Should Google force people to use their real names? Vint Cerf says nope

While the Internet giants have become increasingly aggressive towards the notion of online anonymity, Vint Cerf says that the pseudonym still has its place. God bless him.

Vint Cerf wants to use the Internet to talk to animals (and aliens)

Vint Cerf is either out of his mind or our generation's greatest visionary. I'm thinking he's a bit of both.

Vint Cerf invented the Internet, and now he’s trying to save it

Vint Cerf, one of the cofounders of the Internet, is worried about an intergovernmental panel meeting this week that -- if his fears are confirmed -- might try to limit the net's "free and open" nature.

Google goes to Azerbaijan to fight for Internet freedom

No, the Google logo is not getting a camo redo. Nor are Google engineers doffing hoodies and donning helmets.

Why every single one of you should learn a little code

As technology becomes more and more ingrained in our everyday lives, you have to make a choice: Are you a consumer of tech, or are you someone who understands it?

Google brings 20 genius teens to its campus for annual Science Fair

Google’s 2012 Science Fair is well underway today, with 15 finalist teams being brought to the search giant’s campus in Mountain View, Calif., for the summer experience of their lives.

Fifteen teams, with members ranging between 13 and 19 years …

3 million people and counting sign petitions against SOPA and PIPA

Update: Google said that 4.5 million people have added their signatures to the SOPA/PIPA petition since this morning. Mark Zuckerberg also threw his hat in the ring, Silicon Alley had a rad protest and a bunch of legislators who …

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart takes on SOPA & the Internet

Jon Stewart, host of the popular comedy “news” program The Daily Show, is finally going to tackle SOPA, the controversial, anti-Internet piece of legislation that has every social network up in arms.

“Tomorrow night,” the host said during last …

Cerf on science: The father of the Internet talks string theory, the physics of Angry Birds & more

When Vint Cerf talks about Google’s upcoming global Science Fair, you can hear the infectious enthusiasm in his voice.

“I just am a huge cheerleader for getting kids interested in science and technology,” he told VentureBeat in a phone conversation …

Vint Cerf: Internet access isn’t a human right

Vint Cerf, one of the godfathers of the web and chief Internet evangelist for Google, wrote a controversial op-ed for the New York Times today saying that Internet access is not a human right.

With all the protests and unrest …

Makers of the Internet petition Congress to back off on SOPA

Vint Cerf, Esther Dyson, Jim Gettys and a score or two of Internet’s progenitors have written an open letter to Congress protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). The move follows an open letter …

Vint Cerf: The government is going overboard in Internet copyright control

“When Bob and I started writing the specs for the Internet in 1973…”

Only a handful of people can start a sentence anything like that.

Today, Vint Cerf, one of the godfathers of the Internet, stood on a stage at …