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Life on Internet Site Reviewed April 4, 1996 David Plotnikoff Column San Jose Mercury News TRUE MULTIMEDIA: I haven't hesitated to make light of the stunts, stumbles and gaffes of the big television networks as they attempt to stake out some sort of franchise in the new digital universe. So it's only fair that I point out there is one network that Really Gets It: PBS. The public system's 13-part ``Life on the Internet'' series is shaping up to be a major milestone. Not only is this television's first meticulously researched, in-depth look at the Net, it's also the first time a television production has harnessed the full power of the World Wide Web. The companion site for the series -- at http://www.pbs.org/internet -- is a four-star job, loaded with links, compelling original content and interesting software goodies. Each half-hour episode of the series -- on topics such as education, privacy, medicine, religion, music, publishing, commerce, e-mail, cryptography and demographics -- eventually will have its own set of pages on the site. And each of those pages will contain links to every site mentioned on the broadcast. This is hands-down the best example of cross-media integration I've yet to encounter. It puts almost all of the pricey Internet guidebooks on the shelves today to shame. (The ``History of the Internet'' page is essential reading for anyone on-line.) And it gets even better: If you miss an episode you can catch the entire show, in VDOLive format, on the Website for a week after the original air date. Essentially, this is one of the first examples of Net television-on-demand. WHYY will begin broadcasting the the series in June.
Glossary of Internet Terms (local copy) As with any industry, the Internet has a particular terminology all its own. Below is a glossary of common Internet terms.
Telecom Glossary A Telecom Glossary: A AAL through Automatic Ring Down Last Updated May 8, 1995 Browse through our collection of Telecom Definitions or search for a particular term.
Good Times Virus Hoax Yes. It's a hoax. America Online, government computer security agencies, and makers of anti-virus software have declared Good Times a hoax. See Online References at the end of the FAQ. Since the hoax began in December of 1994, no copy of the alleged virus has ever been found, nor has there been a single verified case of a viral attack.
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Future Of Netscape/Marc Andreessen Lecture By William P. Barr Windows and TCP/IP for Internet Access In response to popular demand, I am publishing a new release of my paper on using Microsoft Windows to access Internet resources. Thanks to everyone who has e-mailed me and called me over the past year. I am delighted that the paper has been useful. I have been even more delighted to give permission for distributing copies at Internet workshops, and for copies to be posted on Internet servers. Perhaps this new release will find its way into the hands of all those folks who are getting their first computers this Christmas. I hope this paper can play some small part in getting them over the rough spots.
Bruce Sterling remarks at Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference IV Mar 26, 1994
Battle For The Soul Of The Internet
Everything is Broken by David Farber The advent of gigabit network technology has inspired a rethinking of, among other things, the structure of network computers, operating systems, and protocol structures. This rethinking has, in the author's opinion, led to the conclusion that a globally distributed computer system represents one of the best applications of this new technology. This paper will examine some of the considerations that led to this conclusion, as well as explore the nature of such a Global Computer.
The Development of the International Computer Network: From Arpanet to Usenet News by Ronda Hauben Today there is an international computer network that spans the globe and connects universities, researchers and computer workers and users around the world.(2) Twenty five years ago these developments were nonexistent. This is ̉the largest machine that man has ever constructed, the international global network.