Hollywood has caught on to the plot-thickening abilities of the so-called Deep Web. It’s the part of the Internet -- which is most of it, in fact -- that is inaccessible by your average search engine.
“House of Cards” and “The Good Wife” are just a couple of shows that have put the Deep W...
- Tuesday, 06 September 2016 16:23
- By Anthony Frank
Conducting research on the Internet can prove to be either a gold mine, rich with nuggets of knowledge and information, or a mine field littered with stretched truths and dead ends. Which of these two you experience depends on how you go about your research, where and how you look for information, a...
- Wednesday, 22 July 2015 06:37
- By Corey Parker
With Alvin Toffler’s Third Wave crashing down on us, it is important to take stock of how the world has changed. The largest change has been in areas of information and media. The flow and volume of media that now exists in the world is remarkable; more remarkable is the ease in which ...
- Wednesday, 22 July 2015 02:31
- By Deborah Tannen
Internet Regulations refers to limiting user’s access to information on the internet. This control on internet information is a highly deliberated topic, and the possibility of internet regulations resulting in internet neutrality has been greatly debated around the world. Forms of Internet regula...
- Thursday, 02 July 2015 02:28
- By Patrick Moore
A billion dollars, 100 banks, 30 countries. This is what a multinational gang of cyber criminals managed to steal before they were discovered. This is an example of a successful bank heist conducted through computer networks, otherwise known as a cyber crime.
Any crime committed against an individu...
- Wednesday, 01 July 2015 03:29
- By Patrick Moore
The information super highway that we simply refer to as the ‘internet’ is estimated to contain at least 4.41 billion documents. As large as it may be, the number of people who seek out this information is also massive. Google statistics indicate that there are, “over 40,000 search queries eve...
- Tuesday, 30 June 2015 12:53
- By Rangani Ranasinghe
Netiquette vs Internet Ethics
Every society has an etiquette code that governs acceptable behavior. The behavior that is considered courteous and polite in society is the cornerstone of etiquette. Though it is a new idea, ‘netiquette' is very similar to etiquettes. In the same way that ‘etiquet...
- Tuesday, 30 June 2015 11:06
- By Barbara Larson
GOOGLE “information overload” and you are immediately overloaded with information: more than 7m hits in 0.05 seconds. Some of this information is interesting: for example, that the phrase “information overload” was popularised by Alvin Toffler in 1970. Some of it is mere noise: obscure compa...
- Monday, 29 June 2015 22:38
- By Edna Thomas
Internet has made life easier for many due to several reasons. To name a few, it is easier, faster and cheaper to communicate using the internet. It allows access to a massive pool of information while creating a platform to share ideas and experiences. It is also a popular medium of entertainment w...
- Monday, 29 June 2015 09:30
- By Rangani Ranasinghe
To someone who has just recently begun using the internet, the internet might seem vast. It contains almost everything a person requires. However, most people are probably unaware that the part of internet they can view is just less than 10% of all what is available online. By using a conventional s...
- Monday, 29 June 2015 00:58
- By Rangani Ranasinghe
