Rules

"The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved a 'high-level rules of the road' designed to ensure that internet providers grant everyone equal access to the Web."

Pew Study: Everyone Uses Email, But Blogging is On Decline

"Overall, virtual worlds and blogging aren't very popular in any age group, which probably indicates that tools such as Facebook and Twitter - which also enable users to express themselves online - have substituted blogging for many."

Microsoft: Bing Has 90 Million Users, Nearly 50% Growth Since Launch

"Microsoft is saying that its Bing search engine now has more than 90 million users and has grown by nearly 50% since its launch a year and a half ago."

Americans Use Internet as Much as Television, New Study Shows

"Americans now spend as many hours online as they do watching television, a new Forrester survey released Monday showed."

The World's Facebook Relationships Visualized

"Facebook intern Paul Butler was interested in the locations of friendships, so he decided to create a visualization of Facebook connections around the globe. How local are our friends? Where are the highest concentration of friendships? How do political and geological boundaries affect them?"

Survey: Computer Crime Rising in U.S.

"Increasingly, Americans are being victimized by computer crimes, Gallup's 2010 crime survey finds."

Procter & Gamble Moves From Soap Operas to Tweets

"Procter & Gamble Co., whose sponsorship and production of daytime TV dramas helped coin the term 'soap operas,' has pulled the plug after 77 years. Instead, the maker of Tide detergent, Ivory soap and Olay skincare is following its customers online with a big push on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook."

Few U.S. Adults Use Twitter — But Those Who Tweet, Tweet Often

"Seems like just about everyone's tweeting these days, but a new survey finds that for now, only 8 percent of adults in the U.S. are using Twitter. That said, nearly one in four of those who do tweet check their feeds 'several" times a day.'"

Online Holiday Spending Crosses $17.5 Billion: comScore

"U.S. online holiday sales are up 12 percent to more than $17.5 billion till date this year, with more than half of that making use of free shipping, according to research firm comScore Inc."

The Academic Librarian’s Identity Conflict

"Just exactly what role do we play in higher education? Where do we fit into the structure of colleges and universities?"

Information Overload, Then and Now

"At least since the days of Seneca, people have struggled with how to sort vast stores of data."

New Social Software Tries to Make Studying Feel Like Facebook

"Students live on Facebook. So study tools that act like social networks should be student magnets—and maybe even have an academic benefit. At least that's the idea behind a new crop of Web services sprouting up across higher education."

'AT&T is Now the Worst Carrier' - Consumer Reports

"AT&T's customer satisfaction rating tumbled this year, ranking dead last among U.S. wireless carriers, according to a Consumer Reports survey released on Monday."

Google Readies Google Editions e-Book Store

"Google is ready to crack the cover of its electronic bookstore. As the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, it plans to open its Google Editions site by the end of this month."