Complete Index

A popular brand of flour is using the Web to increase traceability, and IBM is set to release a traceability iPhone app, illustrating how technology can influence food safety and aid environmental movements.

Blogging, like most writing, is a lonely activity, but many general and topic-specific social networks exist to help bloggers find and support each other, get more readers and even make money.

Recently re-introduced to Congress, the SKILLs Act aims to help students navigate digital information, and could alter perceptions of the book-bound librarian.

After getting a knack for blogging, most bloggers will need some tools, tricks and inspiration for gaining readers, which will motivate you to keep writing. (New to blogging? Read Part 1 of this series first.)

“Recycled” computers and electronics can end up in foreign dumps, or sold to identity thieves. Though U.S. laws do little to regulate e-cycling, you can protect yourself from fraud.

In the first of a series on blogging, learn the ropes of blog platforms, domain hosting, basic design and promotion using quality Web sites and articles that cater to blogging novices.

The anonymity of bloggers and online commentators has for the most part been protected under 1996 legislation, but a case involving a college student that criticized his dean illustrates the limits of anonymous free speech on the Internet.

Executives and CEOs are getting social media lessons from their younger employees, a form of reverse mentoring that benefits both teacher and student.

The CIA’s investment arm recently bought a stake in a company developing software that monitors social media conversations. What else has the U.S. Intelligence Community done to harness social media and the Web?

The value of online commenting and methods of moderation are often debated. Which sites are leading the pack, and how have they distinguished themselves from less successful models? 

In many U.S. states, the DNA of those arrested but not convicted is held indefinitely. In Britain, however, the Home Office dropped a DNA database proposal due to strong public opposition and a European court ruling.

As the scope and quality of child-generated content continues to grow online, which sites are setting the pace, and how can parents help their kids get involved?

The arrest of a student accused of harassing another student through a Web site highlights the hazards of cyberbullying, and the steps that Missouri is taking to better penalize it.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee has apologized for adding the two “unnecessary” slashes to the beginning of URLs. On the heels of his confession, explore the origins of the Web and learn how it works.

OpenStreetMap’s “mapathon” in Atlanta will make the city the most digitally mapped city in the world, and offer that information for free. But can it stand up to Google Maps?

The struggle that those with no home Internet service face when searching for jobs is only one aspect of the digital divide that exists in technologically advanced communities.

One of the worst experiences for a job seeker is hearing, “We’re sorry. The position has been filled.” Meet Twitter, a job seeker’s new best friend.

Early this morning, the Centaur rocket, followed by the LCROSS craft, collided with the moon in an attempt to stir up a plume of dust that scientists hope will reveal deposits of ice on the moon.

Cheryl J. Wachenheim, a North Dakota State University professor, was deployed to Iraq in 2008, but continued to teach classes online from her base in Iraq, highlighting the popularity of online learning.

On Sept. 16, 1908, William “Billy” Crapo Durant incorporated future automotive manufacturing giant General Motors of New Jersey.

Exemplifying the slow progress of Internet technology in Africa, a pigeon in South Africa carried a 4 GB memory stick 60 miles in one hour, eight minutes, beating South Africa’s largest Internet service provider at the task by a wide margin.

On Sept. 13, 1985, Nintendo released “Super Mario Bros.” for the Nintendo Entertainment System; the game would sell over 40 million copies, and become one of the most popular video games of all time.

Imperfect watermelons could be turned into ethanol and used to fuel farm equipment, adding one more fuel source to the do-it-yourself and green fuel movements.

In its ongoing struggle to balance giving users unrestricted editing privileges with its desire to be a credible source of information, Wikipedia is testing out color-coding questionable encyclopedia content.

Wii is gearing up to introduce self-playing computer games and developers are creating AI to play the game “Infinite Mario Bros.,” illustrating how computers may replace a variety of human activities.

Scientists believe a gas giant planet is orbiting so close to its parent star that it will be destroyed or engulfed. If it survives, it will disprove what scientists believe about tidal forces.

The nearly 200-year-old astronomical mystery that is epsilon Aurigae could be solved in the next few years, thanks to amateur astronomers and the Internet.

Wikipedia is imposing editing restrictions on all its living biographies. Some believe the change will make the site more reliable, but others believe that it goes against the egalitarian ideals of Wikipedia and places too much control in the hands of a select few.

The latest Discovery mission will bring mice, a freezer, small furnaces, and another mini science lab to the International Space Station to study how matter behaves without gravity.

IBM scientists have developed a technique that moves them closer to being able to create microchips using self-assembled DNA nanostructures as scaffolding in the arrangement of chip components.