How Britain got its first internet connection – by the late pioneer who made it happen
Peter Kirstein had to overcome various hurdles to connect the UK to the internet, including intransigent governments, dismissive industry and the taxman.
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5 inventions you didn't know came from DARPA
DARPA, for a while, funded the predecessor ... DARPA created the ARPANET, which was the first network of computers, which was later transitioned to the civilian internet. And that really cemented ...
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Lawrence Roberts, ARPANET Engineer Whose Work Led To The Modern Internet, Dies At 81
Lawrence Roberts, acknowledged as the designer of ARPANET, the precursor of today's internet, passed away on Dec. 26 in his home in Redwood City, Calif. Roberts, 81, died of a heart attack ...