Editor's Picks: Best of the Internet

A "meme" is a virally-transmitted cultural symbol or social idea. A meme (rhymes with "team") behaves like a flu or a cold virus, traveling from person to person quickly, but transmitting an idea instead of a lifeform. According to Cecil Adams of theStraightDope.com, the concept of memes "is either really deep, or really, really obvious".

On the Internet, modern memes are largely humor-c…

Lolcats, also known as "icanhazcheezburger", is a modern Internet phenomenon. Purposely employing bad grammar and poor spelling, lolcats has captured the hearts of animal lovers everywhere. About.com explains more...

Here they are: the Top 15 Articles at About Internet for Beginners, 2007

Here they are: the 15 most addictive Flash online games, as voted on by the About.com readership.

Here they are: the "Coolest Web Sites", as voted on by About readers. Voting continues until January 31, after which our top 3 finalists will be chosen.

Here they are, folks: the ten best ways to kill 15 minutes or 15 hours. Give these a try... you won't be disappointed!

After much voting and debate, the list is now finalized. These are the Ten Most Useful and Practical Web Sites for January 2006 (as judged by a non-scientific panel of judges).

An introduction to one of the most impressive Google products today: searchable satellite photos of the planet.

Are you curious where Halloween came from? Need costume tips for you and your spouse? Carving a pumpkin for the first time? Here is your Internet gateway to Halloween resources...

Here they are: the "Coolest Websites" of 2010, as voted on by About readers.

Here they are: the "Coolest Websites" of 2010, as voted on by About readers.

By volume of data, bittorrent file sharing is the most popular form of internet use today. Torrents have become the new backbone of P2P file sharing. At the center of this P2P frenzy: the Top 20 Torrent Search Engines of 2011.

The Web is good for at least one thing: a vehicle for transferring useful knowledge between people. If you are interested in improving your knowledge of the world and yourself, then you'll enjoy this list. Here are websites that are guaranteed to make you smarter...