Internet

Robin Hood Foundation Embraces the Web to Feed NYC's Hungry

GroundReport | Posted 11.25.2009 | Impact


GroundReport

Over the past two months, a skunkworks team of young internet influencers has met, brainstormed, emailed and twittered -- all in the pursuit of feeding more than 100,000 of the city's hungry.

Washington Post To Close New York, Chicago, LA Bureaus

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media


WASHINGTON — The Washington Post will close its remaining U.S. bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago at the end of the year to save money...

Red Headed Boy Attacked: Police Probe Tie To 'Kick A Ginger Day' Message

AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology


CALABASAS, Calif. — Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Southern California may have been targ...

Microsoft, News Corp Have Talked About De-Indexing From Google

Financial Times | Matthe Garrahan, Richard Waters, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media


Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company's being paid to "de-index" its news websites from Google...

Tom Friedman Explains Causes Of America's 'Sub-Optimal Solutions' (VIDEO)

Posted 11.22.2009 | Media


New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman is worried that America is producing "sub-optimal solutions" to big problems like global warming, an educa...

Increasing Number Of Web Sites Spread Al-Qaida's Message In English

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR and LEE KEATH | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate ...

Svajuna Beniuk: Internet Users Find Man Who Threw Dog Over Bridge

Mail Online | Posted 11.19.2009 | Technology


A young man who threw a dog off a bridge has been hunted down by outraged animal lovers on the internet. He had posted mobile phone video footage o...

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...

The New Feminism: Questions For Jessica Valenti

nytimes.com | Deborah Solomon | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


Editor of the blog Feministing.com rates the effectiveness of online activism compared to old-style models of political engagement like rallies and ma...

The Year in Technology: 2009

Nicholas Weinstock | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology


Nicholas Weinstock

1. ME: ... So the three dragons crept deeper into the terrifying castle. They shivered with fear. A knight could be lurking around any corner. ...

Join Arianna And Carl Honore In A Live Discussion on "In Praise Of Slowness"

Amy Hertz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books


Amy Hertz

Thursday, November 19th at 3pm Eastern, we're having our first live event on Huffington Post Books. Arianna will be hosting a video chat with Carl Honore and HuffPost readers to talk about In Praise of Slowness.

Coshocton: Single Illegal Download Shuts Down Town's Wi-Fi

Coshocton Tribune | Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology


About five years ago, the county made a free wireless Internet connection available in the block surrounding the Coshocton County Courthouse at 318 Ma...

Can The Free Market Save Small Businesses and Nonprofits?

Bruce Judson | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business


Bruce Judson

Earlier this week, we announced a new service, The Cost Savings Guy, which has the potential to change the fortunes of small businesses and nonprofits that are struggling to stay afloat.

Met Home Gets the Hatchet

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media


Charlotte Safavi

Only yesterday Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. announced the closure of the magazine fondly known as Met Home to the urban, sophisticated home decor cognoscenti.

Internet Virus Frames Users For Child Porn

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology


Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heino...

Internet Censorship Could Be Challenged By WTO

Reuters | Posted 11.06.2009 | Technology


GENEVA (Reuters) - Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organization as it can restrict trade in services delivered onli...

The Case for the Internet: A Human Right

David D. Burstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology


David D. Burstein

Finland and France have declared internet access a legal right for all citizens. Here's why I hope the United States and all other countries will follow their and grant internet access as a human right.

But Does Twittering Really Sell Books?

Debbie Stier | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books


Debbie Stier

Gary Vaynerchuk built his brand using these free tools (Facebook, Twitter, Ustream, Tumblr, etc.) and he used the tools that he wrote about in the book to succeed with the book itself.

Islamist Terrorists Take Page From US Hate Groups' Internet PlayBook

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.03.2009 | World


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Islamist terrorist arrests across this country since last January run the gamut. White and black, young and middle-aged, single and married, homegrown and foreign born, and legal and illegal immigrants.

Googled: An Excerpt From Ken Auletta's New Book

Posted 11.03.2009 | Books


Googled by Ken Auletta On a sunny July afternoon in Sun Valley, three friends who had competed and cooperated for a quarter century -- Robert Iger,...

Innovation in America: An Autobahn, or a Suburban Street With Speed Bumps?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology


Gary Shapiro

My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?

Sharecare Builds A Web 3.0 Bridge To Better Health

Dr. Dean Ornish | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living


Dr. Dean Ornish

Searching for health information on the web can feel overwhelming. The power of the Internet is also its limitation--it provides information, but not guidance on how to sort what is credible and what is not.

Crack Open and Crowdsource AT&T's Anti-Net Neutrality Campaign

Art Brodsky | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology


Art Brodsky

All of the lobbying you read about is minor league compared to the telephone industry. Read on and you will get a first-hand look at the power of a real major league lobbying organization.

UK Study: Illegal Music Downloaders Also Spend The Most On Music

The Independent | Rachel Shields | Posted 10.31.2009 | Technology


People who illegally download music from the internet also spend more money on music than anyone else, according to a new study....

Government Pushes To Create A New Health Internet

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Fred Schulte | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Hoping to provide the backbone for a grand plan to put the nation's medical records online, federal officials have been quietly retooling an obscure g...