Debate around a controversial plan to add hundreds of new domain name extensions to the Internet infrastructure has reached a fever pitch in the nation’s capital, as critics engage in a last-ditch effort to scrap or delay the plan, which is scheduled to launch Jan. 12. Both the Senate and House of...

Yahoo’s improving stock price following a CEO shakeup makes the Internet portal ripe for a sale, and speculation is flying about industry titans that may bid for the company. The latest rumors suggest Google may help finance a possible deal by others to acquire Yahoo. Other players who may be looking to...

Sergey Brin initially considered the Circles content-sharing mechanism on Google+ to be too complicated, but after he started using the site he changed his mind and now thoroughly enjoys using the company’s social networking site. “As a user I’m very pleased with the results,” Brin...

Hurricane Irene has its sights set on the East Coast, and that has easterners checking websites and mobile apps to stay up-to-date on its progress. The Weather Channel has already seen increased traffic this week to Weather.com and its mobile information sources, with 8.1 million page views to its mobile...

Over the past week, I have worked with a number of people who wanted to know if their Internet filter was working. There are the obvious things to do like try and access blocked websites yourself. However, in today’s world a lot of other applications use the standard web ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS)...