Internet traffic to soar (will quadruple in four years)

The amount of Internet traffic will quadruple over the next four years. That’s the prediction contained in Cisco Systems’ (Nasdaq: CSCO) annual Visual Networking Index Forecast, the company’s ongoing initiative to forecast and analyze Internet Protocol (IP) networking growth and trends worldwide. The index predicts annual global IP traffic to be 1.3 zettabytes by 2016. […]

ISPs Caught Hijacking & Redirecting Search Results

Careful who you’re hiring to handle your Internet service: The New Scientist reports that several ISPs are allegedly hijacking searches conducted on search engines and redirecting in order to make a quick profit. A searcher would search for a keyword such as [apple] and the ISP may take that user through a redirect via an […]

18 Fun Interesting Facts You Never Knew About The Internet

Well, it’s official. Pretty much everyone now has broadband and the majority us of use the Internet more than we watch TV. Everyone and their grandmother is on Facebook, and many of us have some kind of embarrassing moment enshrined on YouTube. But how much do you really know about the Internet revolution? More Information […]

The Makings Of A ‘National Cyber Leap’

America’s chief technology officer, Aneesh Chopra, vowed last year that the country would experience a “national cyber leap-year,” where new technologies would be applied to many of the country’s toughest challenges. While the country may not have leapt away from its problems, it has made significant jumps forward, Chopra said Wednesday to a group of […]