A straightforward overview with minimum technical descriptions of the underlying networking principles, standards, applications and uses of the Internet. The book examines the underlying networking concepts, the protocols and standards which comprise the Internet, Internet trends and applications, the mobile Internet, security and the hidden Web.

Internet protocols; What causes delay in the Internet? Mesh networking; Wireless sensor networks; WebOS – moving the operating system to the Web; Really Simple Syndication (RSS); Javascript, XML, E4X and AJAX; VoiceXML; Web services; Web 2.0; Mobile social software; The long tail; Podcasting, screen casting, blogging and video blogging; Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX); Hybrid Web applications; Designing for the mobile Web; Adaptive mobile applications; Cryptography; Honey nets; Wireless 802.11 security; The problem of spam email; Computer hacking; The invisible Web; Digital watermarking and steganography; Vertical search engines; Web intelligence.

Written by a highly knowledgeable and well-respected practitioner in the field Draws on the author’s wide-ranging practical experience of developing web and mobile web applications and indeed teaching Internet technologies at a university for many years Provides insight into how the Internet is put together and the novel applications which are currently residing on it