Tag: NEW YORK TIMES

Such problems seldom affect major Web sites, but an "unauthorized advertisement" has been causing trouble for some visitors to The New York Times site, CNET News reports. Even more odd, the Times isn't sure how the ad got on the site or even if the site has been compromised by the attack. In a note to readers, the Times said that it is "working to prevent the problem from recurring." While the ad ...

Amazon made us wait for over a year between the Kindle and the updated Kindle 2.0. But a scant three months after the unveiling of the newer e-reader, online rumors are already saying that we may see a bigger-screen Kindle as soon as this week. Amazon has begun to send out invitations to a press event, scheduled for this Wednesday, May 6th, where many expect that a larger-screened device, ...

Those political pranksters, The Yes Men, are at it again in a stunt that, regardless of your ideology, you must admit is impressive. The "operation," six months in the planning, involved six printing presses and thousands of volunteers across the nation who handed out 1.2 million copies of a 14-page mock issue of the New York Times. Commuters exiting trains in New York and in other cities were ...

As newspapers continue to struggle with the tough realities of the Internet age and the media economy, things aren't exactly looking good for the printed news industry. But, yesterday there was an unexpected ray of sunshine left for those still in print: Newspapers nationwide saw a surge in sales as voters sought out something to commemorate this historic election. Many papers in New York, San ...

It's no secret that kids are reading less these days, and attracting the youth back to the printed page is no small undertaking. Publishers and authors are increasingly looking for ways to get kids engaged, and the newest scheme is... video games. PJ Haarsma writes a series of science-fiction novels aimed at pre-teens, and the novels come with an online game that encourages children to explore ...

Researchers at Princeton University found major security holes (warning: PDF) in several popular Web sites. The sites were found to be vulnerable to so called cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks, which could allow hackers to manipulate a user's browser or steal information even from a trusted site. YouTube, MetaFilter, The New York Times, and ING were all found to be vulnerable to these ...

Not surprisingly (since everyone else is doing it), the New York Times has launched its own social network called TimesPeople. The New York Times has experimented with social features on its Web site before, but the launch of TimesPeople marks the integration of the paper's previous hodgepodge of disconnected features. TimesPeople is primarily a vessel for commenting on and recommending ...