In a Neighborhood Link Community?: Network of Free Web Sites Allows Residents to Share Information
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By Rich Haag, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 18--Five years ago, a Colorado-based company called Neighborhood Link launched a network of free Web sites for more than 500 Charlotte neighborhoods and other civic groups.
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These aren't your teenager's social networking sites.
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Also: Google Shared Stuff plays well with others. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Web 2.0 moves into your neighborhood as firms vie to deliver local content to your cell phone
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BBC Click examines how sites are allowing like-minded users to find and interact with one another.
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By Miguel Helft  Millions of people enjoy free Web-based software programs, but they have a drawback in that they are available to users only when they are online.
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By Anonymous  WAN lessons learned  Plus: How to hide your online footprints.
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By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 21--Two low-income housing communities in Sacramento will offer their residents free Wi-Fi Internet access and computers later this fall.
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New search tools include both people and discussion finders.
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What the Internet tells us about how the media, advertising and awareness months spread information on diseases and illnesses
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Letters: On the need for a code of behavior for the Internet.
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The Web site Meetup.com helps people in suburbs form social groups around anything they have in common.
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The search engine is good for more than just scouring the Web. It's also a powerful tool for the shadier side of online data collection.
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The search company debuts AskCity, a local search and mapping tool that lets users find neighborhood hangouts and generate custom maps, then use other web services to make reservations, buy tickets or invite friends to mingle. In Monkey Bites.
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Rethinking privacy in an immodest age.
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By Lee Randall  REGULAR readers know I'm a great fan of the internet. I'm continually astounded by the wealth of data stored there and especially love the way one thing leads to another. It's a Mecca for anyone who enjoys meandering.
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With the rise of user-driven content sites, Internet users have a say in what is news. A new study examines the differences between what editors think is newsworthy and what the public does.