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Following the introduction of the phrase "Web 2.0" as a description of the recent evolution of the Web, the term "Web 3.0" has been introduced to hypothesize about a future wave of Internet innovation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_3.0 

Do you do your online shopping while at work? Do you check and send personal email? How about checking stock quotes? Well, many of you must have answered yes to those questions. An article on emarketer.com reported on the results of a survey conducted by Vault.com. According to the survey, 25% of employees use the Internet for personal use during office hours for at least ten minutes each day. Thirteen percent of workers use the Internet for at least two hours per day.

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The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday gave Comcast Corp. 30 days to disclose how it has been managing Internet traffic, its plans for switching to a nondiscriminatory method of traffic management, and the details of the new traffic management system it plans to employ. The FCC laid out the timeline in an order regarding its Aug. 1 ruling that the Philadelphia-based cable-TV, Internet, phone and media company had interfered with its Internet customers’ right to access the content and use the applications of their choice.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38986/122/ 

We have been reminded several times lately that Web 2.0 is in no way a synonym for "reliable." Major services have crashed. Big product launches have fizzled. Users have raised their collective fists in the air. What's going on? Is the Web crumbling? Well, no, it's not. But users' expectations are rising, and Web companies often get themselves into trouble by promising far more than they can deliver.

http://news.cnet.com/glitches/ 

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A new kind of light-warping material could boost the speed of the internet at least ten fold by, strangely enough, slowing bits of it down.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/ear... 

The FBI has arrested 11 people in the case of the largest identity theft and data breach in history that targeted TJX and other companies. The suspects of which three are US citizens are believed to have taken part in the theft of over 40 million credit and debit card accounts from 9 major retailers and restaurants. Stealing that much data was possible after installing malicious software on the systems of TJX Companies, BJ’s Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Barnes

http://www.endpoint-security.info/2008/08/07/11-arre... 

Delta Air Lines Inc. announced Tuesday that it would begin offering the service -- for a fee -- on its domestic flights this fall. The airline expects to outfit 330 planes by next summer, making it the first major U.S. carrier to offer Wi-Fi on its entire domestic fleet (not including regional subsidiaries such as its Comair service).

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-delta6-2008a... 

Amazing revelations have emerged concerning already existing government plans to overhaul the way the internet functions in order to apply much greater restrictions and control over the web.

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