NSF Tells The Story of The Birth of The Internet

Om Malik | Monday, August 18, 2008 | 9:36 AM PT | 6 comments

National Science Foundation has put together a really great web site that tells the story of the birth of the Internet, using videos, presentations and documents from its archives. The history is divided into decades, and there is a special section devoted to Mosaic developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in the early 1990s. It should be on your things to do today. Awesome!

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August 18th, 2008
11:40 AM PT

[...] Om Malik has pointed out the NSF Birth of the Internet site that is absolutely frikkin’ awesome.  I have only just started going through the history which is extremely well done in video and multimedia and I am mesmerized.  The scary thing is remembering first-hand most of the things covered.  I still haven’t hit the part where Al Gore invented the Internet, though.  You must check this out.  BTW, Om, I will not likely get much done this afternoon, thanks buddy.  The coolest part for me so far is that in the 60’s you could get a computer with a whopping 8,192 BYTES of memory for just $1,000 per month. [...]

August 18th, 2008
4:20 PM PT

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August 19th, 2008
8:41 AM PT

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August 18th, 2008
1:57 PM PT
whatever said:

Yeah, your tax dollars at work.

August 18th, 2008
2:40 PM PT
NGC said:

Thanks for sharing this story! Keep up the good work.

August 18th, 2008
6:05 PM PT
John said:

Dear Om,

Would love to hear your view on the latest iPhone 2.02 update. Does it ease the 3G connectivity issues? Would you recommend the purchase of the device now?

Cheers,
John

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