Mary Madden

Maybe it was the news of the royal wedding last weekend, or maybe it’s my own personal experience with wedding planning, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the role the internet plays in planning, promoting and archiving a major life event ...

As our research on internet activities evolves, the list of online pastimes that we study continues to grow.

More than 6 million American adults have listened to podcasts.

Although long lines prevented me from entering the courtroom today to witness the arguments firsthand, the scene outside the hearing was also a fascinating microcosm of the parties affected by this debate.

Creative Commons recently launched an updated beta version of its search engine

Reuters ran a story last week about an unauthorized software “patch” that enables Napster subscribers to convert the protected WMA files they lease to WAV files that can then be permanently burned to a CD.

While neither Cerf nor Kahn could anticipate just how revolutionary their initial contributions would ultimately be, both recognized the demand for a global communications network long before it entered mainstream consciousness.

Palatable soundbytes in a P2P case are hard to come by...

Chances are, if you’re reading this post, you’ve used the internet to track the weather at one time or another in your online life.

The blogging audience is more likely to download and share files online when compared to those who don't read blogs.