Web 2.0 Trends

Filed under: Discussion, Technology by: brennan

The Internet has changed dramatically over the past five years. Social networking websites have leaped ahead of other online services and streaming video websites have amassed hundreds of millions of viewers. These days, the total number of page views for Facebook and YouTube surpasses that of Yahoo and Google combined.

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Should ISPs Throttle P2P traffic?

Filed under: Discussion, Technology by: admin

P2P: Peer-to-Peer file sharing applications such as Bit Torrent, KaZaa, and the long forgotten Napster provide a means for Internet users to seek out and download movies, music, and software. I agree that it is important to have this type of technology available on the Internet (free speech), but let’s face it, most people are abusing it to download movies, music, and pirated software.

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