News tagged with world wide
Web inventor warns UK on surveillance plans
(AP) -- The scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web says he's warned Britain's government to ditch plans to extend surveillance of Internet activity.
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Regulators, ad companies huddle over 'Do Not Track' features
The momentum of a growing multibillion-dollar industry is colliding with online privacy worries this week, as regulators and privacy advocates face off against the Internet advertising industry to hash out how proposed "Do ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Iran denies has plan to cut Internet access
Iran has denied online reports surfacing Tuesday that it plans to cut access to the Internet in August and replace it with a national intranet, according to a statement by the ministry of communication and ...
Apr 10, 2012 |
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German researchers break W3C XML encryption standard
Standards are supposed to guarantee security, especially in the WWW. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main force behind standards like HTML, XML, and XML Encryption. But implementing a W3C standard does not mean ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Web search needs a shake-up
A University of Washington computer scientist is calling on the international academic community and engineers working in industry to take a bolder approach when designing how people find information online.
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Web experts ask scientists to use the Web to improve understanding, sharing of their data in science
Peter Fox and James Hendler of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are calling for scientists to take a few tips from the users of the World Wide Web when presenting their data to the public and other scientists in the Feb. ...
Feb 12, 2011 |
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Is the Internet lying to us?
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Alberta scholars talk about the relativity of truth on the World Wide Web.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2010 |
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Web inventor to lead British research institute
(AP) -- Britain's prime minister says the scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web will lead a new Internet research institute.
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Web standards group gets former tech exec as CEO
(AP) -- A former executive with IBM and other tech companies has been named the new CEO of an organization in charge of coordinating the technical specifications behind the World Wide Web.
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Efforts under way to make Web more accessible
(AP) -- Imagine not being able to use a mouse to open a Web browser or a keyboard to type an e-mail. What if you couldn't distinguish colors on a computer screen or type the distorted letters in order to ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 15, 2009 |
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The search -- computers dig deeper for meaning (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Search engine technology is in a state of flux as it digs ever deeper for new meaning. Europe is poised to reap the benefits of the new age of semantic search thanks to the work of European researchers.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Old fashioned bartering in a high tech world
I'm curious to see how something like this works out. TheSmarterBarter.com is launching a new Web-based bartering system that pledges to help people who want to trade things find other like-minded people.
May 20, 2009 |
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New online tool keeps track of medical bills
A new online tool may make it easier to keep track of medical bills and streamline the process of resolving questionable physician charges.
May 07, 2009 |
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Analysis of Flickr photos could lead to online travel books
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell scientists have downloaded and analyzed nearly 35 million Flickr photos taken by more than 300,000 photographers from around the globe, using a supercomputer at the Cornell Center ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 28, 2009 |
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World Wide Web conference opens, 20 years after its invention
A global conference on the World Wide Web got under way in Spain Monday, 20 years after the invention of the global information medium that has changed the daily lives of people around the world.
Apr 20, 2009 |
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