Read more Internet stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/212/internet.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74620/contributors-flee-wikipedias-stricter-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an attempt to rein in the lawlessness and veiled opinion running rampant among its volunteer editors, Wikipedia may have shot itself in the foot. In the first 3 months of this year, there's been something of a stampede of contributors exiting the crowdsourced online encyclopedia, leading to a net...http://www.newser.com/story/74620/contributors-flee-wikipedias-stricter-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 10:18:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74589/bing-news-corp-talks-offer-hope-for-media.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft is offering News Corp and other media companies money to yank their content from Google’s search engine and list it instead on Bing. The offer, likely prompted by a threat from Rupert Murdoch to remove content from Google, “is all about Microsoft hurting Google’s margins,” said one publisher. But...http://www.newser.com/story/74589/bing-news-corp-talks-offer-hope-for-media.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 3:39:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74562/beware-12-scams-of-christmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe holiday season brings out the best in online scammers. CNET runs down common schemes to beware of, courtesy of McAfee: Fake delivery invoices: They look like legit emails from UPS, Federal Express, and the like, asking for address confirmation and credit card info to ensure delivery. Holiday e-cards: Make...http://www.newser.com/story/74562/beware-12-scams-of-christmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 15:12:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74500/anonymous-posters-bedevil-tripadvisor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome recent snafus have taught TripAdvisor the hard way that crowdsourcing may be powerful, but it isn’t always reliable. In one recent incident, a new boutique hotel shot to the top of the site’s Miami Beach hotel rankings on a flood of positive reviews—until one reviewer implied they’d all...http://www.newser.com/story/74500/anonymous-posters-bedevil-tripadvisor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74496/vulgar-online-comment-costs-man-his-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCommenters, beware. A St. Louis man who posted a vulgarity at a newspaper website soon found himself out of a job. When the St. Louis Post-Dispatch asked readers to weigh in with the strangest thing they've ever eaten, one guy responded with what the paper describes as a "vulgar expression...http://www.newser.com/story/74496/vulgar-online-comment-costs-man-his-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 8:40:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74347/time-to-crack-down-on-jihad-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKhalid Sheikh Mohammed has knocked Nidal Hasan out of the headlines but the Fort Hood suspect is the kind of threat America needs to focus on, warns Daniel Henninger. Home-grown terrorists, indoctrinated over the Internet, are now more of a danger than "old-school" jihadis abroad, and the ideology that radicalizes...http://www.newser.com/story/74347/time-to-crack-down-on-jihad-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 8:46:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74263/fcc-eyes-hiking-phone-bills-to-expand-internet-access.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAl Gore may think he created the Internet, but it's the FCC that's looking to make it available to all Americans—and it's considering taxing your phone bill to pay for it. Federal regulators will outline their case today for stepping up government control of Internet and phone services, the...http://www.newser.com/story/74263/fcc-eyes-hiking-phone-bills-to-expand-internet-access.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 6:48:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73625/help-were-being-killed-by-cuteness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere is an epidemic of cuteness in the country, Jim Windolf writes, symptomatic of our national desire to be loved and taken care of after 8 years of George W. Bush and a much-diminished standing in the world. The signs are everywhere: giggling babies, LOLcats, cupcakes, “cutegasms,” the Mini-Cooper. It...http://www.newser.com/story/73625/help-were-being-killed-by-cuteness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 6:17:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73923/online-tv-movie-guide-impresses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Web is so rich with TV and movie options that organizing the content is a daunting task. “You could browse multiple sites, including crowd-pleasers like Hulu, but that's too slow and tedious,” Jeff Bertolucci writes. Enter Clicker , a new aggregating website its CEO calls “one part directory, one part...http://www.newser.com/story/73923/online-tv-movie-guide-impresses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 11:24:37 CST