Some data just lends itself to being displayed on a map -- demographic compositions of neighborhoods, what's happening with mortgages, and so on. But maybe you don't have a few dozen datasets and...

Following the lead of John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps, President Barack Obama had mentioned in his campaign platform a "Craigslist for Service" (which met with the full approval...

"Universal service" should encompass broadband Internet access in the same way that it originally encompassed telephone access, according to a new report from the Federal Communications Commission to...

A study (http://sev.prnewswire.com/airlines-aviation/20090522/DA2167522052009-1.html) conducted by American Airlines and Hewlett-Packard has found that frequent flyers would rather geek than eat,...

The embattled WiMAX communications standard is taking another hit as WiMAX vendor Clearwire Communications is the recipient of a class-action lawsuit by users contending that its service is slow and...

Amazon users this weekend noticed that a wide variety of books with gay and lesbian themes -- including Heather Has Two Mommies and books on how to come out -- were reclassified as "adult" and...

The Maryland Court of Appeals has reversed a lower-court ruling that a website must reveal the names of anonymous posters during a defamation hearing, and has issued guidelines for how such requests...

It wasn't that long ago that we were thrilled when politicians started using Twitter. Now we kinda wish they'd stop -- except for the one who has, it seems, actually stopped.

President Barack...

Though it hasn't gotten as much attention, one of the biggest recipients of largesse from President Barack Obama's stimulus package is the health care information technology industry.

The bill...

178 Web posters who thought they were anonymous are being sued (http://www.connordemond.com/LESHER-OMEGA_PETITION.pdf), and the website where they made the offending posts has been ordered to release...

A government is rolling out a wireless network, starting with 18 cities, using WiMAX technology that supports mobile networking, for $30 a month.

The real news is where it is: Libya.

WiMAX,...

Remember the Idaho elected official (http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3670.html) a few weeks back who got in trouble for forwarding a message, comparing Michelle Obama to a black widow spider, to 26...

A high-tech worker in Australia reports he was advised by one recruiter there not to mention that he played World of Warcraft, because "employers specifically instruct him not to send them World of...

Ah, yes, the wonderful Christmas tradition of watching Santa's travels around the world using a missile defense system.

It's actually a very sweet story. "The tradition began in 1955 after a...

For many people, the first they heard of Saturday's plane crash at Denver International Airport was via a Twitter message from someone who'd been on the plane, which quickly made its way through the...

ha! yes, I hated the dress, too, but sartorial questions aside, it's the forwarding it from his government account -- in fact, taking specific action in *order* to forward it from his government...

Perhaps Idaho politicians and government workers just shouldn't be allowed near the Internet.

Steve Rule, commissioner for Canyon County, was criticized...

A newly elected Idaho state legislator is considering drafting a bill to make anonymous blogging illegal.

Ironically, the legislator in question is a retired newspaper editor. (Idaho has a...

Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,444089,00.html) is ominously warning about the potential of Twittering terrorists.

The U.S. Army's 304th Military Intelligence Battalion released in...

Just months after Google purchased (http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3136.html)the entire online rights to a new satellite's imagery, the U.S. government, citing budget concerns, has canceled plans...

Whenever I get city visitors to my home in Idaho, I try to take them outside at night at least once while they're here. They're often astonished by how many more stars they can see here compared to...

When one thinks about high-tech states, one typically thinks of places such as California and Massachusetts. But....Alabama?

The Southern state was the only state government on CIO Magazine’s top...

The state of Maine has found an innovative way to find funding to supports its technology industry – the state issued $50 million in bonds and just awarded $30 million in grants, with the remaining...

Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, swept to the role of presumptive nominee through support from fans on the Internet, is learning that the Internet can just as easily be mobilized...

In an example of throwing the bathwater out with the baby, a number of ISPs are dropping the alt.* hierarchy, or Usenet altogether, ostensibly to comply with a demand from New York Attorney General...

Sean Tevis needed 3,000 people willing to donate $8.34 to his campaign for the Kansas state legislature. Instead, he's up to 5,298 -- and still going.

He did it with a single website...

Improved technology, coupled with rising gas and fuel costs, are leading state governments to permitting something they’ve traditionally not embraced: telecommuting.

New Mexico Governor Bill...

It sounds like the premise for the next wacky Mike Meyers movie: Five plucky Zen Buddhist monks face down a wildfire set to destroy their monastery, using chanting and the power of the Internet.
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Even on a slow day, I can have a three-way chat with two women at the same time
-- Brad Paisley, Cooler Online (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GcVnhNjWV0)

But...