Internet topics
Botnet map
Speaking of botnets, go to What a Botnet Looks Like to see a mapped representation. Here’s the description:
Researcher David Vorel mapped interconnected, bot-infected IP addresses and created this geometric representation; CSO contributor Scott Berinato annotated the map and added interactive controls so you can zoom in and explore botnets’ inner workings.
Another Google battle
While we we have all been focused on the Microsoft-Yahoo struggle, we have been forgetting another important fight involving the future of the Internet. This is the court case between Viacom and Google over what’s shown on YouTube. Viacom claims that the showing of clips from Viacom shows is an infringement of the copyright. At [...]
The real threat to Google
Right now, Google is king of search with Microsoft huffing and puffing in third place trying to make progress in the field. Number two Yahoo, of course, doesn’t seem to know exactly what it wants to do to catch up. BusinessWeek says neither of these Google rivals is the real threat to Google dominance:
No, one [...]
How-to videos on the Web
I previously noted the growing number of video clips on the Web that show you how to do something. Now, Katherine Boehret at the Mossberg solution has written an article about some Web sites with instructional videos:
If there’s a skill or process you want to learn or know more about, chances are there’s an [...]
What people do online
The investment house Morgan Stanley issues periodic studies of Internet trends. The latest trend is the rapid growth of social sites. TechCrunch reports:
Morgan Stanley’s Internet Trends report from last month takes a big turn from previous reports - the focus is nearly 100% on social applications and how they are taking over [...]
More TV programs on the Web
The New York Times reports:
Within the last few months, television distributors have opened up their libraries of classic content online, making thousands of episodes of programs like “The Twilight Zone” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” available free.
On Monday, Warner Brothers is expected to add a new twist, announcing the rebirth of the WB [...]
Microsoft denies that server hacks are its fault
The large scale infection of Internet servers mentioned Friday has been attributed by Panda Security to flaws in Microsoft server software. The Washington Post reported:
Hundreds of thousands of Web sites - including several at the United Nations and in the U.K. government — have been hacked recently and seeded with code that tries to exploit [...]
More malware on Web sites
Normally legitimate sites continue to be hijacked and infected with malware. It’s all part of a growing problem with JavaScript. Gregg Keizer reports at Computerworld:
Large numbers of legitimate Web sites, including government sites in the U.K. and some operated by the United Nations, have been hacked and are serving up malware, a security researcher said [...]
Is the Internet filling up?
There has been talk for some time that the Internet faces several capacity problems. One is the simple fact that we may soon run out of new IP addresses in the present “dotted quad” system . That’s supposed to be taken care of by a new system of longer numerical addresses called IPv6. A more [...]
Is the cell phone the computing platform of the future?
There is a lot of talk that in the future the cell phone will be the platform used by many instead of a PC. Mobility has a high premium with users and I have posted before about Walt Mossberg’s prediction that soon we will be online all the time. In developing nations there is [...]