Two decades of the web: a utopia no longer.

The article discusses the development of internet over the years. It states that roots of internet goes back to 1950s when cybernetics was on rise. It mentions that the first browsers came into existence in early 1990s. It highlights that International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) idea of computing...

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Publicado en:Prospect no. 184; pp. 56 - 59
Autor principal: Morozov, Evgeny
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Prospect Publishing Limited Jul2011
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Sumario:The article discusses the development of internet over the years. It states that roots of internet goes back to 1950s when cybernetics was on rise. It mentions that the first browsers came into existence in early 1990s. It highlights that International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) idea of computing was expensive and had the idea prevailed, internet would not have developed beyond email. Technical advances of internet were due to people like Vint Cerf, creator of first internetwork protocol.