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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 15 > In need of a new Net?

In need of a new Net?

Outdated already? The Internet is so compromised, many experts believe that it’s time to start over. What Web 2.0 could look like

By John Markoff / The Bulletin
February 15, 2009

Two decades ago, a 23-year-old Cornell University graduate student brought the Internet to its knees with a simple software program that skipped from computer to computer at blinding speed, thoroughly clogging the then-tiny network in the space of a few hours.

The program was intended to be a....

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