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Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is back online after last week’s DDoS attacks
The Internet Archive is back online, albeit in a read-only state, after DDoS attacks took the service offline on October 9. Its founder says the platform is “resumed in a provisional, read-only manner” without the ability to save pages.
Will Shanklin10.14.2024
The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks
The Internet Archive has been hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week that have taken the service offline.
Anna Washenko10.09.2024
Google searches now link to the Internet Archive
Google searches now allow users to use the Wayback Machine with a few clicks in the latest collaboration between Google and the Internet Archive.
Jeremy Gan09.11.2024
The Internet Archive loses its appeal of ebook copyright case ruling
The Internet Archive lost an appeal to a federal court ruling that found it violated the copyright of book publishers with its online library of ebooks.
Danny Gallagher09.04.2024
The Internet Archive has been fending off DDoS attacks for days
The nonprofit organization has announced that it's currently in its "third day of warding off an intermittent DDoS cyber-attack."
Mariella Moon05.28.2024
Sony and other music labels sue Internet Archive for digitizing old records
Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and a handful of other music labels have sued the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project.
Mariella Moon08.12.2023
Internet Archive violated publisher copyrights by lending ebooks, court rules
The lawsuit originated from the Internet Archive’s decision to launch the “National Emergency Library” during the early days of the pandemic.
Igor Bonifacic03.25.2023
The Internet Archive's Calculator Drawer lets you relive high school math class
You can now use the Internet Archive to emulate old handheld calculators.
Igor Bonifacic01.30.2023
The Internet Archive’s PalmPilot Emulation project lets you relive tech history
The Internet Archive’s Jason Scott uploaded more than 560 Palm OS apps to create the PalmPilot Emulation project.
Igor Bonifacic11.26.2022
The Internet Archive is building a library of amateur radio broadcasts
It's also looking for print materials to digitize, as well as early-internet communications.
Kris Holt10.05.2022
The Internet Archive's 'Wayforward Machine' paints a grim future for the web
The nonprofit is marking its 25th anniversary by advocating for internet freedom.
Kris Holt10.07.2021
Tucows closes its once-popular software download site
“Tucows Downloads is old,” Elliot Noss, CEO of Tucows said.
Nick Summers01.22.2021
The Internet Archive now has better scans of Computerworld magazine
The Internet Archive announced that it has made ComputerWorld’s print issues from 1967-2014 available online in better quality than ever.
Steve Dent12.31.2020
Flash content like Homestar Runner lives on in the Internet Archive
Mere weeks before Adobe’s planned end of support date for Flash, the Internet Archive has come in to save everyone’s favorite mid-aughts plugin and the creative content that came out of it.
Igor Bonifacic11.19.2020
Internet Archive adds fact checks to explain web page takedowns
The Internet Archive now adds fact checks and context to explain why cached pages were taken down.
Jon Fingas11.01.2020
The Wayback Machine and Cloudflare team up to keep websites online
The Wayback Machine, a project of Internet Archive, allows you to view web pages as they appeared on certain past dates.
Ann Smajstrla09.18.2020
Book publishers sue Internet Archive for allegedly enabling piracy
Four major publishers filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive for alleged “willful mass copyright infringement" related to its Open Library.
Christine Fisher06.01.2020
Wikipedia references now include book previews hosted by the Internet Archive
Wikipedia is an incredible resource, but the accuracy of claims published on its pages is sometimes called into question. To improve the site's credibility and usability, the Internet Archive is working to make references easier to follow by linking them to digital copies of books.
Georgina Torbet11.04.2019
After Math: Stand and Delivery
Things happened this week, such as Alphabet commencing commercial flights of its Wing drone delivery program in Christiansburg, Virginia. But they weren't the only tech corporation that decided to put things where they previously were not at speeds the public is unaccustomed to.
Andrew Tarantola10.20.2019
Internet Archive adds 2,500 more DOS games to playable database
Since 2013, the underappreciated heroes at Internet Archive have been working diligently to preserve old and abandoned PC games. In 2015, the organization started hosting 2,400 DOS games, allowing you to play cult classics like Gods and Tongue of the Fatman in your browser. This week, the organization added another 2,500 DOS games to its database.
Igor Bonifacic10.16.2019