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Internet Addiction: Dealing With Withdrawal

nytimes.com | Wyatt Mason | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


Shortly after my girlfriend and I decided to rent a New Hampshire summer house together in 2007, we made a vexing discovery: Internet access wasn't go...

Hey! You! Get Off Of My Cloud!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

It is my understanding that by the time we get to Web 4.0 everything we do will be up in the cloud. All our writing, our spreadsheets, our photos, our...

Mindfulness With Email: 4 Steps

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living


Soren Gordhamer

Email is one of the central means of communication in our increasingly connected world, but as helpful as it can be, we can become a slave to it.

How Abraham Lincoln's "Hot Letters" Can Keep You From Going All Alice Hoffman

David Quigg | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media


David Quigg

We all have our limits. Abraham Lincoln's limit is that he left behind no wise counsel for the man who finds himself garmentless at 30,000 feet. But he did leave something for the Twitterers.

A Preposterous Pre-Digital Primer

Dave Astor | Posted 07.11.2009 | Comedy


Dave Astor

In the days before the internet, how did out-of-town journalists transmit typewritten stories to their editors? They folded the stories into paper airplanes and hurled them out of hotel windows.

The Trouble with Twitter: Why "Tweets" Are Like "Blipverts"

William Bradley | Posted 04.05.2009 | Media


William Bradley

It's a time marked by inundation, fragmentation, and an ADD culture. Twitter drives all three of those trends.

Victim of Racist Attack Awarded $2.5 Million

Kety Esquivel | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


Kety Esquivel

Gruver was attacked by Klansmen at a Kentucky fair in 2006. He was in line at a concession stand at the Meade County Fair when two Klansmen... threw whiskey in his face.

Feeling Superior Doing Nothing

Sunil Garg | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Sunil Garg

Each election cycle is like the country threatening to get divorced. We claim to each have the best interest of the children at heart, but each works to convince anyone who will listen that the other is a crazy person who cannot be trusted with the kids.

Sarah Palin's Inbox Reveals Possible Troopergate Smoking Guns

Erik Ose | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

Why the secrecy? Why try so hard to cover up your e-mail trail? What exactly is Gov. Palin trying to hide?

Hackers Post Palin's Private E-Mail Account

Sarah Granger | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home


Sarah Granger

The emails and the possible records violations they represent are the latest surprise visited upon the GOP presidential campaign in the three short weeks since McCain announced his running mate.

Sarah Palin E-Mails Deleted Under Cover of Hacking Incident

Erik Ose | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

A strange hacking incident earlier today tied up another loose end for Gov. Sarah Palin. Overnight, one of Palin's Yahoo e-mail accounts was compromi...

The Dangers of Keeping a Journal

Samara O'Shea | Posted 07.19.2008 | Living


Samara O'Shea

I once had a boyfriend. He once read my journal. He read all about me sleeping with another man. I no longer had a boyfriend.

Tech Firms Fighting Information Overload

New York Times | MATT RICHTEL | Posted 06.22.2008 | Business


The onslaught of cellphone calls and e-mail and instant messages is fracturing attention spans and hurting productivity. It is a common complaint. But...

How Email Is Ruining Work Life

BBC News | Ben Limberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Two million e-mails are sent every minute in the UK. That is almost three billion each day. But what is the real cost of this information overload? E...

Spam Dominates 95 Percent Of All Email Sent

New York Post | Brian Garrity | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Just as everyone always suspected, most of their e-mails are nothing but spam. Junk e-mail from ads for everything from discount pills to penny stock...

Web Access Coming To Several United States Airlines

New York Times | SUSAN STELLIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Passengers may soon hear a new in-flight announcement: "You can now log on." Starting next week and over the next few months, several United States a...