Back again! Here are some interesting articles I found regarding the Internet:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/09/internet_pioneers_protest_sena.html
The Senate is attempting to pass legislation that would give the Justice Department "greater power to block websites, even before a court determines if they are illegally infringing copyright." However, several Internet companies are protesting this new bill, citing vague phrasing that could potentially act as a sort of Patriot Act against the Internet. So...you might want to hold off on illegally downloading those MP3s...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370704,00.asp
According to a survey by Pew Research, internet video calls like Skype are slowly on the rise. Nineteen percent of American adults have made a video call or engaged in video chat on their computer or their cell phones. Could regular telephone calls be on the way out? Do we have to see our friends online when we "chat" with them?
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip/all/1
Perhaps the most interesting article of the three, Wired magazine asserts that Web usage is dying as apps on gadgets like iPhones do "all of the getting" for the user. People are now opting for the ease of apps instead of searching the Web the ol' fashioned way ten years ago. They claim that "we'll always have web pages, like postcards and telegrams," but we are slowly moving away from an HTML-based environment.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/09/internet_pioneers_protest_sena.html
The Senate is attempting to pass legislation that would give the Justice Department "greater power to block websites, even before a court determines if they are illegally infringing copyright." However, several Internet companies are protesting this new bill, citing vague phrasing that could potentially act as a sort of Patriot Act against the Internet. So...you might want to hold off on illegally downloading those MP3s...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370704,00.asp
According to a survey by Pew Research, internet video calls like Skype are slowly on the rise. Nineteen percent of American adults have made a video call or engaged in video chat on their computer or their cell phones. Could regular telephone calls be on the way out? Do we have to see our friends online when we "chat" with them?
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip/all/1
Perhaps the most interesting article of the three, Wired magazine asserts that Web usage is dying as apps on gadgets like iPhones do "all of the getting" for the user. People are now opting for the ease of apps instead of searching the Web the ol' fashioned way ten years ago. They claim that "we'll always have web pages, like postcards and telegrams," but we are slowly moving away from an HTML-based environment.
