Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt, Part 3]
Porous barriers to various forms of electronic intrusion are traversed by either menial human labor or automated botnets. Read about this carnival of oddities in the third excerpt of a chapter on the riveting history of spam
Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt, Part 2]
Software filters required that spammers get devious. Learn in this new segment about using great works of literature to circumvent the intricate filtering schemes of the best software engineers
Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt, Part 1]
The constant metamorphosis of junk electronic messages mirrors the evolution of the online world itself. Follow in this chapter scientists who try to stem the flow of spam and the hackers who inevitably outwit them
Cloud Computing Saves Energy
Consolidating pictures, videos, e-mails and documents on remote servers saves more energy than keeping them on personal computers
Real World
A new film examines Internet addiction and a baby's death
How to Build a Smarter Internet
To keep the Web from collapsing under the weight of ever more data, the network needs to radically change the way it handles information, says the head of Bell Labs Research
Bell Labs Lead Researcher Discusses the Edge of the Internet [Video]
Future networks must push past current wireless bandwidth limitations
Cool It: The Internet May Be Too Hot For Data Centers to Handle
The Internet may be too hot for data centers to handle
Why the Internet Sucks You In Like a Black Hole
A lack of structural online boundaries tempts users into spending countless hours on the Web
Bell Labs Lead Researcher Discusses the Edge of the Internet [Video]
Future networks must push past current wireless bandwidth limitations
Diamond Shows Promise for Quantum Internet
A future quantum version of the Internet might be built from diamond crystals used to contact distant quantum networks
Cool It: Is the Internet Too Hot for Data Centers to Handle?
Researcher evaluates ways for us to keep enjoying streaming Web video without wrecking the environment