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US: if you hack us, we may use military action
- The US this week revealed its "International Strategy for Cyberspace" with the subtitle of "Prosperity, Security, and Openness in a Networked World" (via Ars Technica). The 30-page PDF document praises cyberspace and generally says nothing too exciting. It does, however,…
Netflix is the largest source of Internet traffic in North America
- Sandvine today announced the release of its Global Internet Phenomena Report: Spring 2011, including Internet trends from North America, Latin America, and Europe. Since the last report in the fall of 2010, the general trend appears to be a growing…
The US legally recognizes video games as an art form
- The US National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) now considers video games eligible for artistic funding, meaning they are legally recognized as an art form. For those not familiar with the NEA, it is a US government program which funds…
US Army developing Android-based smartphone framework, apps
- The US Army has developed the Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P Handheld), the army's first effort to create an Android-based smartphone framework and suite of apps for tactical operations. The government-owned framework, known as Mobile/Handheld Computing Environment (CE), ensures that regardless…
Obama: wireless Internet for 98% of Americans in five years
- US President Barack Obama said quite a lot during his State of the Union speech. Specifically interesting to us is the bold promises he made regarding the Internet, according to a transcript posted by CBS News.
Americans spent over $15 billion on video games in 2010
- According to a preliminary estimate released by NPD, total consumer spending on all video game content in the US was between $15.4 and $15.6 billion during 2010. That figure includes physical console and PC games, digital downloads, used games, rentals,…
Americans can't live without high-speed Internet, or e-mail
- Adults agree that the expansion of high-speed Internet has had the greatest technological impact on society over the past decade. A Zogby International interactive survey polled 1,950 adults from December 8 to December 10, 2010 to ask them what technology…
Americans spend as much time online as watching TV
- According to Forrester Research, 2010 marked the first year Americans spent as much time on the Internet as they did watching TV. The outfit surveyed some 40,000 people to collect data for its latest Technographics report and found that the…
Majority of Americans believe video games increase violence
- According to a new survey, most Americans believe violent video games make people more violent in reality. Rasmussen Reports asked 1,000 US adults a series of heavily debated questions about violent games and discovered that 54% of the participants blame…
News around the web: Where’s the money in America?
- Where’s The Money In America? @ MintLife Multiphysics 1.0 - Teaser @ CGSociety The Numbers No One Wants to Talk About in the Android vs. iPhone Sales Battle @ Phandroid The Night Of a Thousand Wizards @ Aca-Fan See more articles and reviews. Five…
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