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The History of the Internet

Ben Barna

June 05, 2008

Henry Ford invented the automobile. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. God invented fingernails. Santa Claus invented the PS2. But who on earth invented the Internet, the modern world’s most ubiquitous and influential tool? Who is responsible for you reading these very words (other than us, and you)? The answer is no one in particular, since something so vast and, well, invisible couldn’t have possibly been created by one brain. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Mosaic, the first widely-used web browser, Vanity Fair has compiled an oral history of the creation of our new best friend, featuring recollections by some of the people who were instrumental in it.

Pop Culture, Ben Barna, Internet, Vanity Fair

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Drop.io Like It’s Hot

Nick Haramis

May 15, 2008

"So much of Web 2.0 has traditionally focused on how to share content widely across 'social networks' or through search. But many times users need simple, and by default, private solutions. That is what we do," says Sam Lessin, co-founder of Drop.io. And it's welcome news given the Facebook stalker scandal earlier this week. The website acts as an effective and, yes, private way to "drop" photos, videos, music, documents, voicemails, and other stuff for your own perusal and that of your friends (if you care to share).

Pop Culture, Nick Haramis, Internet, Drop.io

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Googling iGoogle

Nick Haramis

May 01, 2008

For the next three nights, the cyber-Gods over at Google are hosting an art event in New York's Meatpacking District to celebrate their new iGoogle application. Google commissioned over 70 artists—Jeff Koons, Philippe Starck, and Diane Von Furstenberg among them—to design their own unique iGoogle themes, which will be presented "in a very unique way" throughout the Gansevoort Plaza. (We tried to Google what "unique" really means in relation to the Google event, but our computer had a stroke.) The installation gets underway tonight at 8-ish p.m.

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Online Vernacular is Making You Stupid!

Nick Haramis

April 25, 2008

Thiz jst in: According to an article in today's The New York Times, which we stole from our neighbors (sorry!), grammarians everywhere are fucked. With the proliferation of e-mails, text messages, and Facebooks, today's youth no longer need to punctuate, capitalize, or string together complete sentences. A study was conducted using 700 students between the ages of 12 and 17, nearly two-thirds of whom incorporated online colloquy into their school assignments. Of this trend, Berkeley-based Professor Sterling says, rather apocalyptically, "I think in the future, capitalization will disappear." Um, yeah rightz! LMAO!!!! BRB!