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Web Science: Studying the Internet to Protect Our Future

Posted September 15, 2008 8:58 AM

From Scientific American:

Since the World Wide Web blossomed in the mid-1990s, it has exploded to more than 15 billion pages that touch almost all aspects of modern life. Today more and more people's jobs depend on the Web. Media, banking and health care are being revolutionized by it. And governments are even considering how to run their countries with it. Little appreciated, however, is the fact that the Web is more than the sum of its pages.

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09/16/2008 12:01 PM

Indeed! I've been using the InterNet since the days of "gopher servers" before Magellan (now NetScape Navigator) and before Internet Explorer was even a concept. It amazes me how much using this tool has improved.

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09/16/2008 10:15 PM

Like EnviroMan above, i have been using the Internet over a long period.

The real problems of Identity Theft, Spam and Malware have yet to be fully addressed.

The <"....more than 15 billion pages that touch almost all aspects of modern life...."> is rather out of touch with reality, or the figure is one from more than 12 months ago.

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09/17/2008 6:21 AM

Right you are - I'm quite sure it's an order or two of magnitude greater by now! And the hackers, spammers, and assorted other cyber-low-lifes are increasing almost as fast for some reason, it seems...

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