Happy birthday to the WWW
August 7, 2007 The invention of the Internet cannot be pinned down to any specific time, place or person as it was developed primarily for military and scientific applications throughout the 60s and 70s in the US. The World Wide Web on the other hand, the basic software building-block that makes access and categorisation of the billions of documents that sit on the Internet possible, can be attributed to one person - Tim Berners-Lee. The world wide web turned 16 yesterday – here’s the original post that started it all.
After Editing or Managing over 50 print publications primarily in the role of a Magazine Doctor, Mike embraced the internet full-time in 1995 and became a "start-up all-rounder" – quite a few start-ups later, he founded Gizmag in 2002. Now he can write again. All articles by Mike Hanlon
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The rise and rise of the Internet
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Berners-Lee announces World Wide Web Foundation
16th September, 2008
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Spam now more than 50% of emails
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Internet Ad revenues continue recovery
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Intelius Date Check - only minutes to find out if your date is hiding something
22nd January, 2010
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Airline broadband turns three – with new services and pricing
19th January, 2006
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