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Louis Pouzin, one of the founding fathers of the internet. Inventor of the datagram.

Summary: Seven people across the world will hold a keycard which when put together will reboot the key part of the World Wide Web should a security breach, natural disaster or terrorist attack disable it. This is pretty dang interesting

Sort of a hippie-dippie view of the internet but probably one of the best descriptions of why the internet works, not how.

Oh, this is a ted talk. you can also see it on netflix

The agency will seek to nullify laws halting local government-run Internet service.

they vote on the new rules the end of FEB. http://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-and-net-neutrality-what-you-really-need-to-know/

1. A network is a collection of computers, servers, mainframes, network devices, peripherals, or other devices connected to one another to allow the sharing of data. A excellent example of a network is the Internet, which connects millions of people all over the world.

Sometimes the internet will take you to places you never expected to go.

This is a fun one. We will do traceroute in lab this semester.

Although Google's new privacy policies have proven controversial, that hasn't stopped the company from cementing its position as America's favorite search engine. According the latest survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 83% of American Internet users say they use Google to search most often while just 6% say they use Yahoo most often.