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• 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.

• How to 'tether' your iPhone free without jailbreaking

  By Mike Keller | 24 November, 2010 06:41

  The solution I came to was to write my own "NetShare"-like app for personal use. After poking around the web for some jumping off points (and a tip from the developer of the controversial "Handy Light" app), I stumbled on a GitHub project called "iProxy". While it does not use true "tethering" (thus the quotation marks) but rather HTTP and SOCKS proxy, it turns out that is exactly what NetShare used.