INTERNET HISTORY
SITES
A Brief History of Microsoft on the Web
A (biased, of course) history of Microsoft's move onto the Web, from 1993 to 1999.
A CERN Achievement: The World-Wide Web
CERN, birthplace of the World-Wide Web, hosts a look at the history of the Web.
Birth of the Net 
A brief look at how the 'Net came to be.
A Brief History of the Internet
A history of the Internet, from some of the people who helped build it, including Vinton Cerf and Jon Postel. Published by the Internet Society.
Computer Virus Myths
This site educates users concerning "the myths, the hoaxes, the urban legends" associated with computer viruses. Covers traditional viruses, so-called email viruses, chain letters, etc.
History of the Internet & WWW
A very thorough index of sites related to the history of the Internet and the Web. From Internet Valley.
Hoaxbusters Home Page
Information about Internet-based hoaxes, how to deal with them, and a history of them.
Hobbes' Internet Timeline
A thorough Internet timeline, from the 1957 Sputnik launch that sparked the creation of ARPA to the present day.
Nerds 2.0.1
This sequel to "Triumph of the Nerds" is billed as "A Brief History of the Internet."
Net Loss: Government, Technology and the Political Economy of Community in the Age of the Internet
An examination of how government, technology, and regional entities interact in more than just economic terms. Uses Silicon Valley as a case study.
Triumph of the Nerds!
The companion website for "Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires," a PBS TV special hosted by Robert X. Cringely.
W3C Historical Archives
The World-Wide Web Consortium's historical archives, tracing the developing of the World-Wide Web from 1989 through 1997. Also includes references to events in 1945 and 1980.
The What's New Archive
Archives of the NCSA What's New Announcements, from June 1993 to June 1996. A look at what the Web used to be like...
ARTICLES
A Look Back to When PC Power Took Off
An interview with Bill Gates of Microsoft and Andy Grove of Intel, on the changes to the industry and world since the IBM PC first surfaced 20 years ago in 1981. (8/8/2001 at USA Today)
AOL-Netscape: One Year Later
A year after AOL acquired Netscape, most of Netscape's former employees have left to start or join other companies. Meanwhile, AOL is happy with the portal, browser and software the Netscapees left behind. (12/1/1999 at Forbes)
Did Gore Invent the Internet?
Al Gore never said he invented the Internet; but why do people want to forget that he was instrumental in its creation? (10/5/2000 at Salon.com)
Dumpster Diving on the Web
Brewster Kahle wants to provide a historical record of the World-Wide Web through the Internet Archive Wayback Machine; copyright issues may derail his non-profit project. (11/2/2001 at Salon.com)
E-Mail Hoaxes Raise Concerns
Medical hoaxes spread via email have some people so scared that they fear poison-soaked sponges sent through U.S. mail (the "klingerman virus") and bananas (due to a nonexistent "flesh-eating" disease). (3/15/2001 at Fox News)
Google Restores Deja View
Google has placed the 500 million Usenet messages it purchased from Deja.com online in Google Groups; some Net users are embarassed at the now-available messages which they posted in the "distant" past. (4/27/2001 at Wired News)
Happy Birthday, Dear Internet
Various dates are listed as possible births of the Internet; but one of the most important ones was January 1st, 1983, when the ARPANET switched to using TCP/IP. (12/31/2002 at Wired News)
How Big Blue fell for Linux
Information on the initial meeting between the Apache Project and IBM, and how (and why) IBM embraced Apache, Linux, and open-source software. (9/12/2000 at Salon.com)
Inventor Berners-Lee Traces Web Origins, Growth
At a recent Freedom Forum event, Tim Berners-Lee dicussed the history of the Web, its social vs. economic nature, and his reasons for starting a consortium rather than a for-profit corporation. (10/20/1999 at The Freedom Forum Online)
A Library as Big as the World
Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive aims to track the data and discussions on web sites and make them available to future researchers; but restrictive copyright laws may keep him from realizing his goal. (2/28/2002 at Business Week)
Net Builders Kahn, Cerf Recognise Al Gore
Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn, who created much of the technology that powers the Internet, have released a statement lauding Al Gore for his legislative role in bringing about the creation of the Internet. (9/29/2000 at The Register)
A Parent's View of the World Wide Web as It Reaches Adolescence
Tim Berners-Lee's new book talks about how the World-Wide Web came to be, what he sees it growing into, and the role he and the W3C hope to play. (9/20/1999 at The New York Times)
A Paternity Dispute Divides Net Pioneers
After the death of Dr. Donald Davies, long associated with the birth of packet switching, arguments have broken out over who really invented the idea in the 1960's: Dr. Davies, Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, Paul Baran, or some combination? (11/8/2001 at The New York Times)
Red Hat Talks Big at Open-source Conference
At the WR Hambrecht conference on open-source companies, Linux company Red Hat claimed to have started the "open-source revolution." (10/4/2000 at News.com)
A Revolution Is Born
In less than 40 years, the Internet has evolved from just a paper describing packet-switching to - the Internet. A look at the geeks who were there in the beginning, and where they are now - some rich, some not. (12/23/1999 at ZDNet)
Rise and Fall of VRML: Part 1
A brief history of VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language), part 1. (3/9/2000 at ClickZ Network)
Safe Keeping
Brian Cooper, Arturo Crespo and Hector Garcia-Molina are developing the Stanford Archival Vault (SAV), a digital archival repository (DAR) for storing as much of the world's digital information as possible before it is lost. (9/20/2001 at The Economist)
The Victorian Internet
A review of Tom Standage's book The Victorian Internet, a book giving the history of the telegraph and telephone and demonstrating how the inventions transformed people's lives. (3/1/2001 at Mappa Mundi)
Web Had Humble Beginnings
A short interview with Tim Berners-Lee, with some words on how the web has developed into something he never quite predicted. (12/25/2000 at The Salt Lake Tribune)
What's Life Got To Do With It?
The new editor of Web Review, Molly E. Holzschlag, tells the story of how she came to love the Internet and, later, the Web. (4/7/2000 at Web Review)
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