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WWW opened to all 20 years ago today; world’s first website restored

It was 20 years ago today that the World Wide Web was opened to all, setting off one of the biggest transformations in technology and altering the way we communicate. To celebrate the occasion, the creator has brought the world’s first website back to life.

Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, more…

The Company That Brought You Firefox Is Working On A New Browser For The iPad

FirefoxFirefox is finally coming to the iPad, sort of. Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, is working on a new browser for Apple’s iPad called Junior that is intended to take on existing iOS browsers, most notably Safari.

“Look at Safari on the iPad, it’s a pretty miserable more…

Building The Next Internet, 250 Times Faster

Next-InternetDevelopers in 25 cities are getting a playdate with GENI, an ultra-fast broadband sandbox, with the goal of building apps that push beyond the limits of today’s Net.

The series of tubes that make up the Internet are getting bigger. Tomorrow President Obama will sign an more…

Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google’s Sergey Brin

Sergey-BrinThe principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

In an interview with the Guardian, Brin warned more…

Will Data Monopolies Paralyze the Internet?

googleTim O’Reilly spoke with me last week about Internet companies acquiring massive proprietary data sets. “We’re kind of heading toward data as a source of monopoly power in some cases,” he told me, comparing data to “Intel Inside” as a barrier to market entry. He qualified a moment later, “There’s so much innovation still ahead that I’m pretty confident there’s room for more…

How Facebook Tracks Users

facebook-cookiesInformation on how Facebook tracks its users behaviors both on and off site has been released. Most worrisome is that Facebook keeps a running log of the sites a user has visited in the past 90 days. more…

Shopping and classifieds top internet users’ list

Experian Services India Pvt Ltd, a leading market research company, recently surveyed the online behaviour of the Indian population in the online shopping category. The company monitors and provides daily insights on how internet users interact on websites. more…

Russia’s Top Internet Company, Yandex, Makes U.S. Debut With IPO

YandexNEW YORK – Russia’s largest Internet company and most visited website goes public today with an initial public offering (IPO).

Yandex, a popular search engine and web portal that has shown a profit since 2002, will offer 52.2 million shares priced between $24 and $25. more…