38 years ago today the first message was sent over the internet. Wow... and now look what it's become. picked by Proverb 1 year ago

Yes, I said the Gopher Internet. No, I don' mean little rodent things. Sure, you probably haven't even heard of Gopher before. And who can blame you? It's a fading star, now only used by nostalgic geeks. But believe it or not, there's some cool stuff on the Gopher internet. Why limit yourself? picked by karenkleen 8 months ago

The U.S. military's operating manual for the Guantanamo prison camp has been posted on the Internet, providing a glimpse of the broad rules and tiniest minutia for detaining suspected terrorists.

It appears to be an authentic copy of the rules as they existed in 2003, the date of the set of rules. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

The internet is many things to many people. For some it is a vital business tool. For others it is an indispensable means of communication. Others yet look on it as a vast repository of all human knowledge. Most people think of it as the thing with the funny cat pictures though. If you need to know that I Can Has Cheezburger first appeared on 13th June 2006, that the O RLY owl has been around... read full post picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

It's a map of the entire Internet. They map all 4,294,967,296 IP addresses onto a huge image and let you zoom into it and pan around. Just like google maps, but more internetty. picked by extc68 1 year ago

In what will be a landmark trial for the US, American Airlines will be the first U.S. airline to trial in-flight Wi-Fi internet access. picked by thematrixhasit 1 year ago

Chinese airline Shenzhen is set to be the first airline with internet and cell phone service in-flight. OnAir is the company that's supplying the technology and has made a date as to when this technology will start to be used, the only problem is their prospected date is mid-2009. picked by 86Apex 1 year ago

Access internet with Open DNS, is safer, faster and smarter. Domain Name Service (DNS) is use to store domain name and translate domain name (computer host name) to IP address. Most of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) have their own DNS and to serve within their user when access to internet.... picked by xfuture2 2 years ago

Luckily, they've put in safeguards that disables the system while the car is in motion. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine puts the history of the World Wide Web at your fingertips. The Archive contains over 100 terabytes and 10 billion web pages archived from 1996 to the present.

This thing is pretty cool. Type in your favorite website and see how far back it goes to see it's beginnings. picked by buddha 7 months ago

The internet could soon be made obsolete by a new “grid” system which is 10,000 times faster than broadband connections. picked by topofall 8 months ago

a police officer who's been suspended from the force because of what he posted on the Internet. The Oviedo Police Department took away the officer's gun and badge when he claimed online to be a "super-trained killer ninja fighter." It's a statement the officer admits was a joke, but the department didn't find it funny. picked by mutil8or 7 months ago

Amazing revelations have emerged regarding already existing government plans to overhaul the way the Internet functions in order to apply much greater restrictions and control over the web. picked by carguy4life 4 months ago

The first 24/7 reality show on the Internet: ourprisoner.com. Kiernan Vogel turns his life over to users on the Internet and allowing them to vote what he wears, eats and does each day.

Only 71 days left! picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

The internet's potential is endless. People (and we won't name names here) can't seem to get enough adult entertainment online. Take a closer look at Internet Porn & You. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Besides leaving the hospital with a birth certificate and a clean bill of health, baby Mila Belle Howells got something she won't likely use herself for several years: her very own Internet domain name. picked by DemureArt 1 year ago

Has anyone ever heard of this? I would like to get service. picked by unoriganl 11 months ago

China has tied the United States as the online population leader with its government reporting that the number of Internet users there has soared to 221 million. picked by 2longdogs 7 months ago

On Nov. 27, Barrett's 47-year-old co-worker and friend, Thomas Montgomery, was charged with Barrett's murder. The motive, investigators said, was jealousy over Barrett's budding Internet relationship with the same 18-year-old woman Montgomery had been wooing since the previous year. What neither man knew was that the woman was really a 40-something West Virginia mother using her daughter's identi... read full post picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

Well not really to the stars... just to orbit (near space). Iris (Internet Router Protocol in Space)is to the future of satellite-based communications what Arpanet was to the creation of the internet in the 1960s. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago