Internet Basics
In Internet Basics, learn about the basic components of the World Wide Web and common tools that can make or break your Internet experience: search engines, Web browsers, RSS, spam and more.
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How do large Web sites handle the load of millions of visitors a day?
How do large Web sites handle the load of millions of visitors a day? Learn about Domain Name Servers and load balancing switches.
Google's CAPTCHA will use browsing habits to predict your humanity, only relying on the irritating jumble of letters for suspicious, potential bots.
Your college professors probably told you not to use Wikipedia for papers. But they might have been wrong.
Google AdWords aren't just for selling products.
YouTube takedowns have been skyrocketing this year, and uploaders don't know why. What's the line between copyright infringement and content creation?
HowStuffWorks loves podcasts, and our staff of podcast hosts offer up recommendations of their favorite ones to obsess over.
The "Serial" team has just released its second season. Here's the scoop.
Here's something you've probably never pondered while surfing the Internet: Web addresses are in English. Why is that? And how do non-English speakers navigate the web?
Perhaps your friends have posted that Facebook copyright message. Or you've gotten a forward-or-bad-things-will-happen chain email. Technology hasn't killed folklore – it's just created a space where it's shared more quickly.
Want to know where and when the next big flu outbreak will take place? The answer might be as fast, and as close, as a Google search.
About 40 percent of the world's population uses the Web for news, entertainment and communication, but in truth, only a sliver of what we know as the World Wide Web is easily accessible.
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