Technology

Internet:

Ten years ago, the internet was practically anonymous to most of the people. (http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_summary.htm). And today internet has become the most powerful ever tool for people throughout the world. The internet is a collection of various services and resources. Although many people still think e-mail and World Wide Web as the principle constituents of the internet, there is a lot more in store than e-mail: chat rooms, celebrity web sites and search engines. It also became the best business tool today. Today the internet has brought the globe to a single room. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet).
From news across the world to a wealth of knowledge about shopping, purchasing the tickets of your favorite movie-everything is at your finger tips. The internet has great potential and lot to offer. However, like every single innovation in science and technology, the internet has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages

Communication:
The foremost target of the internet has always been the communication. And the internet has excelled beyond all expectations .Still, innovations are going on to make it faster, and more reliable. By the advent of computer’s Internet, our earth has become smaller and has attained the form of a global village. Now we can communicate in a fraction of a second with a person who is sitting in on other part of the world. (http://www.pondered.org/the_internet.html) Today for the better communication, we can avail the facilities of e-mail. We can chat for hours with our loved ones. There are plenty of messenger services. With the help of such services, it has become very easy to establish a kind of global friendship where you can share your thoughts and can explore other cultures from other places.

Information:
Information is probably the biggest advantage the internet is offering. The Internet is a treasure trove of information. Any kind of information on any topic is available on the Internet. There are search engines like Google; Yahoo is at your service on the Internet. You can almost find any type of data on almost any kind of subject that you are looking for. There is a huge amount of information available on the internet for just about every subject known to man, ranging from government law and services, trade fairs and conferences, market information, new ideas and technical support; the list is end less.

Students and children are among the top users who surf the Internet for research. Today, it is almost required that students should use the Internet for research for the purpose of gathering resources. Teachers have started giving assignments that require research on the Internet. Almost every day, research on medical issues become much easier to locate. Numerous web sites available on the net are offering loads of information for people to research diseases and talk to doctors online at sites such as, America’s Doctor. You must go there if you want to ask him about health information.


Entertainment:
Entertainment is another popular reason why many people prefer to surf the Internet. Downloading games, visiting chat rooms or just surfing the Web are some of the uses people have discovered. There are numerous games that may be downloaded from the Internet for free. Chat rooms are popular because users can meet new and interesting people. In fact, the Internet has been successfully used by people to find life long partners. When people surf the Web, there are numerous things that can be found. Music, hobbies, news and more can be found and shared on the Internet.

Services:
Many services are now provided on the internet such as online banking, job seeking, purchasing tickets for your favorite movies, guidance services on an array of topics engulfing every aspect of life, and hotel reservations. Often these services are not available off-line and can cost you more.

Disadvantages

Theft of Personal information

If you use the Internet, you may be facing grave danger as your personal information such as name, address, credit card number etc. can be accessed by other culprits to make your problems worse.

Spamming:
Spamming refers to sending unwanted e-mails in bulk, which provide no purpose and needlessly obstruct the entire system. Such illegal activities can be very frustrating for you, and so instead of just ignoring it, you should make an effort to try and stop these activities so that using the Internet can become that much safer.

Virus threat
Virus is nothing but a program which disrupts the normal functioning of your computer systems. Computers attached to the internet are more prone to virus attacks and they can end up crashing your whole hard disk, causing you considerable headache.

Pornography:
This is perhaps the biggest threat related to your children’s healthy mental life. A very serious issue concerning the Internet. There are thousands of pornographic sites on the Internet that can be easily found and can be a detrimental factor to letting children use the Internet.

Conclusion:
I think in these days we can’t live without internet because it’s a very important thing in our lives. And in my opinion there will be tight control by the government to the internet users. And they must put penalties for those abusing others. In the end I think it is up to you to use the internet in a useful way.




Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

http://www.livinginternet.com/

http://www.pondered.org/the_internet.html

http://www.blurtit.com/q795778.html