- Thu May 22 2008 "Nerd TV" episode 12: Bob Kahn
Most nerds know Bob Kahn co-wrote TCP/IP; earlier he worked at Bolt Beranek & Newman where he was the primary architect for the Arpanet.
- Mon Mar 3 1997 Still Netting after all these years
One would expect the man known as the "father of the Internet" to resemble
an aged Fred McMurray--retired,
nostalgic, and wrapped in a cardigan. But nearly 30 years after joining the
team of engineers that erected ARPANET, the Department of Defense-sponsored
predecessor to the Internet, Vinton G. Cerf is still very much on the job.
Posted by Nick Wingfield
- Thu Nov 8 2007 Photos: Celebrating the 'Internet van' of the 1970s
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., celebrates a roving van's role in the birth of the Internet.
- Wed Sep 2 2009 At 40, the Internet still reshaping history
The Net has crushed geographic barriers and withstood extraordinary growing pains. But the human race has work to do adapting to its creation.
Posted by Stephen Shankland
- Thu Jan 2 2003 The Mac as a forensic tool; On the prowl for antique Macs; more
The Mac as a forensic tool; On the prowl for antique Macs; more
Posted by CNET staff
- Thu Nov 8 2007 'Internet van' helped drive evolution of the Web
Few have probably ever heard of it, but a broken-down van in California was a stepping stone on the road to the Internet as we know it.
Photos: Computer History Museum celebrates the 'Internet Van'
Posted by Erica Ogg
- Thu Jan 2 2003 The Net marks its birthday, again
According to one Net pioneer, the Internet celebrated its "most logical" 20th birthday on New Year's Day--barely three months after its 33rd birthday.
Posted by Matt Loney
- Mon Oct 11 2004 Optical networking: The next generation
Forget Internet2. The National LambdaRail is the most ambitious network research project going.
Posted by Marguerite Reardon
- Wed May 21 2003 30 years of Ethernet gains
As a key technology behind the Internet hits a milestone birthday, its inventor, Bob Metcalfe, says the protocol faces a new generation of "Godzillas" to conquer.
Posted by Paul Festa
- Thu Jun 26 2008 Daily Debrief: How to break the P2P logjam
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper speaks with Webware Editor in Chief
Rafe Needleman about what one of the founding fathers of the Internet is
doing to resolve the growing problem of peer-to-peer transfe...
Posted by Charles Cooper and Rafe Needleman
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