As 2007 drew to an end, I revisited dozens of sites to cull my favorites from the year's selections and to ponder the state of the educational Internet.
No matter your age or your level of expertise, technology changes so fast, we all need somewhere to lookup technical jargon and obscure acronyms. Today's picks are online dictionaries specializing in Internet and computer terms: some are designed for elem
Although often confused with search engines, today's featured sites are actually directories, because each and every entry is handpicked by a human, not an automated Web crawling computer program. Yes, their databases are considerably smaller than the hug
Like a missile on a radar screen, popular culture can be tracked, analyzed, ranked and rated by looking at search engine queries. Although they each parse the data a little differently, most search engines do give us a peek behind the curtain by publishin
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines zeitgeist as "the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era.
What is Jeeves' IQ? It has nothing to do with the popular butler's intelligence quotient, but rather the most "interesting queries" performed at the Ask Jeeves search engine last week Jeeves tracks Top Advancing Searches, as well as Top News Searches and
Much like an MTV or Billboard music chart, Lycos ranks last week's top fifty queries, indicates whether they are gaining or losing popularity, and how long they've been on the list.
Although all of today's charts are "family friendly," only the Yahooligans! Buzz Index specifically tracks the search patterns of kids.
Many radio stations can be heard over the Internet through a process called streaming. Streaming allows you to listen to a program while it is being downloaded, instead of waiting for the download to finish Without streaming, you would need to download th
Safety for kids on the Net is front-page news now that the Supreme Court has struck down the Computer Decency Act, returning sole responsibility for kids' online activities to parents. Whether or not you opt to use parental-control software, children nee
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