Attention

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent our advertisers

Sunday, August 30, 2009

As Internet Turns 40, Barriers Threaten Growth


Security issues, authoritarian regimes may stand in way of development

NEW YORK
- Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online.

Instead the researchers sought to create an open network for freely exchanging information, an openness that ultimately spurred the innovation that would later spawn the likes of YouTube, Facebook and the World Wide Web.

There's still plenty of room for innovation today, yet the openness fostering it may be eroding. While the Internet is more widely available and faster than ever, artificial barriers threaten to constrict its growth.

GO HERE to read more.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Youtube Myspace and I'll Google Your Yahoo!

Anonymous said...

If the internet is 40, how old is Al Gore then? How old was he when he invented it?

Anonymous said...

Read the manifesto.