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Here's how The Post covered the 'grand social experiment' of the Internet in 1988 - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...riment-of-the-internet-in-1988 internet virus 1988 history washingtonpost newspapers worm
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  • Amanda French on 04 Nov 13
     
    Oddly enough, today the Washington Post has chosen to reprint a 1988 article about the Internet; that article mentions Robert Tappan Morris, the first person prosecuted under the Computer Fraud Act, whom Brittney Douress told us about today. Nice timing, Brittney! :)
  • Amanda French on 04 Nov 13
     
    Note too that this article came out well before the World Wide Web was invented circa 1992 / 1993. There weren't any GUI web browsers yet; people just used text-only terminals (no pictures, no video) to access stuff. Mostly news groups -- I'll post a picture of what that looked like if I can find one.
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Why the world's technology giants are investing in Africa - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-24524260 internet Africa Technology
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  • Mahrokh Akhavan on 02 Nov 13
     
    Its a good article about technology investment in Africa, something that we touched upon in Natasha's presentation. It seems encouraging because investment and opportunities have increased with different companies taking interest.
  • Amanda French on 04 Nov 13
     
    Great post, and very relevant! Thanks, Mahrokh!
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File:Arpanet 1974.svg - Wikimedia Commons - 1 views

commons.wikimedia.org/...File:Arpanet_1974.svg hist390 internet history map arpanet avatar image media
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  • Amanda French on 29 Aug 13
     
    I've added a new avatar for our course Diigo group. It's based on a 1974 map of ARPAnet, the first "network of networks," and thus the precursor of today's Internet. I got it from Wikimedia Commons, which is a great source for all kinds of media that you're allowed to reproduce on the Internet.
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How the Internet Has Changed the R.S.V.P. - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...rnet-has-changed-the-rsvp.html internet RSVP
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  • Rebecca Lee on 10 Nov 13
     
    An interesting article from the Fashion & Style section of the New York Times about how the internet has changed the concept and attitudes of R.S.V.P viewed by people. With the modern R.S.V.P, the ability for a host or event producer to painlessly publicize his or her event to many people has replaced the meaning of a social contract.
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