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FROM THE ARCHIVES...

Alexandria 2.0

Some amazing articles have been written about Internet Hall of Fame inductees over the years. This month we highlight a Wired interview about Brewster Kahle's quest for the world's biggest library.

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IN MEMORIAM

Ray Tomlinson 1941-2016

We are saddened by the passing of inductee Ray Tomlinson. To honor him, we wanted to share some of our memories of his important role in Internet history.

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HALL OF FAME HIGHLIGHTS

Internet Privacy: A Moving Target

Is the solution to solving Internet privacy technological, social or political? The Internet Hall of Fame poses this question to inductee and online privacy expert Paul Vixie.

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Information Superhighway

A MOMENT IN INTERNET HISTORY…

1994

The Information Superhighway Summit convenes at UCLA, marking the first public conference to host an industry dialogue on the 'Information Superhighway' and its implications.

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INDUCTEE PROFILE SERIES

Exclusive Interviews

The Internet Hall of Fame is chronicling the contributions of its inductees and getting their insights into the Internet's evolution. This month: Mahabir Pun.

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Meet the Inductees

Hall of Fame Highlights

As news of Ray Tomlinson’s untimely passing reverberates across an Internet that he helped to create, the Internet Hall of Fame wanted to take some time to share its memories of Ray and his groundbreaking contributions to the way we communicate. In 2...
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In THEIR own WORDS

Internet Freedom's 'Founding Father' Contemplates 20 Years Online

Internet Freedom

In a recent blog post and subsequent 'Ask Me Anything' on Reddit, inductee John Perry Barlow commemorates the 20th anniversary of his 'A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace' manifesto.

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IN the NEWS

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Looking back now, some of the Internet's founders wonder if they should have left guidance on how the network should "grow up," according to a recent interview by PRI with inductee David Clark and others.

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Internet HISTORY Timeline

Mapping inductees’ defining moments in Internet history.

Nepal Wireless Networking Project

2001

Jimmy Wales launches Wikipedia, now the largest multilingual, collaborative, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project in the world.

  

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Subject: Thank You Ray

March 7, 2016

Paul Vixie: Internet Privacy Is a “Moving, Multidimensional Target”

February 16, 2016

From the Internet's Founders, A Warning

February 9, 2016

Internet Freedom's 'Founding Father' Contemplates 20 Years Online

February 9, 2016

How Railroad History Shaped Internet History

January 12, 2016

Untold Internet: Anyone Can Help Establish Standards

December 21, 2015

What Was the First Thing Sold on the Internet?

December 8, 2015