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WWW hits 20

laknath — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:02:20 +0000

Some of WWW’s memorable moments on its way to success.

In March 1989, Tim Berners-Lee submitted a paper called “Information Management: a Proposal” to his supervisor Mike Sendall. This document, called “vague, but exciting” by Sendall, became the blueprint for the World Wide Web which launched the following year.

Gallery: The World Wide Web hits 20

Internet becomes the 6th sense

lakshan — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:18:03 +0000

Students at the MIT Media Lab have developed a super cool prototype of a computer system which can turn any surface into an interactive display screen. It can be coupled with Internet, to create a digital **6th sense**. Check this out.

Looking for Greener Pastures

lakshan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:56:56 +0000

Tens of thousands of Africans – men, women and children fleeing their homeland – attempt to make the perilous trip from their home countries to Europe every year, seeking refuge, asylum and economic opportunity. Some travel thousands of miles overland, being handed from smuggler to smuggler, ending up at one of many ports in northern Africa, to be packed into makeshift boats and make treacherous sea crossings to European soil, to places like Spain’s Canary Islands and tiny Malta where they hope to either sneak in unnoticed, or, if intercepted, be allowed to stay. Many do not survive the journey.

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