News tagged with internet users

Norwegian browser Opera aims to topple reigning Internet Explorer

No. 1 in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus. It might not be a slogan to attract an avalanche of American Internet users, but the Norwegian company that makes the fastest Web browser you've never heard of ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Internet traffic to grow fourfold by 2016: survey

The boom in the number of mobile Internet devices and tablet computers in use will help quadruple Web traffic in the coming years, a study said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wi-Fi Alliance announces Passpoint program to start in June

(Phys.org) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group bent on making Wi-Fi access more available more easily, has announced that it will begin certifying devices and hot-spot providers (using the Hotspot 2 definition) starting next month ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

(AP) -- For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 14

Google lets users monitor their online activity

Google on Wednesday began letting people get monthly reports summarizing what they have been up to at the Internet titan's free online services.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Mozilla to go after Android, Apple with cheap phone OS

Mozilla, which brought the free web browser Firefox to the masses, now wants to do the same for mobile users, with a new open source operating system that could drastically slash smartphone prices.

Technology / Software

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Security flaw exposed in home security cameras

Trendnet, a maker of Web-connected home security cameras, has issued an update to fix a vulnerability that allows Internet users to spy on private video feeds.

Technology / Software

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Skype adds Facebook video chatting to software

Internet phone service Skype said Thursday that it will let users of its software make video calls to their Facebook friends and receive them, too.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google faces more government demands for user info

Google is dealing with more government demands to turn over information about its users as more people immerse themselves online.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

China web users top 500 million

China's online population -- the largest in the world -- has topped half a billion, the state Xinhua news agency reported Thursday, citing a senior official.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

British Library, Google in deal to digitize books

A treatise on a stuffed hippopotamus, an 18th-century English primer for Danish sailors and a description of the first engine-driven submarine are among 250,000 books to be made available online in a deal ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Next-generation Internet addresses tested

A worldwide test was under way on Wednesday of the next generation of Internet addresses designed to replace the dwindling pool of 4.3 billion unique identifiers in the original system.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 9

ICANN hires hacker to keep Internet safe

The agency in charge of the world's Internet addresses on Thursday appointed veteran hacker Jeff Moss to be its chief of security.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 10

White House unveils cyber ID proposal (Update)

The White House unveiled a plan on Friday designed to boost confidence and business in cyberspace through the creation of a single, secure online credential.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 24

China's online population rises to 450 million

China said Thursday the number of Internet users in what is already the world's largest online market had jumped to 450 million -- more than a third of the country's 1.3-billion-strong population.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 25

Internaut

Internaut is a common term for a designer, operator, or technically capable professional user of the Internet. Beginning with participants in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), it gradually expanded to members of the Internet Society (ISoc) and the larger community.

For more information about Internaut, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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