State of the Internet, Q1 ’08; Hacks, attacks and password cracks

South Korea is still the fastest Internet country on the planet, Microsoft software still has a big bullseye painted on it by hackers and password theft continues to be all the rage in the nether regions of the Web.

Many of the findings from Akamai’s State of the Internet Report for January-March 2008 shouldn’t come as a surprise to most technology watchers. But you might be scratching your head to learn that according to the web hosting company, Delaware is the state with the fastest Internet connections and Washington state – home to Microsoft and Amazon – is the slowest state, with the most connections at speeds of 256 kbps or slower.