Internet

A conversation with Joichi ItoNew Media Lab director touches on his work, his hobbies, and what he's learned from swimming with sharks.

Joichi Ito named director of MIT Media LabTechnology entrepreneur and Internet freedom advocate succeeds Frank Moss.

Billion Prices Project: Introducing real-time economicsMIT Sloan faculty project to track inflation in real time collects prices from hundreds of worldwide online retailers on a daily basis.

Why telecom regulation needs to changeResearch suggests that the approach that worked with a few large companies with aligned interests needs revisiting in the Internet age.

Broadband picture may not be so bleakA new study disputes the claim that Internet data rates in the U.S. are only half as high as advertised; study’s authors call for better data.

An Internet 100 times as fastA new network design that avoids the need to convert optical signals into electrical ones could boost capacity while reducing power consumption.

Toward the Semantic WebA new standard from the World Wide Web Consortium brings the Web a step closer to realizing the vision of its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee.

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LINC 2010 engages and inspiresConference focuses on the present and future of technology-enabled learning worldwide

MIT’s Joseph Coughlin chosen as one of the '10 Most Creative People on Twitter'

Online labs

3 Questions: Mitchel ResnickCreator of the popular Scratch programming language discusses Apple’s decision to disallow Scratch viewer for iPhones and iPads.

Guerrilla reporting in ‘difficult places’Activists describe their experiences using new technology to build free media networks in countries with scant resources or oppressive regimes.

McGovern Institute for Brain Research launches new web siteRedesign comes as institute nears its 10th anniversary

Akamai Technologies' Paul Sagan on leading through adversityPresented by MIT Sloan School of Management Dean's Innovative Leader Series

FCC's Eugene Huang on a National Broadband PolicyPresented by the Center for Future Civic Media and the MIT Communications Forum

What’s new at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media?Chris Csikszentmihályi, director of the Center for Future Civic Media, hosts this presentation by the MIT Communications Forum and the Center for Future Civic Media

The State of Drupal

Race, Politics and American MediaJuan Williams and J. Phillip Thompson discuss how the collapse of print and other traditional news and the rise of celebrity culture have contributed to the sharp decline of in-depth stories involving race and society.

Securing the webA new MIT programming tool would automatically plug holes that hackers exploit.

Whose Internet is it, anyway?One of the Internet's chief architects looks at the FCC's proposed Net neutrality rules.