Well, it didn't, exactly. As with many inventions, in order to understand how today's Web developed, you have to look farther back than its official introduction. The seeds of the Web were planted ...

Before we used the internet, these words meant something else entirely. Read on to learn the original meaning of 10 everyday ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On August 6, 1991, in a little-known newsgroup–an early-days ...

The man credited with creating the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, recently gave three predictions for the future of the internet as part of an interview discussing the Web’s 35th birthday. According ...

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On the C-SPAN Networks: Tim Berners-Lee is a Creator for the World Wide Web with four videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1996 Speech. The year with the highest average ...

Welcome to the second article in our three-part series on the history of the Internet. If you haven't already, read part one here. As a refresher, here's the story so far: The ARPANET was a project ...

Tim Berners-Lee may have the smallest fame-to-impact ratio of anyone living. Strangers hardly ever recognize his face; on “Jeopardy!,” his name usually goes for at least sixteen hundred dollars.