• image description

Top Story - Internet Explorer Down, But Primed for Rebound

As Windows 7 steals share from Windows XP, IE9 will continue to gain market share, and it will take Internet Explorer as a whole with it -- reversing the downward slide and rebounding IE market share in 2012.

Top Story - 5 Major Changes Facing the Internet in 2012

This year the Internet will face several milestones as it undergoes its biggest-ever technical upgrade, from Internet Protocol version 4 to version 6.

Top Story - IPV4 Finale 'Historic Days for the Internet'

Internet policymakers officially handed out the last five blocks of IPv4 address space at a ceremony held in Miami, US.

Top Story - Internet Explorer 8 Gains at Expense of Chrome and Firefox

Stats suggest Chrome is the leading browser, but behind the scenes the real winner is Internet Explorer 8.

Top Story - China Closes 130,000 Internet Cafes As It Seeks More Control

The closures are part of a Chinese government crackdown on illegal Internet cafes in the country

Top Story - China's Internet Users Cross 500 Million

China's Internet population passed the half billion mark after the country added 28 million new users during the second half of the year.

Top Story - 84 Percent of Rural India not Aware of Internet

About 84 percent of rural India is not aware of Internet. This was highlighted in a research jointly conducted by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB.

Top Story - Cerf: Future of Internet Doesn’t Include An IPv7

Vint Cerf takes his title of Chief Internet Evangelist for Google seriously, and is knee-deep in several projects to bring the next versions of the Internet into being. These projects include pushing for worldwide IPv6 adoption, but they don't include plans for an IPv7.

Top Story - Internet Users to Reach Two Billion by 2010 – ITU Statistics

The number of Internet users is expected to hit the two billion mark by the end of the year with most of the growth coming from developing countries, according to the latest report of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Article - Internet Freedom and Security

It's already been a busy year in the area of Internet freedom and security.First, Google reported that it, along with a bunch of other major companies, had been hacked, and pointed the finger at China. Then Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a few "Remarks on Internet Freedom" in which she pushed for one Internet, without barriers.