Internet is a victim of its own success
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It is the news that internet users do not want to hear: the worldwide web is in danger of collapsing around us. Patrick Gelsinger, the chief technology officer for computer chip maker Intel, told a conference
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Jon Oltsik says the explosion in broadband use forces a rethinking of Internet security. But a lethargic vendor response is not a promising harbinger.
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In the aftermath of last week's tsunami disaster, the Internet is a tool for good and bad ... but mostly good. -washingtonpost.com
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By Ryan, Jim T  REGION  The blurring lines among marketing, communications, Web-site design and software development have created a growing market that feeds off Internet use and technology.
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The Internet is good for getting results and learning the mechanics of obscure sports but it fails to capture the full glory and personalities that make the Olympics so special.
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The knowledgeable amateur wields a lot of clout these days, thanks to the internet. Is that necessarily a good thing? Commentary by Tony Long.
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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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For years, the Internet's technical constraints went hand-in-hand with the realities of Internet usage. At first, most people viewed Web pages but did little to create or change them. Web journals, photo sites and video sharing didn't come until later. Even when users had a need to send information &#151; an e-mail here, a shopping transaction there &#151; the amount of data was small.
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For years, the Internet's technical constraints went hand-in-hand with the realities of Internet usage.
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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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Letters: On the need for a code of behavior for the Internet.
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Spending too much time on the Internet: bad habit or something more serious?
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A vast online network is being used to promote social and environmental responsibility.
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Big media sure could use a champion against the &quot;Web 2.0&quot; revolution. Newspaper revenues are plummeting as readers flock to the Internet for information, and advertisers head to Craigslist instead of classifieds or Yahoo Autos instead of the car section.
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Pro and amateur videos, social networking and even streaming TV shows are luring audiences to the Web, study shows
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An older, more serious USA Today is facing the challenge of readers and advertisers fleeing to the Internet.
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As part of its reincarnation, America Online Inc. is creating its own software for browsing the Web and playing movies and songs. It's a question of staying relevant in an increasingly broadband world.