
"The first 25 years was really about building the platform and making the Internet part of everyday life," Case said when asked to encapsulate the past and future of the Internet. "The next 25 years is how that really infiltrates and impacts, in very positive ways, every aspect of life." ANeither Case nor Cerf, who spoke before a sizable crowd of tech-centric business executives in Tysons Corner, Va., made many specific predictions about the Internet's impact on the future of society or the prospects of exciting new gizmos, citing the myriad of unforeseeable social implications stemming from the evolution of technology. But the overriding element of the future that each speaker envisions is a technology experience more specifically tailored to the individual as it relates to search, advertising and modes of interaction.

