I was reading a pretty recent article which I think is a revolution by itself.

Researchers at University of California Los Angeles discovered that the internet use boosts the brain power.

Here is a section of the article that was posted by Lain Thomson on Vnunet

A team of scientists from the University of California Los Angeles has found that internet use among the middle aged stimulates certain sections of the brain and can counteract the natural slowing of thought processes that occurs as we get older.

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The researchers concluded that internet use provoked the user to make complex choices about what material they wanted to view but long term users had the knowledge to actually find this information as opposed to just clicking on the first available link.

And finally here is a nice quote about internet searching:

Internet searching engages complicated brain activity, which may help exercise and improve brain function.