Outside the Beltway

Video calling is becoming widely available. Will it become as common as talking on the phone?

Why the United States has found itself in a seemingly endless series of wars over the past two decades.

Sunday’s announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden was the latest example of how Twitter has become the go-to source for “Breaking News.”

Singing the 1974 Carl Douglas classic “Kung Fu Fighting” can get you arrested in England.

Sarah Palin was back speaking to a Tea Party crowd yesterday, but it just doesn’t seem like matters anymore.

Why in the hell are Federal taxpayers footing the bill for residential trash collection in DC?

Radley Balko and his blogs are moving to Huffington Post.

Experts say the phone call is a relic of the past.

In less than two weeks, much of the content of The New York Times will go behind a paywall.

Facebook limits accounts to those who say that they are at least 13 years old. Shockingly, some kids lie to get on the popular social network.

Gmail has introduced another feature to help people deal with inbox overload: Smart Labels.

Scientists have discovered that the Internet could be a useful collaborate tool.

The lines between our public and professional identities and our private and social ones continue to blur.

Opposition to marriage equality is no longer the wedge issue it used to be.

Is Saudi Arabia the next domino to fall in the Middle East? The Royal family is hoping that money will be enough to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Did a unit in Afghanistan engage in an IO operation against U. S. senators?

A new site will identify news articles based on press releases rather than journalism.

Is Jon Stewart a useful idiot?

Should employers be allowed to ask for your Facebook login as a condition of employment?

The crackdown in Libya is turning into a massacre.

Facebook has come up with new settings to meet the needs of users in same-sex relationships.

The Gaddafi regime is facing its most serious challenge in its 41 year history.

Is social media killing electronic mail?

Dave Fleet offers 5 TIPS FOR MANAGING THE EMAIL DELUGE.

Tweeting feels like IM’ing but it’s more like blogging.

The White House Press Office produces a blog, YouTube channel, Flickr photo stream, Facebook and Twitter profiles, and daily video programming.

Some in Washington are claiming the intelligence community missed the warning signs of unrest in Tunisia and Egypt in what looks like little more than an effort to create scapegoats if things go wrong.

The events in Egypt have led some to ask if the mere act of cutting off access to the Internet is, in itself, an human rights violation.