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SearchEngineWatch: Search Engine Birthdays SearchEngineWatch: Search Engine Birthdays- It's been a little more than ten years ago that the first web search engines were born. Chris Sherman charts the dates starting with WW… The Executive Computer; A Web of Networks, an Abundance of Services The Executive Computer; A Web of Networks, an Abundance of Services- An early New York Times article on the Internet. 1971 Prediction of the Web/Telesphere 1971 Prediction of the Web/Telesphere- The cyberspace concept was described (and referred to as "telepresence") in the 108pp book "Man in the Telesphere". The complete text is now… 80s BBS 80s BBS- Yahoo group dedicated to the preservation of the history of the online world in the days before the Web (pre-1990). Text files, old buffer dumps, BBS discussions, buffers… World-Wide Web: Origins And Beyond World-Wide Web: Origins And Beyond- Lenny Zeltser describes some of the historical aspects of World-Wide Web development, as well as other forms of hypertext such as Xanadu. Internet Society: Internet Histories Internet Society: Internet Histories- A list of links to resources. Internet Society: A Brief History of the Internet Internet Society: A Brief History of the Internet- An authoritative history, written by some of those who were most closely associated with its creation and development. Paul Graham - What the Bubble Got Right Paul Graham - What the Bubble Got Right- Essay derived from an invited talk at ICFP 2004. Discusses the dot-com bubble and lasting lessons learned from it. The Story of the PING Program The Story of the PING Program- Brief article about this network utility, written by its creator, Mike Muuss. A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN- Ben Segal traces the history of the Internet at CERN. The Morris Internet Worm The Morris Internet Worm- Charles Schmidt and Tom Darby explain the what, why, and how of the 1988 Internet worm. The Internet: Past, Present and Future: Internet and WWW History The Internet: Past, Present and Future: Internet and WWW History- Scholarly article by Jesper Vissing Laursen on the development of the Internet. Netizens Netbook Netizens Netbook- Anthology of the history of Usenet and the Internet, including descriptive as well as theoretical work. World Wide Web Journal World Wide Web Journal- Published from the winter of 1996 thru the fall of 1997. All issues online, including the Fourth International World Wide Web Conference Proceedings. Net Valley Net Valley- Explores the history of the Internet. Includes information on significant companies and Silicon Valley history. Brief History of the Internet Brief History of the Internet- Ross Shannon provides an overview of the Internet's origins, from ARPANET and email to the Web. Includes a breakdown of the components that make up … History of the Internet: Internet for Historians History of the Internet: Internet for Historians- This overview by Richard T. Griffiths covers the development of computers, ArpaNet, email, search engines and Basic Net Data. A Brief History of the Internet A Brief History of the Internet- An anecdotal history by Walt Howe of the people and communities that brought about the Internet and the Web. Includes a glossary of terms. Community Memory Community Memory- Archive of postings to this discussion list dedicated to the history of The Internet. Mac Web3D Mac Web3D- A resource for Web3D, VRML and Virtual Worlds on the Macintosh. Ziggarautomatic Ziggarautomatic- Parameterized VRML tower-building, in the style of Babylonian ziggurats. VRMLSite Magazine VRMLSite Magazine- 3D on the Internet. Web3D Consortium Web3D Consortium- The home of the Web3D Consortium. Information on VRML and evolving VRML97 ISO Standard activities. ParallelGraphics ParallelGraphics- The internet visual knowledge company. Vrml clients, vrml authoring tools, vrml screen saver, developer tools.