Spending on Internet advertising in Britain grew 21 percent in the first half of 2008, propping up the total ad market which fell as cash-strapped companies cut back on marketing, a key report said.
When people working on a project get together with their laptops and PDAs, they share information via the internet and a client server. But new software developed by European researchers allows independent, ad hoc, secure networking anywhere.
Some local schools are going high tech with a special device that'll let them access school work 24/7, from the classroom or from home. A school in the South Bronx is going hi-tech, with special low-cost computers and free internet access at home.
A solo mother used an internet chat room to form a relationship with a man now accused of violent and sexual abuse against her and her two-year-old daughter.