Mar 18th, 2010 · Duke University professor Charles Clotfelter heard a rumor that a law firm cut off online access to live streaming during March, because employees were watching too many basketball games. So he decided to measure the NCAA basketball tournament's effect on productivity.
Mar 15th, 2010 · Dial-up is the only way many residents of Trinity County, Calif., can get online, putting elementary school students at a disadvantage. The solution could be in the county's own backyard, but there's a catch.
Mar 15th, 2010 · A new Pew report for the economics and consumer attitudes of online news paints a distressing picture for news organizations wanting to turn a profit with Web content.
Mar 14th, 2010 · Anne Cady spends her Saturdays at Arlington National Cemetery hunting for tombstones of people she never met. The photos she and other volunteers post online let people anywhere in the world glimpse a loved one's resting place. Cady recently ended one woman's search for a cousin who died before she was born.
Mar 11th, 2010 · The man who won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in Illinois vacated the seat after he was accused of beating his wife. Democrats now have to fill the slot and are accepting online applications from anyone interested. Two candidates: state Rep. Arthur Turner, who came in second in the original race, and Jill Jaffe, an unemployed certified medical assistant with no political experience.
Mar 11th, 2010 · Pink Floyd have won a High Court battle to stop their record label EMI selling individual songs online.
Mar 10th, 2010 · In online chat rooms, she called herself "Jihad Jane." Her real name is Colleen LaRose. And she represents law enforcement's worst nightmare. A petite, 46-year-old blond from the leafy suburbs of Philadelphia, she is what investigators worry is the new face of terrorism.
Mar 10th, 2010 · Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option. The Internet giant tweaked the service so it could recommend routes that would steer bicyclists away from big hills and heavily congested streets.