The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted Google a patent on a location-based content filtering system. The patent details a method for screening content based on geographical location and access ...

The web is supposed to be open, but behind the scenes, content filters are often busy controlling what you see. The filters could be at your school or workplace, blocking sites such as the ...

In one corner are the Web 2.0 tools—the relatively new blogs, wikis, discussion forums, and social-networking sites that are gaining popularity among teachers looking to connect with their students ...

Valve has added an "Adults Only" filter to Steam, one of a series of new measures designed to allow users to avoid content in which they have no interest. Previously, Steam allowed users to filter out ...

Next-generation cancer strategies rely on next-generation gene sequencing (NGS), which paves the way for new techniques and tools to detect mutations and determine patient therapy. A team of Chinese ...