internet

You are what you do. You are shaped via your experiences. And that’s no different in the online world. Your digital identity is what you click, what you surf to, what you buy, how long you stay on a site and with whom you connect!

3Tera, a leading innovator of cloud computing technology and utility computing, will be holding an online event today, featuring 3Tera executives and Forrester Research Principal Analyst and acclaimed cloud computing expert, James Staten.

Staten will share his observations on what enterprises are looking at as they build their cloud strategy, and what their concerns and considerations are.

From the first computers, to ARPANET, to today's web -- this video tracks the early history of the Internet. Excellent narration and stylish minimal graphics. Video after the jump.

Akamai Technologies, the well known web content and application delivery company, now provides a service, which visualizes traffic, conditions, and threats on the internet. The data is presented via Flash applications, available from Akamai's website, for free.

The topic of the internet running out of IP addresses pops up occasionally on the web, much like other doomsday scenarios, such as the "OMG the LHC is going to destroy the Earth" and "Oh noes, this huge asteroid is coming right at us." Except, the limitations of the current internet standard are real, and the limited amount of IP addresses can pose real problems.

Google announced that its URL index has reached one trillion entries, eight years after passing the one billion mark. Each of the entries represents a unique URL, and there are 150 of those in Google's index for every living person on the planet.

Forget about net neutrality and torrent throttling, major ISPs are bringing up new issues to stir the public opinion. Verizon has unanimously limited access to Usenet for its subsribers, and three other big US internet providers reportedly announced plans to end unlimited access plans and switch to selling metered bandwidth.