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What Will the Internet Look Like in Ten Years?

I came across an interesting question on Lockergnome earlier this morning: What will the Internet look like in ten years?. The author states:

… the idea of adverse changes, in my mind, is anything that would change the complete freedom that we have to do just about anything. Certainly crime should not be allowed, but anything that is not criminal should be fully allowed.

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What is Your Favorite Technology?

While I was in Hawaii last week, I had the opportunity to record a “Question of the Day” video with Traci Toguchi. I decided to ask the question: What is your favorite piece of technology?.

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What is Digital Culture?


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I may not look it, but I am 35 years old. This means I grew up with things like Merlin, Speak n’ Spell, and Atari! I surround myself with toys even to this day, including on the Internet. There are people my age, however, who don’t use mobile devices or even the Internet. In this day and age, that’s unheard of!

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Is DSL Really Broadband?

troy_w_banther: Not all of are fortunate enough to have anything better than DSL. :-P

about 54 minutes ago

Paradigms: the Linux distro or the communications technology?

about 4 hours ago

BenjaminPrice: I wasn't either until I got fed up with Comcast metering broadband, so DSL is it now

about 13 hours ago

Foxxchasser1: i had cable internet and loved the fast upload speed but the company kept blocking ports on my service so i had to go to DSL

about 13 hours ago

identityTBA: Same here

about 15 hours ago

wwejason: Don't like DSL, huh? 50,000 times better that cable. Don't believe me? Listen to Leo: www.twit.tv/ttg539

about 16 hours ago

kpslover007: I have DSL at the moment. Do you recommend getting broadband/cable internet back?

about 16 hours ago

CodyMcGrew: why not beats dial up

about 16 hours ago

gmaendel: How about truck stop WiFi?

about 17 hours ago

htnguyen: what!?!?!? DSL > Cable!

about 17 hours ago

adamfield: some of us have no options. It's not unbearable.

about 17 hours ago

tadrow: It'd be nice if all the fiber that was supposed to be carrying our calls actually was here. “We don't care. We don't have to.”

about 17 hours ago

jptacek: Can you explain Microsoft's M for us?

about 17 hours ago

TreyRust: dialup FTW!

about 17 hours ago

tadrow: I wish we had options. My mom can't even *get* DSL yet, and my aunt can barely get phone service, much less dialup.

about 17 hours ago

Joshrath: Found the link for the CNN video, Check your email.

about 17 hours ago

morontown: who is? No srously

about 17 hours ago

drmacpro: Damn slow Linux?

about 17 hours ago

lemasney: how are you on Fiber to the Home? I'm a fan.

about 17 hours ago

garrigus: Why not? What do you use… cable? Do you think that's better? Much more expensive though, right?

about 17 hours ago

ktoddstorch: understatement of the year?

about 17 hours ago

Tofur: DSL as in the broadband connection or DSL as in broad's d sucking lips?

about 17 hours ago

Darkfalz01: I loved my DSL (beat Charter Cable) but they just couldnt compete (speed or price) and we have only those 2 choices here :{

about 17 hours ago

millettepc: Dryloop DSL is awsome.. no silly phone company to deal with!

about 17 hours ago

thattalldude: I might be, but I'd have to experience it with more than 3Mbps theoretical top speed. Only choice here though, no competition.

about 17 hours ago

1only: I don't think there are a lot of DSL fans anymore, I could be wrong.

about 17 hours ago

StephenCraig: me neither, but we get it for free, my mom works from home :)

about 17 hours ago

Memoriestolast: you're kidding- seriously? Film?

about 17 hours ago

KerwinStewart: What about Fios?

about 17 hours ago

AnoxiA425: No one is ever a fan of DSL

about 17 hours ago

MikeKukielka: U-Verse by AT&T is better.

about 17 hours ago

chrispirillo: I'm just not a huge fan of DSL.

about 17 hours ago

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How to Use Chat Room Etiquette

Geek!This is Ashryne’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own:

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Internet Karate – Defending Your PC Against Malware

This is Matt Wilkinson’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own:

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Could you Live Without Email or the Web?

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How many people do you believe have used email? If you had to give a percentage off the top of your head of US citizens that you believe have used email, what would you say? According to a survey, about 20% of US heads-of-household have never sent an email. About 18% (20 million) of households don’t have Internet access. Approximately 30% of people have never used a computer to create a document. Wow. I had no idea! I wonder why Internet access isn’t considered almost like a public utility of sorts. Think about it. We have access to the public library, and there are computers there. We have the ability to grab television and radio broadcast signals over the air. We have water and trash services that we pay for as a standard. It just seems like it would be a detriment to any household not to have Internet access today.

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Could you Live Without Google?

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Do you use Google? Could you get along without it for a week? I tried it, and dubbed it Google Fasting. There’s no way I could do that again. It was really tough, believe it or not. I got an email from Mike recently, that raised a thought-provoking question about Google’s power.

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How do You Deal with Information Overload?

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The problem today isn’t that there’s not enough information. There’s too much. It’s not there aren’t ways to publish content on the Internet – there are an abundance. A lot of noise comes with that signal. So we’ve got different problems than we used to have. Information used to be handed to us from “on high”, as recently as a decade ago. Nowadays, information is just literally everywhere. It’s overwhelming at times. It’s impossible for me to keep up with the news aggregator, the email, the social networks…

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Tips for Internet Newbies (and General Reminders)

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As we get older, the world wide web gets newer. We find ourselves not able to keep up with the new world because we’re still stuck spending senseless hours checking 20 emails and trying to figure out how to install a program on Vista. For those of you like me, going on 21 for the 9th year in a row, here are 5 tips to help you get through the old stuff so you can stay hip with the new.

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Cruise Ship Internet

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I’m sorry about the bad image and sound quality. We are on a cruise ship in Hawaii right now. I’m using the Internet via a connection provided to me from Ustream.tv. This is, of course, a mobile broadband connection. I came up with some tips to help you deal with this type of connection, if you ever happen to be on a cruise.

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How to Keep from Getting Bored if the Internet Goes Down

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*GASP* What? The Internet could go down? What will we do? How will we survive? Unfortunately, it happens to all of us at some point. Here are some interesting ideas to keep yourself busy during the “Intarweb’s” downtimes.

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The Difference Between The Internet And The World Wide Web


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http://live.pirillo.com/ – Think of the Internet as an umbrella. Underneath that umbrella, you will find online gaming, email, IMs, FTPs to share files, and P2P programs that share even more files and Web sites. The World Wide Web is everything that you can see or access from within a Web browser. Therefore, while the Internet is not the same as the World Wide Web, the WWW is definitely a part of the Internet.

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Internet Video vs. Television


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http://live.pirillo.com/ – “Why do you do this?” I get asked this question several times a day. The answer is simple, really. No, it’s not because I like the attention. Video on demand is the wave of the future. We are fresh, we are live, we are dynamic.

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