Frequent poster's death hits close to blogosphere

April 14, 2009

Elizabeth Large, The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic, signed onto her computer at dawn Wednesday, as she typically does, to post comments sent to her overnight from fans of her blog, Dining@Large. But on this particular morning, one post stopped her in her tracks.

Orioles bloggers step up to the plate

April 7, 2009

Probably no sport is more romanticized than baseball. And what could epitomize that romance more than bloggers who, as a labor of love, write every day about their favorite team, even if that team has had 11 losing seasons in a row?

When did Twitter take over the universe?

March 31, 2009

Local Web site The Dagger takes a fresh stab at journalism

March 24, 2009

The Dagger, a local news Web site, doesn't do newspaper writing and reporting (or you could say newspapering) the way it is taught in journalism school. But it may be a glimpse into the way news will be covered in the future.

'Wikipedia Revolution' united users on Internet

March 17, 2009

YouTube. MySpace. iPod. CareerBuilder. Two words fused together with a capital letter in the middle: The construction seems like it has been standard form all our lives.

Can't get your ideas heard? Start a Web site

March 10, 2009

In the 1976 movie Network, anchorman Howard Beale, played by Peter Finch, famously bellowed, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more."

Twists on Twitter, by the people who use it

February 24, 2009

While Facebook took a few years to grow from adolescent chat site to its current broader appeal (no doubt to the displeasure of the college kids), Twitter has leaped into the public consciousness in a much shorter time.

Presidential pretenders finding Web success

February 17, 2009

Google book urges following search engine's lead

February 10, 2009

Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, caused some jaws to drop when he spoke in a recent interview with Fortune magazine about the future of newspapers, which are struggling economically despite the fact that their articles help nourish countless search engines, including his.

Hopkins students take course to design Facebook apps

February 3, 2009

The Johns Hopkins University students formed a frenzied hive around classmate Linmiao Xu and his Facebook page, but they weren't checking out the latest gossip on the Homewood campus.

Obama and the pope tap into the power of the Internet

January 27, 2009

There was a striking parallel last week when two of the world's most famous leaders - Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI - unveiled new presences on the Internet.

Web's social networks fall hack, line and sinker for phishers

January 13, 2009

Igot a prompt recently from Twitter, the micro-blogging Web site, that said I could start receiving updates from Britney Spears' very own Twitter page.

Ravens bloggers are delighted to keep their purple prose flowing

January 6, 2009

For Ravens bloggers including Derek Arnold, writing about Baltimore's football team this season has been a joy they did not expect.

'08 in review: How the Web has woven its way into our lives

December 30, 2008

The top 10 online events during the past year are open to debate. But whatever list you settle on would result in the same conclusion: The Internet has quickly grown into a boisterous behemoth, able to amuse us with some mindless video on the one hand and build a presidential victory with the other.

Recalling when the news of the day came with buttery popcorn

December 23, 2008

Raymond Fielding chronicled the last great convulsion between old and new media a half-century ago. It ended in the only modern extinction of a major type of news media.

Peering through PC screens for a look at the Web's future

December 16, 2008

The Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. The Tomorrowland pavilion at Disneyland. The Jetsons' push-button home.

For Spears, the hits just keep coming — in online searches, that is

December 9, 2008

We're about to finish up a year that included a riveting and historic presidential election and the gravest economic crisis in decades.

Now that it's everywhere, it's probably time to give up on the 'rickroll'

December 2, 2008

When a viral Internet prank becomes a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, it must mean it's time to come up with a new one.

Retailers glad to play along with Black Friday sites

November 25, 2008

Jon Vincent expects more visitors to his blackfriday.info Web site this Thursday and Friday than he had all of last November.

For most of us, our high-tech world leads to low-tech frustration

November 18, 2008

Ilined up the snacks and drinks a couple of Saturdays ago to watch the Penn State-Iowa football game on TV.

Does Obama win shift blogosphere to the right?

November 11, 2008

Will President-elect Barack Obama do for right-wing bloggers what President Bill Clinton did for political talk radio?