Mark your calendars for May 20th, when a group of Jewish Rabbis and their acolytes will bring an end to the evil Internet once and for all! Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews are planning a massive rally at Citi Field "against the scourge of Technology," as one announcement describes it. The Jewish Press reports that the gathering is intended to "combat the evils of the Internet and the damages caused by advanced electronic devices." We guess the stadium's Jumbotron technicians are going to get the day off! more ›

The woman who forwarded some guy's instantly infamous dating spreadsheet to her friends (who in turn forwarded it to the World Wide Web) was "spiteful," claims another woman on the spreadsheet who just so happens to have the highest beauty ranking. Liliana Beidaut, a 26-year-old makeup artist who got the highest rating, a 9.5, has come forward to defend well-organized investment banker David Merkur. "Why would she send it to the whole world?" Beidaut asks the NY Post, which is obviously where one turns for advice on such matters. more ›

Congress has decided to postpone the vote on the Internet anti-piracy bills, Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, after widespread outrage from Internet companies and most anyone who uses the Internet. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) Tweeted, "In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday's vote on the PROTECT IP Act #PIPA." more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] What? You don't think this country needs "Austrian economics" to return to greatness? Why, if you just Wikipedia what that means, surely you'll—GAH! While Wikipedia and Reddit have gone black today to protest the anti-internet piracy bills SOPA and PIPA, the 20,000-strong NY Tech Meetup group has organized a protest today between 12:30 and 2 p.m. in front of the offices of Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand—both supporters of the legislation. more ›

In a blow to the forces who would keep you from illegally watching The Scorpion King 3 this frigid weekend, the Obama administration has signaled that they will not throw their weight behind the cheerfully abbreviated anti-piracy legislation known as SOPA. more ›

If you're a connoisseur of funny things you may already know that NYC's own Louis C.K. has a new comedy special out featuring his performances at the Beacon Theater last month. It's on his website for $5, and his thinking is akin to Radiohead's In Rainbows experiment: will people pay for something if they can steal it? Apparently if it's good enough, yes. The comedian tells David Carr that on Thursday night, 175,000 people bought the special, and he was expecting 200,000 total after the weekend. Minus production costs, "That's a $750,000 profit. And he owns the rights, and the long tail of buyers, in perpetuity." Not bad for the recipient of the America's Saddest Handjob. more ›

While you've been busy yapping away on your cell phone along the 14th Street corridor, a group of techno wizards have been working to set up a free wifi network on the L train, from Morgan Avenue to 8th Avenue. But don't expect to simply browse through your morning blogs—"The L Train Notwork" isn't exactly an online free-for-all. more ›

Have you heard of this thing called "Twitter?" You type something, and then everyone in the world can read it! We should probably mention that it doesn't censor anything, so it's best not to—sigh. An eight-year veteran of the Orange, New Jersey Police Department was fired by the mayor of the city after posting variations of the "n-word" and criticizing the city itself on his Twitter account. more ›

David Karp is 25 years old. He's just like any other twenty-something, except for the fact that he's worth $40 million, give or take. You see, Karp founded Tumblr, that little blogging platform that people everywhere love to use 13 times and then quit. But thanks to the New York Times, we know how he and his girlfriend spend their Sundays at their West Village apartment. Turns out: they're kinda boring! We can't fault him there, but since we got our degree in internet mogul image-polishing, we're willing to give Karp a free consultation. more ›

Peter Haskett and Raymond Huffman were two violent, alcoholic roommates living in a run-down apartment complex in San Francisco in the late '80s. Their near-constant drunken arguments kept two recent college graduates next door from getting any sleep. So the two friends, "Eddie Lee Sausage" and "Mitchell D.," began recording what would later be referred to as the "Shut Up, Little Man" recordings, named after Haskett's constant, boozy retort to his roommate's profane protestations. more ›

With more and more consumers needing to be told where to eat, what to buy, and the best place to be jailed, businesses see a legitimate reason to outsource illegitimate, positive reviews of their products and services. The stakes are high! One Craigslist ad asking jobseekers (AKA everyone) to "Write Yelp Reviews" is looking for people who "have an active Yelp account and would like to make very easy money." You mean, we can't trust everything we read on the internet? more ›

According to the UK's Telegraph, a "finding" in the British Medical Journal states that cyclists shouldn't be forced to wear helmets, because "they may give up cycling altogether and lose the health benefits of regular exercise." Wow! British Medical Journal? Findings? Excuse us while we shake our luxurious mane in this deliciously dangerous breeze! But what's the science behind this proclamation? A poll of 1,439 people on the BMJ's website "believed that the use of cycle helmets by adults should not be mandatory in the UK." Ah, those internet commenters/poll users: always looking out for our health. more ›

It's time to take the way back machine all the way to 1995, when MTV News explored the World Wide Web. more ›

A prominent internet activist has been arrested and charged with stealing more than four million documents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and JSTOR, an archive of scientific journals and academic papers. Aaron Swartz, 24, is founder and director of the nonprofit group Demand Progress, and created a site that later merged with the mecca internet message board Reddit in its infancy. more ›

After filing for bankruptcy in February and hoping for a savior in spite of its debt, Borders has decided to liquidate. President Mike Edwards said, "Following the best efforts of all parties, we are saddened by this development. We were all working hard toward a different outcome, but the head winds we have been facing for quite some time, including the rapidly changing book industry, [electronic reader] revolution, and turbulent economy, have brought us to where we are now." more ›

Breaking news, you guys! All that internet cruising is making affecting your memory in not-so-good ways, maybe. more ›

Gunnison Beach in New Jersey is like most beaches, only with a lot more skin. The beach has been open to nudists since it became a public beach in 1974, but lately the naked faithful not only need to worry about getting sunburned butts, they need to worry about people snapping pictures. more ›

For awhile now everyone's favorite search giant, Google, has been getting flack from competitors for, they say, unfairly putting its own products ahead in its supposedly neutral search results. And now the Federal Trade Commission appears to be listening. The Wall Street Journal reports today that the FTC is poised to serve the company with civil subpoenas in the coming days that could signal "the start of a wide-ranging, formal investigation into whether the Internet-search giant has abused its dominance on the Web." more ›

Mere hours after they invoked the wrath of one Miley Cyrus for "stealing" an Etsy designer's secret NY necklace sauce, Urban Outfitters has taken to their blog to respond to the "false allegations" by the designer, Stephanie Koerner. After claiming that they've been "supporting the Etsy community for years," the company states that "a quick search of Etsy for 'state necklace' reveals several other sellers with similar products (as seen here on Regretsy) who offered their wares as much as a year earlier than Ms. Koerner." more ›

Remember how some people are really convinced that kids are watching tons of porn at the library? And how that's not actually the case, like, at all? Well, turns out a few Councilmen didn't get the message, and they're introducing a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to watch porn within 100 feet of a child in a public library. more ›

Why is it so hard to just get your jollies on at the library in peace? Last week, two men got into a good old-fashioned fistfight over the amount of time one was taking to watch his porn in the Brooklyn Public Library. Today, the library is scrambling to defend our God-given right to self-pleasure in the comfort of their walled-in viewing stations, following a Catholic League-quoting report from The Post. more ›

And the internet ruins another life: a Staten Island woman who claimed she was too injured to work again lost out on lifetime alimony when her ex-husband discovered her belly dancing blog, complete with pictures of her shaking her pudge. "My belly dancing is the reason why I adore myself so much...Today I decided to dedicate myself more to my dance. Even though I dance everyday, it's not enough. It won't be enough until I dance for you all, until you feel my euphoria," wrote Reikki spiritual healer Dorothy McGurk. more ›