Real Heroes Of Web Revolution

The tech creators, or the ones who made billions, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Just the other day, gazing from my home balcony at the distant hills of Raigad, I......

Staring at an abyss

Do India's laws governing the Internet need revolutionary change, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Some nights nowadays I wake with a nightmare, which is unusual for......

How the Internet was born, 25 years ago

November 12 marked 25 years of the beginning of the World Wide Web. Shivanand Kanavi gives us the story of how it all began. 'Great Cloud. Please help me. I am away from my beloved and miss her......

'India has a vital stake in the digital renaissance'

  'Everywhere our younger computer professionals are in the forefront, defending our national interest in every forum and keeping our flag flying high.' Cyber law and intellectual property......

As Microsoft's Internet Explorer bows out, a look at its chequered life

The potted history of the browser wars indicates how much the online space has altered in the last 25 years. Chrome’s dominance, says Devangshu Datta, is unlikely to last forever. There was......

Net neutrality and the privacy debate

Indian policy-makers must see the choices before them as economic, not moral, ones, says Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The average citizen who looks at the Internet as......

How the Web lost its innocence

Ajit Balakrishnan on how the Web could return to its original egalitarian goals.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It all started in 1989 with an inter-office memo, describing in very humble......

Internet Trouble

'Is the tech wonder of our times headed for trouble?' asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com 'Merkel and Macron warn against perils of digital imperialism'. I rubbed my......