Neowin News Feed for: Surfers

UK surfers tune-in to web radio

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:17:39 +0000

Over 12 million people in the UK listen to the radio online, a survey by Radio Joint Audience Research (Rajar) has found. The survey suggests that 9.1 million people listened to the radio streamed live... Read more...

US surfers flock to web video

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:56:44 +0000

More than 75 per cent of US internet users watched a streaming or progressive download video during November, averaging 3.25 hours per person. Research firm comScore said that Google sites, which include YouTube, increased video... Read more...

Google Asks Surfers for Help

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:54:28 +0000

Google is asking surfers with time on their hands to help it categorize and label the images indexed by its search engine, building a database of knowledge about the contents of the images. The company... Read more...

Rabbi offers prayer for Web porn surfers

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:17:14 +0000

An Israeli rabbi has composed a prayer to help devout Jews overcome guilt after visiting porn sites while browsing the Internet. "Please God, help me cleanse the computer of viruses and evil... Read more...

RIAA declares war on silver surfers

Darren Bolton — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:34:13 +0000

People likely to be most at risk from RIAA's war on downloads will be parents. Parents and grandparents are in the firing line as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ramps up its fight... Read more...

China Web surfers swelled to 59 million in 2002

Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:06:54 +0000

The ranks of Chinese Internet users swelled by a whopping 75 percent to 59.1 million people by the end of 2002, overtaking Japan as the world's second-largest Web population, semi-official report revealed on Thursday. ... Read more...

Web surfers brace for pop-up downloads

Mon, 08 Apr 2002 11:43:45 +0000

Web surfers who thought online advertisements were becoming increasing obtrusive may be dismayed about a new tactic: pop-up downloads. In recent weeks, some software makers have enlisted Web site operators to entice... Read more...

Web surfers snubbing search engines

Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:25:39 +0000

Internet surfers are increasingly favoring direct navigation and bookmarks over search engines and Web links, according to a study released this week. WebSideStory, a US-based company that measures Internet audiences, said that... Read more...

Yahoo makes changes to IE, to divert web surfers

Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:20:38 +0000

Yahoo is expected to announce a new service Tuesday that uses free software to divert surfers from Microsoft's Web properties by changing the preferences in Internet Explorer. Parts of the service quietly... Read more...