Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the ...

A new type of ransomware called "LeakerLocker" extorts targets by threatening to expose private information, according to ZDNet. LeakerLocker, which was reportedly available for download in the Google ...

For millions, the first time they went online sounded like this: a click, a dial tone, a burst of static, a high-pitched screech, and then — if the internet gods smiled — silence, followed by a cheery ...

Why do we today celebrate today–October 29–as the Internet’s 40’s birthday? Because on this day in 1969, what would later became known as the Internet was used for the very first time–and crashed.

Every day, you click and tap on devices, most likely using the internet to answer questions you have, stay up to date with current events and stay connected with people in the world around you. The ...

Vice President Al Gore and President Bill Clinton promote the second national NetDay, designed to help connect every classroom and library in the U.S. to the internet by the year 2000, in the White ...

On April 30, 1993, the European research organization known as CERN released Tim Berners-Lee’s code for the World Wide Web into the public domain. The internet has many components but this innovation ...

Google has made its Web History tool available in the UK. The tool enables users to find websites they have visited in the past, as well as edit or delete items from their web history. It is an opt-in ...

Leopard users get the added bonus of Wikipedia as part of the dictionary app. They're also getting Web history search via Spotlight. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before ...