The United States typically fell within the top 10, albeit not the top position as you’d expect from the country that invented the damn thing. But that changed with the latest analysis. The US now sits in the 11th position with 25% of US households having access to speeds of up to 25 Mbps or…
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The Internet shut off?
Monumental shift in internet naming – thousands of new TLD’s are coming- beginning this month!
Starting this year, over a thousand new domain name extensions (gTLDs) will begin to replace the “.com” in website name addresses. Soon, there will be website name endings with Brands, like .Google, or .Gucci, city names like .NYC and .LONDON, interests, like .ART, products for .BABY, .AUTO, .FOOD and more. The introduction of new domain…
China’s modern Internet architecture – a framework for effective and efficient Internet traffic communication or model for mass censorship
When it comes to Internet architecture, China has a huge advantage over the rest of the world. Given its relatively new economic status (the Internet was not introduced to China until 1994), China is in the unique position to build its Internet, from the ground up, using proven and sound architectural schemas (in contrast to…
Facebook earns title of “Greatest Hacker Alive” after bringing much of the Internet to its knees via Facebook Connect bug
Yesterday, many, if not most, major websites including CNN, MSNBC, Yelp, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed, Gawker, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Slate, Kickstarter, and many others were taken down by a Facebook Connect bug that redirected users to an error page upon loading, effectively bringing much of the Internet to its knees. Users who were not…
Wired South Korea plan to stem digital addiction – start training kids at 3-years-old
South Korea is one of the most wired countries in the world with an estimated 98% of the population connected with broadband Internet and 2/3 of the population owning smartphone devices. But being ultra-wired does have its drawbacks. Officials estimate that 160,000 children between the ages of 5 and 9 are addicted to the Internet.…
Attackers have begun exploiting new Zero-Day Internet Explorer vulnerability (UPDATE)
According to ComputerWorld, attackers have begun exploiting a new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser. The vulnerability allows hackers to hijack Windows PCs that browse to malicious or compromised websites.
Tim Berners-Lee’s Web Index rates countries
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, has a new pet project that he hopes will shape the Internet of the future. His project, the “Web Index” measures and ranks over 60 countries on three broad states. These include: web readiness, such as infrastructure; web use, the quantity of web content available; and web…
Did the United States cut underwater network cables to install Middle East Internet Monitors? The 2008 Submarine Cable Disruption event.
Nearly 100% of the global Internet traffic is dependent upon deep-sea networks of fiber-optic cables that cover the ocean floor. As much as ¾ of the international communications between the Middle East and Europe are carried by two undersea cables: SeaMeWe-4 (which stands for South East Asia Middle East West Europe) and FLAG Telecom’s FLAG…
Funny 404 (Page not Found) Errors
When you visit a web site and attempt to access a web page that does not exist, the web site will issue a “404 error” indicating that the page could not be found. In most cases these 404 errors are cut and dry, standard, technical explanations. But some webmasters get a bit creative and spice…