Tim Berners-Lee: Monopolies and Lack of Public Infrastructure Are Ruining the Web

The world wide web, the information space we all use to connect on the internet, is 29 years old. Its founder, Tim Berners-Lee, wants the world to come together to close the digital divide. Continue reading Tim Berners-Lee: Monopolies and Lack of Public Infrastructure Are Ruining the Web

Robert W. Taylor, Who Helped Create the Internet, Dies at 85

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The Internet just lost one of its most prominent innovators.

Robert W Taylor, a computer scientist who was instrumental in creating the Internet as well as the modern personal computer, has died at the age of 85.

Mr. Taylor, who is best known as the mastermind of ARPAnet (precursor of the Internet), had Parkinson’s disease and died on Thursday at his home in Woodside

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On This Day 25-years Ago, The World’s First Website Went Online

On this day 25 years ago, August 6, 1991, the world’s first website went live to the public from a lab in the Swiss Alps.

So Happy 25th Birthday, WWW! It’s the Silver Jubilee of the world’s first website.

The site was created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, … Continue reading On This Day 25-years Ago, The World’s First Website Went Online