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Web Inventor Given Hero’s Welcome At Olympics
Yesterday’s Olympic opening ceremony was a hallucinatory ode to western history, questionable British music, a giant baby, David Beckham’s body, and — amid the athletic sprawl — one of the greatest geeks of all time.
The World Wide Web Doesn’t Revolve Around You, Music Industry
It’s always nice when family has your back. So it should come as a great relief to hear that Tim Berners-Lee, father of the internet, opposes recent controversial web freedom-limiting legislation such as SOPA and PIPA.
The First Ever Proposal For The Internet Was Judged ‘Vague But Exciting’
Great ideas aren’t always recognised as such at first. But when Tim Berners-Lee submitted to his boss the first proposal for what would become the internet, everyone knew that something special was in the making.
US Courts Stop Landmark Patent Troll Attempt
Tim “I helped invent the Internet” Berners-Lee testified before a federal jury earlier this week, tearing into the validity of a key patent Eolas Technologies’ was exploiting to sue multiple web companies for $US600 million. He must have been persuasive because the court took mere hours to reach its decision.
The Web At 20: It Changed Everything
This Is Where The Web Was Born
Tim Berners-Lee cites this spot (specifically that plaque on the wall!) at CERN to be the birthplace of the world wide web. Note the series of tubes on the ceiling. Those played a critical role, I understand. [davidgalbraith]
WWW Inventor Is Really Sorry About Destroying So Many Trees
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