The Internet may be one of humankind’s greatest inventions but it also does have negative effects, especially on children of this generation.
One of these negative effects of the internet is a decrease in attention span of our lads and lasses, this infographic from Who Is Hosting This? claims.
It reveals that 10 years ago, kids had an average attention span of 12 minutes. Today, that’s down to 5 minutes. While that drop may not be solely attributed to Internet use, it is likely that the …

An Irish senator thinks that you should pay if you want to post comments online. However, the move is not just to generate income; the senator explains its altruistic roots.
According to a report from the Irish Examiner, Senator Eammon Coghlan has suggested to a legislative committee tasked to scrutinize the link between social media and cyber bullying that people should pay to post comments when using the internet.
That or people should register passport numbers which can be traced through …

People give their usernames and passwords to their dates, read each other’s personal emails and messages, review their partner’s browsing history, post sexy pictures and intimate details online – clearly, the Internet now holds the third wheel in relationships.
According to a Valentine’s Day study by research firm Abine, the Internet now watches people as they themselves unfold their romantic lives online.
Abine privacy analyst Sarah Downey says love can make people go crazy, so much so …

A California man has been arrested by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly pressuring women into stripping for him over the internet.
According to the FBI, 27-year-old Karen “Gary” Kazaryan is now facing 30 counts of hacking and identity theft.
The Glendale, California man faces 15 counts of computer intrusion and 15 counts of aggravated identity theft and if convicted of all the charges, he faces up to 105 years in prison which is essentially a life sentence.
According to …

The man credited as one of the “Fathers of the Internet” wants people to rise up against an attempt by the United Nations to regulate the internet.
Vint Cerf, who now works at Google, wrote in a post on the Google blog that when he and his colleagues “proposed the technology behind the Internet, we advocated for an open standard to connect computer networks together.”
He adds that they always wanted the internet to be non-proprietary and interoperable.
However, he contends that results …

A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Mancx has revealed that nearly all Americans distrust information they get from the internet.
According to the results of the study, 98 percent of American adults who look for information on the World Wide Web find grounds to doubt the information they get.
“These findings demonstrate that people want online information to be more credible than it is today, and that current web services just don’t cut it,” said Mancx CMO and Co-founder …

A new study has linked the way people use the Internet and depressive symptoms.
According to Sriram Chellappan, an assistant professor of computer science at Missouri University of Science and Technology and one of the researchers, this study is the first in their knowledge to use actual Internet usage data to analyze if Internet use can be linked to people who have symptoms of depression.
Writing in an article on The New York Times, Chellappan says that he and Raghavendra Kotikalapudi, a …

Fascinating! The Internet Is Older Than You Think! (Image via Huffington Post)

Belgium’s Paul Otlet invented the Internet, at least as concept, 80 years ago, writes Huffington Post.
Was the Internet invented in 1934 or not? This was one of the topics discussed at the World Science Festival held last week in New York.
In discussions, Vinton Cerf, who is recognized as one of the Internet “parents” – a title shared with the American scientist Bob Kahn, also participated. The two have …

Deadline Today For Applications for Web Addresses Ending in Brand Names / image via BBC News

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN today said Thursday, April 12, 2012 is the deadline for the submission of application by organizations wishing to buy Web addresses ending in their brand names.
ICANN told BBC that so far, 839 applications have been accepted, with details of the complete process to be announced by the end of the month. Submission of applications …

Yahoo! CEO Discloses Reorganization Details for Troubled Internet Pioneer / image via USA Today

Fast and forward are the keywords describing some of the details of the reorganization announced Tuesday by Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, even as the pioneering Internet company struggles to maintain its financial equilibrium in the face of sharp competition, particularly from emerging giants in the online business environment.
The Associated Press said Wednesday that the new structure for Yahoo, …