Including, but not limited to, the creation of the Domain Name System on 23 June 1983. In perhaps, one of the greatest additions to IP addresses, DNS was created. Could you image typing 216.75.60.116 just to get to a website? One thing for sure is that the internet would not be what is today without DNS. No one would be fighting over three letter domains, or two letter for ... Read full entry

How Open Is the International Internet? The term "international internet" seems like until an oxymoron until you realise just how many "filters" there are blocking access to websites all over the world. Ok, we know certain countries block access to a lot of outside websites, but the web may not as world wide as we think it to be. What surprises me the most isn't that filtering exists, but how many ... Read full entry

Google could be superseded, says web inventor Tim Berners-Lee talks about the rise of the Semantic web and the next phase of the web's development, which apparently doesn't leave much room for current search engine technology. "Using the semantic web, you can build applications that are much more powerful than anything on the regular web," Mr Berners-Lee said. "Imagine if two completely separate things - your bank statements and your calendar ... Read full entry