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The World of P2P File Sharing

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By straight volume of data, P2P torrent file sharing is the most popular activity on the Internet today. Software, music, movies, ebooks, comics, recipes, academic papers, essays... all of these things trade hands via P2P. About.com explains P2P...

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Just How Big Is the Internet? Is It Possible to Know?

Tuesday February 9, 2010

How big is the Internet?Although no one can be precisely sure, it is possible to roughly estimate the millions of people who will use the Internet this 2010. Here is the boggling estimate...

Emoticon of the Week

Sunday February 7, 2010
When it comes to 'emotional icons', and their ASCII art variations, some really creative shapes have been conjured over the years. For example: the cute bunny you see here is made of parentheses and clever uses of quotes and underscores. If you're curious about emoticons and ASCII art for your email messaging, definitely check out these other fabulous text shapes that are used across the Internet...

The Top 10 Alternative Search Engines

Sunday February 7, 2010
Alternative search engines are commonly called "niche search engines". These services are designed to search obscure and very specific content niches that you won't easily find on Google or Bing. Niches include: finding podcasts, movie actors, government documents, eBay listings, medical advice, country maps, and blogs. About.com introduces you to ten great niche search engines here...

What Is 'Jumping the Shark'? What Does This Expression Mean?

Saturday February 6, 2010

In an online discussion forum, you see the odd phrase "This health care bill debate has jumped the shark. I'm outta here!" You have seen this expression in an email as well. But what exactly does it mean to 'jump the shark'? Well, friends, 'jumping the shark' and its sister expression 'nuking the fridge' are both negative colloquialisms. About.com explains the shark jumping expression here...
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