The Sunday Times of London has a story about the end of the Internet.

 

Ok, maybe the Internet's not dying, but the report from the UK says that users will begin seeing rolling network slowdowns or "brownouts," which will cause their PCs to "freeze" as "capacity runs out in cyberspace."

 

The culprits? No, not global warming, but rather the increased use of online video services like YouTube and the BBC's iPlayer.

 

The Times reports that in a report, reportedly being prepared by the US's Nemertes Research, experts will claim that "...in 2012, PCs and laptops are likely to operate at a much reduced speed, rendering the Internet an 'unreliable toy.'"