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Stream Big: A Guide to Cord Cutting

Break up with cable. Learn how you can save money and free yourself from your cable company!

10 Fast Food Chains to Steer Clear Of

Fast food is already gross enough, but these 10 chains make it worse with animal cruelty, health violations, sexist ads and anti-gay political donations.

New rules to know about debt collection via social media

The federal government recently enacted new rules that give wide reach to debt collectors, including contacting you through social media. But you still have rights.

Using fixed wireless to expand broadband internet

The growing demand for internet access is forcing service providers to look beyond traditional fiber installations and into fixed wireless solutions.

Which Type of Broadband Internet is Right for Your Business?

With options like fiber, DSL, wireless and more, how can you determine what type of broadband internet to select for your business?

How to Make Your Web Searches More Secure and Private

What you look for online is up to you—just make sure no one else is taking a peek.

Broadband internet causes sleep deprivation, a new study finds

Individuals with DSL access tend to sleep 25 minutes less than their counterparts without DSL Internet. They are significantly less likely to sleep between 7 and 9 hours, the amount recommended by the scientific community, and are less likely to be satisfied with their sleep, researchers find. The effect is largely driven by individuals that face time constraints in the morning and by the use of electronic devices in the evening (not by their use throughout the day)

Can Web Search Predict Cancer? Promise And Worry Of Big Data And Health

"Big data" is a very 21st-century kind of buzzword, which ambiguously invokes the idea of using large sets of data to draw computer-assisted

Google Local Pack In Web Search Showing Up Less Often?

There are some signs that Google web search results are displaying the local pack, the local search results box, less often and for fewer queries. The most shocking state is from Mozcast which says i

On the Hard? Inspect, Clean, and Update Your Yacht’s Satellite Communications System

It’s refit time. That means the yacht is hauled out, and you can fix what’s broken or improve what you already have so that your experience onboard is top notch, with all the comforts of home. A sa…

Can’t Get Broadband Internet Service? You Likely Will Soon Thanks to This Company

If your home or business is in an under-connected area, you might soon get access to broadband or fiber internet service thanks to United Communications.

Google Local One Box Details Removed From Web Search Listings

Was it a bug or a feature change? Google no longer shows local data in the main search results snippets.

Illicit Web, Search Engines, Browsers Become Security Risk

The visual web indexed by Google, Bing and other search engines is well known to all, but an unregulated web has led to illicit activities that many people do not realize exists.

How not to get lost in the performance-oriented web

With page speed playing an active role in how a web page ranks, contributor Maria Cieslak details how SEOs can maintain high rankings and happy users by optimizing fast performance factors.

10 tips for writing effective headlines for the web

The importance of headlines should never be overlooked, a little time spent finding the right headline can make a lot of difference.

How Do Search Engines See the Web:

How You Can Ditch Comcast, Time Warner, and Big Cable for Internet Service

It's possible to leave, but you may have to make some sacrifices.

Column, Rob Pegoraro: Still no affordable fix for a broadband internet connection just out of reach

A few thousand feet can feel much farther when that distance separates a house from the closest wired broadband – and the cost to extend

How to pay less, or nothing for your internet service

Thanks to a new temporary federal program, millions of Americans could qualify. Consumer Reports reveals who’s eligible and offers tips that everyone can use to pay less for broadband service.

How to get cheap internet service with no phone line

We break down alternative ways to get internet access if you don't have or use a phone line.