An amazing video made by  PICOL:

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.
Found via Video: The history of the Internet » VentureBeat

Mashable published a very good list of tools for Bittorrent. Bittorrent is a very powerful tool but not so easy to use. The list covers:

Distribution Sites

Information Sites
Torrent Clients
Browser plugins

It’s not a complete reference but it’s a good start.

50+ New Tools for Torrenting via kwout

TechCrunch published last week some Internet statistics taken from comScore. Last december  Internet population was above 1 Billion. More stats on top countries, below:

ComScore: Internet Population Passes One Billion; Top 15 Countries via kwout

This BBC news article talks about a the “Annual Prix de la Carpette Anglaise”, an award given to a person or company “who has given the best display of “fawning servility”‘. This means something like language betrayal: It distinguishes people who replace French language by English one. I didn’t know this award but it’s a [...]