Is the Internet at stake because of net neutrality? Network providers want control of the whole thing, but if they control the Internet will that threaten our democracy? picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

From its birth in the labs of Tim Berners-Lee back in 1992, to its interaction with the Napster in 1999, and its 2004 induction of Wikipedia: the Internet as we know it, has evolved drastically. With the passage of time, people from amongst us have emerged with the craziest of ideas to test and enhance the potential of this God’s gift to mankind. And it is due to the efforts of these noble... read full post picked by TheAnt314 7 months ago

Yes, I said the Gopher Internet. No, I don' mean little rodent things. Sure, you probably haven't even heard of Gopher before. And who can blame you? It's a fading star, now only used by nostalgic geeks. But believe it or not, there's some cool stuff on the Gopher internet. Why limit yourself? picked by karenkleen 2 years ago

Have you ever wondered what the first item sold on eBay was? Or who ran the first banner ad on the internet? Or what the first spam massage tried to sell?

<<--was the first image on the internet in 1992. It was uploaded by programmer Silvano de Gennaro in Geneva at the request of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online. picked by kakana 3 months ago

Officials confirm that all online data has been lost after the Internet crashed and was forced to restart. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

Access internet with Open DNS, is safer, faster and smarter. Domain Name Service (DNS) is use to store domain name and translate domain name (computer host name) to IP address. Most of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) have their own DNS and to serve within their user when access to internet.... picked by xfuture2 3 years ago

The big companies are planning to ruin the Network Neutrality. But a group of more than a million people are banded together to protect Internet freedom. picked by braveheart 3 years ago

Although it has already taken nearly four decades to get this far in building the Internet, some university researchers with the federal government's blessing want to scrap all that and start over.
BTW-Google returned 905,000,000 hits on "internet" picked by suebe 3 years ago

A Nova Scotia garlic farmer has put the brakes on high-speed internet coming to Victoria Harbour, a rural community on the Bay of Fundy, fearing radiation from microwave towers will affect his crops. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Luckily, they've put in safeguards that disables the system while the car is in motion. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Despite steep increases in data breaches and malware infections, remote workers around the world express confidence in Internet security. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Most people think the internet is beamed around the planet by satellites. In fact, 90 per cent of global internet traffic is carried by a vast cable network, thousands of miles of which snake under the oceans. picked by kakana 5 months ago

The internet is many things to many people. For some it is a vital business tool. For others it is an indispensable means of communication. Others yet look on it as a vast repository of all human knowledge. Most people think of it as the thing with the funny cat pictures though. If you need to know that I Can Has Cheezburger first appeared on 13th June 2006, that the O RLY owl has been around... read full post picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

AT&T Inc., the country's largest Internet service provider, is testing the idea of limiting the amount of data that subscribers can use each month. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

It's a map of the entire Internet. They map all 4,294,967,296 IP addresses onto a huge image and let you zoom into it and pan around. Just like google maps, but more internetty. picked by extc68 2 years ago

"Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!)."

Action must be taken to stop this faulty ruling from destroying the future of Internet radio that so many millions of listeners depend on each day. picked by rachelsometimes 2 years ago

A group of researchers led by the University of Tokyo has broken internet speed records - twice in two days. Operators of the high-speed Internet2 network announced today that the researchers on December 30 sent data at 7.67 gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

According to the United Nations News Center only 13 percent of people on the planet have access to the Internet. At Silicon Valley several heads of high-tech companies gathered to disscuss about cutting Internet access costs. picked by Maxriter 3 years ago

... No, Not Al Gore

The world is about to run out of the internet addresses that allow computers to identify each other and communicate, the man who invented the system has told The Times. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago