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Janet Abbate (born June 3, 1962) is an associate professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on the history of computer science and the Internet , particularly on the participation of women in the field .
Janet Abbate's 1999 book Inventing the Internet was widely reviewed as an important work on the history of computing and networking, particularly in highlighting the role of social dynamics and of non-American participation in early networking development. [210] [211] The book was also praised for its use of archival resources to tell the ...
Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (1915–1990) was a faculty member of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and researcher at Bolt, Beranek and Newman.He developed the idea of a universal computer network at the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.
Making the CISCO Connection: The Story Behind the Real Internet Superpower. Wiley. Cailliau, Robert; Gillies, James (2000). How the Web Was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-286207-5. Carpenter, Phil (2000). eBrands: Building an Internet Business at Breakneck Speed. Harvard Business. Carr, Nicholas G ...
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With a new startup called Inrupt, Berners-Lee aims to fix some of the problems that have handicapped the so-called open web in an age of huge, closed platforms such as Facebook. Building on ideas ...
Ed Yardeni believes bond vigilantes are attempting to spike Treasury yields in protest against unsustainable fiscal policy—but the Treasury Secretary isn’t so sure.