ARPAnet

Dirty 30: Happy Birthday, Spam

Thirty years of spam. Yes, that makes spam older than most email applications. Sort of crushes your spirit, doesn't it? Indeed, here at NowPublic, we get our share of spam, in the form of articles, comments,...

created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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mtippett

Ethan Zuckerman: the history of digital community, in less than 7 minutes

Depending on your geek cred this is either a great review or fantastic education in the historical milestones of the Internet. "Fasten your time machine seatbelt. As part of the Berkman Center’s...

created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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ricknight

Happy spamiversary! Spam reaches 30

"Thirty years ago next week, Gary Thuerk, a marketer at the now-defunct computer firm Digital Equipment Corporation, sent an email to 393 users of Arpanet, the US government-run computer network that eventually...

created by agdobson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Mollyak

Happy Birthday to DARPA!

The agency who gave you the Internet is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, was launched at a time of Cold War paranoia. Its mission was to help the US...

created by Alfred Hermida | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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"Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing (Google video) A fascinating 30 minute documentary about ARPAnet - the precursor to today's Internet. (Can you spot the real ubernerd mover and shaker at BBN? Hint: He wears no tie!) (via: all over the place)"