The Internet has been here for 2 decades but it's user-friendly navigator
MOSAIC and then Netscape that truly opened this new frontier to anyone.
Just like the invention of the wheel, the Internet can be used for good or
evil.
Future?
The Internet of the future will be faster, and more poweful.
Older communication media (telephony, broadcast video & audio) will be
integrated under the Internet umbrella.
Most computer software, and cryptology in particular, will be made
easier to use for non-experts.
The cost of connecting the Internet to other machines will become very low
so everything will be connected.
Digitization: Digital camera, on-line magazines
Storage, transfer and retrieval capacity
Electronic Commerce:
Technology: direct satellite will erode the cable
CD-ROM will become commonplace
Next generation video games will compete with TV
Full motion video in the computer system
New Internet services:
Society will be further stratified
Information is a form of power
Information will flow freely