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Tanja Hollander takes Facebook to the PMA

If you've been buzzing about "Are You Really My Friend?" the new installation of Facebook-inspired portraits by local photographer and Bakery Photo Collective founder Tanja Alexia Hollander, you're not alone.
Friend quest
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | February 10, 2012

The battle over internet piracy

The Internet is angry. Perhaps you've heard.
Rhode Island's congresional delegation splits over the issue burning up the netroots
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | January 20, 2012

White House pans SOPA

Maine's congressional delegation appears to be in a holding pattern while attempting to form positions on two bills that address widespread copyright and trademark violations via the Internet.
Online Freedom
By JEFF INGLIS | January 20, 2012

The games of winter

Despite a quiet January, this winter gives gamers much to look forward to: long-awaited sequels, promising original franchises, and even a new handheld system.
Sci-fi, fantasy, and Sony's new handheld
By MITCH KRPATA | December 30, 2011

Top 20 memes of 2011

An alphabetical, scientifically accurate list of the year's most pervasive memes.
An alphabetical, scientifically accurate list of the year's most pervasive memes
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | December 30, 2011

Meme forecast for 2012

When evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins coined the word "meme" in 1976 — meaning "a piece of thought copied from person to person" — he probably didn't realize that, in time, the word would come to be synonymous with cat macros, various advice anima
What pianos will the cats of the future play for us?
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | December 30, 2011

Tumblr You Should Be Reading Right Now: "Texts From Bennett"

This is Bennett. Bennett is a seventeen-year-old white bro who "thinks he's a Crip" and has trouble spelling. Also, he is hilarious. Inexplicably, Bennett has...
By Alexandra Cavallo | December 01, 2011

Stop SOPA

The dinosaurs of the entertainment world ( i.e. , Hollywood movie studios and national music companies) have joined with the Business Software Alliance (which represents tech giants such as Apple, Microsoft, and Intel) to sponsor an insidious piece of l
Old-media corporate giants seek censorship through a web-based blacklist. Plus, #occupy brutality, and D.C. deadlock.
By EDITORIAL | November 25, 2011

[the internet ruling] Frank Hurricane raps about a JP pizza shop

The internet is too good today. First we found the SynthCats Tumblr, then Patrick Stickles' new Twitter, then this US Girls cover of "The Boy...
By Liz Pelly | November 04, 2011

Providencejournal.com arrives with a thud

The Providence Journal 's much anticipated new web site, providencejournal.com , made an underwhelming debut this week.
As the ProJo Turns
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | October 21, 2011

The Providence Journal makes its move

The Providence Journal , in a wraparound on the front section of its September 13 issue, announced in bold print: WE'RE CHANGING.
As The ProJo Turns
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | September 16, 2011

FairPoint layoffs were always part of the plan

While FairPoint executives are saying that the 400 layoffs the company announced last week are related to "workload" and "competition," they're hoping everyone forgot that their business model — especially in northern New England — requires regular down
We Told You So Dept.
By JEFF INGLIS | September 16, 2011

The Urinal does it again; more on Thayer Street; no joke; fun in the Bucket

Phillipe and Jorge were agitated to see the wrap-around over the front section of our September 13 issue of the Urinal, as we had grown quite fond of finding garish stickers in these parts, informing us what local firms would buy our gold or pursue a per
The whole truth?
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | September 16, 2011

Review: Life in a day

Sometimes it seems like universal access to video and the Internet has resulted in just a lot of amateur porn and wearying narcissism.
Amateur filmmakers submit snippets of their lives
By PETER KEOUGH | August 05, 2011

PODCAST: William Gibson on celebrity, technology and top-secret jeans [MP3]

Author William Gibson has been called the father of cyberpunk and coined the term "cyberspace" back when Internet was little more than a twinkle in...
By Katie Lannan | August 04, 2011

Google+: Social Minus the Network?

Google's Tuesday launch of its new social network Google+ has had the Internet abuzz (not to be confused with the clunky Google Buzz communication platform...
By Katie Lannan | June 29, 2011

Netroots Nation eyes Providence (again)

Netroots Nation, an annual gathering of progressive bloggers, has become a sort of whistle stop on the lefty campaign calendar.
Convening
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | June 03, 2011

Washington gets serious about cybersecurity

With Republicans in control of the House of Representatives, Democrats in control of the Senate, and both parties focusing on next year's election, there's a whole lot of nothing happening in Washington right now.
Lockdown
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | May 27, 2011

Teenagers' shrinking world view

Teens' perspectives of the world are getting narrower.
Hoopleville
By DAVID KISH | May 20, 2011

This week in the Phoenix: Dark fiber, tween murderers, and spectral surf rock

Another week at the Phoenix, another issue crammed with information -- specifically, The Information (but not that The Information).Plus, Carly Carioli explains net neutrality in...
By Alec Ernest | April 10, 2011

The uncertain future of Rhode Island media

The endless, anguished debate over how to deliver local news in the Age of the Internet has not reached anything like a satisfying conclusion.
Breaking news or broken news?
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | April 02, 2011

Internet service falling into place

The details needed to understand where and how to best improve Maine's high-speed Internet connectivity are finally within reach.
Broadband update
By JEFF INGLIS | March 18, 2011

Responses to the Dickwolves Debacle

Your article " When Dickwolves Attack " (March 4) was great — really well written, and you explain the significance of everything very well. I wasn't much of a Penny Arcade fan, so it was easy for me to forget the vast scope of their influence, for exam
Letters to the Boston editor, March 18, 2011
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | March 18, 2011

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