Some say edge computing will be the brains behind the Internet of Things. Others aren’t so sure. Like its name implies, edge computing pushes computing power to the edges of a network, so instead of ...

The rise of edge computing will come as no surprise to anyone following computing architectures during the past 40-plus years. Although the topological concept of edge computing is decades old, it was ...

A solid majority of technology experts and stakeholders participating in the fourth Future of the Internet survey expect that by 2020 most people will access software applications online and share and ...

Billions of interconnected devices are gathering, analyzing and distributing vast stores of information from around the world. We call it the Internet of Things. These devices are embedded in ...

“Cloud computing” takes hold as 69% of all internet users have either stored data online or used a web-based software application Some 69% of online Americans use webmail services, store data online, ...

CNET editor Dong Ngo explains the difference between Wi-Fi and (wireless) internet, and answers frequently asked questions on connectivity matters. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with ...

For retailing, the key change produced by the Internet is that shopping online spared consumers the economic costs (in time, grief, and gas money) of visiting a store and locating a product. This has ...

Each time you open a browser and type in a web address, there’s a hidden hand sending all the information to your PC to render the page as it should. Those middle-men of your newly loaded webpage are ...

Using publicly available information, for the first time in the world, we have precisely and scientifically calculated the weight of the Internet. Obviously this information is only really useful to ...