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— SIR, Internet Introduction

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computers

A look at the history and the future of personal computer use http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_decade_s_end_technology "Our devices will spin denser webs of data in 2010s" Yahoo : 2009
Internet pre-History: Ancient Roads of Telecommunications & Computers http://www.netvalley.com/internet_history-right1.htm Introduction to Internet History Gregory Gromov : 2001
The Memex http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/computer/bushf.htm A famous, prescient article, discussing many aspects of computing. About a photo-electrical-mechanical device called a Memex, for memory extension, which could make and follow links between documents on microfiche. Vannevar Bush : 1945

All about Emoticons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon The symbol used in electronic technology to express emotion - History, styles in east and west, and more. Wikipedia : 2009

Histories of the Internet http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/ links to online histories of the internet and web. ISOC : 2006
History of the Internet http://www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml A good history DaveSite : 200?
How It All Started http://www.w3.org/2004/Talks/w3c10-HowItAllStarted/ Slides for talk on history of the internet. Tim Berners-Lee : 1997
Netizens: An Anthology http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/ "presents the history and impact of various aspects of the Net: the Internet, ARPANET, Usenet, etc., ... to understand where the Net has come from so as to help preserve its value throughout future developments and changes." Michael Hauben and Ronda Hauben : 1995
Roads and Crossroads of Internet History http://netvalley.com/intval1.html "How and why the internet was created", with very interesting details and links to more interesting info. Gregory Gromov : 1997

Al Aho http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/who/aho/index.html AT&T Bell Labs; co-author of C, Unix, awk programming language. Al Aho : 2005
Brian Kernighan http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk/ AT&T Bell Labs; co-author of Unix and awk Brian Kernighan : 2005
Dennis M. Ritchie http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/dmr/ AT&T Bell Labs; co-author of C and Unix Dennis M. Ritchie : 2005
Eric S. Raymond http://catb.org/~esr/ Author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Jargon File, Hacker's Dictionary, HOWTOs open-source software, FAQs, and writings. Eric S. Raymond : 2005

The Cathedral and the Bazaar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar "Essay by Eric S. Raymond on software engineering methods, based on his observations of the Linux kernel development process and his experiences managing an open source project" Wikipedia : 2006

A Little History of the World Wide Web http://www.w3.org/History.html from 1945 to 1995. Robert Cailliau : 1995