April 18, 2008

Professor Predicts Bleak Future for the Internet

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

Jonathan L. Zittrain, author of The Future of the Internet — and How to Stop It.

The growing problem of computer viruses, spyware, and spam threatens the world of innovation that has come with the Internet, says Mr. Zittrain, a professor of Internet governance and regulation at the University of Oxford. One reaction to "malware" is locked-down appliances like the iPhone and the Xbox, which are very different from computers that can be programmed