• Top FBI man wants secure, alternate web

  By AAP | 21 October, 2011 09:06

  The computer networks that control power plants and financial systems will never be secure enough, so government and corporate leaders should consider developing a new, highly secure alternative internet, a top FBI official says.

• 20 events that shaped the Internet, part 1

  By Todd R. Weiss | 04 April, 2011 23:42

  Today we all use our smartphones and our broadband-equipped home and work PCs to instantly access information and data on just about any topic via the Internet.

• 20 events that shaped the Internet, part 2

  By Todd R. Weiss | 04 April, 2011 23:43

  We take the Internet for granted now, but a lot of developments helped to make it the gargantuan shopping, socializing, commerce-helping, video-sharing behemoth it is today.

• Google and other titans form Open Networking Foundation

  By Katherine Noyes | 23 March, 2011 06:39

  Google, Facebook and Microsoft are among the heavy hitters of the tech industry that have teamed up to support a new, cloud-focused initiative called Software-Defined Networking (SDN).

• The IETF at 25: Unfinished business

  By Scott Bradner | 19 January, 2011 08:31

  As I write this, the IETF has been around for 25 years and a few hours. The first meeting started at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, 1986, in San Diego with 21 people in attendance -- a far cry from the most recent meeting in Beijing, which attracted 1,207 attendees.

• Slow Wi-Fi? Try bypassing it with an Ethernet cable

  By Rick Broida | 11 August, 2010 09:10

  A reader has noticed that the Wi-Fi at her local library has slowed considerably in recent months, and she's wondering what's causing it: "Is it our computers, bogged down with too much junk, or is it something to do with the library's system?"

• Troubleshoot sluggish or non-working Wi-Fi

  By Rick Broida | 29 July, 2010 08:22

  I'm a big fan of working at offsite locations--meaning my local Wi-Fi-equipped coffee shop. In fact, I'll often spend the afternoon hunkered down at Panera Bread, iced tea in one hand and a French Toast bagel in the other. (It's bad form to set up shop without buying something.)

• Four ways IPv6 will save the Internet

  By Tony Bradley | 26 July, 2010 01:58

  The world is almost out of IP addresses--or at least it's almost out of the IPv4 addresses that IT admins and users are most familiar with. Fortunately, IPv6 has been developed to exponentially expand the pool of available IP addresses while also providing a few other benefits.

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