Cerf: Internet, both good and bad, reflects society
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The Internet and its abuses are a reflection of the people who use it, said Vinton Cerf, Google's chief Internet evangelist.
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The Internet is pretty scary these days. I wish I could say that it was always a treat, but more often than not, you encounter plenty of tricks while surfing the Web.
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CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos riffs on one craze that the Internet bubble unfortunately could not kill.
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The Internet has given birth to a quirky range of modern addictions and maladies, the British weekly New Scientist says in its Christmas issue published this Saturday.
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The Internet most of us experience is not the World of Ends suggested by the end-to-end system design concepts around which the Net was originally architected and built.  Instead we have something that is faster-than-dialup, and faster-than-it-used-to-be; but is not The Net. Instead it is the part of the Net that's left in a pipe that's optimized for television, for one-way few-to-many "content delivery" and for locking users into client roles, while servers labor somewhere else. I just had FTTH (fiber to the home) installed. And, while it's way cool in some ways, it's also uncool in the way it prevents far more business than it generates for itself. It would be great if the carriers made it easy for businesses to grow on the Net, and then suppoted those businesses with services that helped those businesses thrive and grow. But the carriers would rather serve "content" to mass quantities of "consumers" while chaging prohibitive prices for "business-class" services. Hey, it's a mass media mentality, and they have every right to it. But...
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In 1995, the first warning was raised: The throngs of people swarming to the Internet would overwhelm the system in 1996. For more than a decade, that fear has proven untrue.
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"The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture" by Andrew Keen; Currency ($22.95)  ___  Andrew Keen is an unhappy man.
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Many more white children use the Internet than do Hispanic and black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone.
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WASHINGTON Oct 25, 2004 - Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers.
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Coincidence or foresight? A mysteriously prescient note about a wrestlerâs wifeâs death highlights the predictive possibilities of the internet.
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Internet service providers have to walk a fine line between fairness and profitability. Users want maximum service, and are entitled to honest contracts. Maybe there's a way to help everyone at once.
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Those who use the Internet to research their own chronic diseases often wind up in worse condition than if they had heeded a doctor&#39;s advice.
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InfoWorld - The Internet is a mirror of the population that uses it, said Google&#39;s vice president and chief Internet evangelist Vinton Cerf said in reference to the proliferation of fraud, social abuse, and other online crimes.
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NEW DELHI -- At least for a while, the World Wide Web wasn't so worldwide.
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Having an always-on, fast net connection is changing the way Britons use the internet, research suggests.
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For some people, carrying on a normal routine without the Web is almost impossible, because the Internet&#39;s tools and services have become firmly ingrained in their daily lives, according to the Internet Deprivation Study.
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In the wacky Wiki world that is the Internet, it's hard to know which information is reliable and which isn't.