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Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee

  1. Why the Patent System Doesn't Play Well with Software: If Eolas Went the Other Way
    Electronic Frontier Foundation logo Electronic Frontier Foundation 3 days ago

    Everyone, take a deep breath: it seems we’ve had a moment of sanity in the patent wars. Last week, a jury invalidated the dangerous Eolas patents, which their owner claimed covered, well, essentially the whole Internet. The patents were originally grante

  2. Patent System's Dysfunction Threatens Web; Saved By Texas Jury -- For Now
    Forbes logo Forbes 3 days ago

    Last week, a jury in Tyler, Texas, invalidated patents that claimed the right to control the “invocation” of software programs on web. The plaintiffs, Eolas and the University of California, maintained that they thought of the idea first and therefore ha

  3. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 9 months ago
    World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee delivers a speech at the Bilbao Web Summit in the Palacio Euskalduna May 17, 2011. Berners-Lee was a keynote speaker at the two day event which includes a meeting of the W3C Advisory Committee.

    World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee delivers a speech at the Bilbao Web Summit in the Palacio Euskalduna May 17, 2011. Berners-Lee was a keynote speaker at the two day event which includes a meeting of the W3C Advisory Committee. View Photo »

  4. Are books and the internet about to merge?
    Guardian Unlimited logo Guardian Unlimited 3 days ago
    Book and internet

    It's easy to forget that the world wide web as we know it today evolved from an early attempt to put books on the internet. When Tim Berners-Lee envisaged what would become the world wide web, it was with the idea of making academic papers and other docu

  5. Mozilla throws 'freedom' at Microsoft, Google, Apple tanks
    The Register logo The Register 4 days ago

    The Mozilla Foundation is coming to the rescue of Tim Berners-Lee's sanity. The Firefox shop is this year throwing itself at walled gardens from Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft: armed with a device-neutral and API-neutral app store and a "web platfor

  6. TECHNOLOGY: Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web, and a| Alvy Singer?
    All About Jazz logo All About Jazz 6 days ago

    It was almost like that scene from Woody Allen's Annie Hall: Alvy Singer: [the man behind him in line is talking loudly] What I wouldn't give for a large sock with horse manure in it! Alvy Singer: [to audience] Whaddya do when you get stuck in a movie li

  7. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 9 months ago
    Delegates hold up mobile devices during the Bilbao Web Summit in the Palacio Euskalduna May 17, 2011. Event organizer Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria, CEO of the Anboto Group, asked visitors to illuminate the auditorium with their mobile phones and tablet...

    Delegates hold up mobile devices during the Bilbao Web Summit in the Palacio Euskalduna May 17, 2011. Event organizer Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria, CEO of the Anboto Group, asked visitors to illuminate the auditorium with their mobile phones and tablet... View Photo »

  8. Tim Berners-Lee: The next Web of open, linked data
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 35 months ago
  9. Tim Berners-Lee, The World Wide Web, And … Alvy Singer?
    Wired logo Wired 6 days ago

    Alvy Singer: [the man behind him in line is talking loudly] What I wouldn’t give for a large sock with horse manure in it! Alvy Singer: [to audience] Whaddya do when you get stuck in a movie line with a guy like this behind you? Man in Theatre Line: Wait

  10. We are living in a digital goldfish bowl and I can't quite bury my qualms | Deborah Orr
    Guardian Unlimited logo Guardian Unlimited 1 week ago
    picture of an old-fashioned leather-bound diary

    Imagine that you were required, every day, to keep an old-fashioned diary recording all your interactions with the world; every bus you took, every song you listened to, every television programme you dipped into, every social arrangement you made. Imagi

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About Tim Berners-Lee

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Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee OM KBE FRS FREng FRSA (born 8 June 1955) is an English computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web. On 25 December 1990 he implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet with the help of Robert Cailliau and a young student staff at CERN. He was... Full Article

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WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 19: Queen Elizabeth II (C) poses for a group photo with the Order of Merit members (back L-R) Mr Neil MacGregor, The Rt Hon. Jean Chretien, Lord Eames, Sir Michael Howard, Sir David Attenborough, The Baroness Boothroyd, Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, Lord Rees of...
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  1. WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 19: Queen Elizabeth II (C) poses for a group photo with the Order of Merit members (back L-R) Mr Neil MacGregor, The Rt Hon. Jean Chretien, Lord Eames, Sir Michael Howard, Sir David Attenborough, The Baroness Boothroyd, Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, Lord Rees of... Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 19: Queen Elizabeth II (C) poses for a group photo with the Order of Merit members (back L-R) Mr Neil MacGregor, The Rt Hon. Jean Chretien, Lord Eames, Sir Michael Howard, Sir David Attenborough, The Baroness Boothroyd, Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, Lord Rees of...

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  2. Tim Berners-Lee (R), Inventor of the Web, and Ben Segal (L), mentor and CERN computer scientist attend the 20 years celebration of the World Wide Web on March 13, 2009 at the venue of the European Organization for Nuclear Research's (CERN) near Geneva. The World Wide Web (WWW) on Friday... Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    Tim Berners-Lee (R), Inventor of the Web, and Ben Segal (L), mentor and CERN computer scientist attend the 20 years celebration of the World Wide Web on March 13, 2009 at the venue of the European Organization for Nuclear Research's (CERN) near Geneva. The World Wide Web (WWW) on Friday...

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  3. British computer scientist credited with inventing the internet Tim Berners-Lee (R) speaks as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown listens during a Downing Street seminar on smarter government on November 17, 2009 in London. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    British computer scientist credited with inventing the internet Tim Berners-Lee (R) speaks as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown listens during a Downing Street seminar on smarter government on November 17, 2009 in London.

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  4. British computer scientist credited with inventing the internet Tim Berners-Lee (R) speaks as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) and e-commerce businesswoman Martha Lane Fox (L) listen during a Downing Street seminar on smarter government on November 17, 2009 in London. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    British computer scientist credited with inventing the internet Tim Berners-Lee (R) speaks as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) and e-commerce businesswoman Martha Lane Fox (L) listen during a Downing Street seminar on smarter government on November 17, 2009 in London.

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  5. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (L) and British scientist Tim Berners-Lee explain to opening of a message sending programe to schoolchildren from a server, at the CERN stand during the UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society, 10 December 2003 at the Geneva Palexpo. ... Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (L) and British scientist Tim Berners-Lee explain to opening of a message sending programe to schoolchildren from a server, at the CERN stand during the UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society, 10 December 2003 at the Geneva Palexpo. ...

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  6. British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, discusses web science during a press conference at The Royal Society in London on September 28, 2010. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, discusses web science during a press conference at The Royal Society in London on September 28, 2010.

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  7. (From L° Robert Cailliau, the first Web convert, Dan Brickley, RDF community builder and FOAF co-instigator, Ben Segal, mentor and CERN computer scientist, Chris Bizer, Free University Berlin, Tom Scott, BBC digital media, Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, Stephane Boyera, World... Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    (From L° Robert Cailliau, the first Web convert, Dan Brickley, RDF community builder and FOAF co-instigator, Ben Segal, mentor and CERN computer scientist, Chris Bizer, Free University Berlin, Tom Scott, BBC digital media, Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, Stephane Boyera, World...

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  8. British physicist and laureate Tim Berners-Lee speaks 15 June 2004 at a press conference in Helsinki after receiving the first ever Millennium Technology Prize, a one million euro prize, rewarding him for creating the World Wide Web (www) service on internet. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    British physicist and laureate Tim Berners-Lee speaks 15 June 2004 at a press conference in Helsinki after receiving the first ever Millennium Technology Prize, a one million euro prize, rewarding him for creating the World Wide Web (www) service on internet.

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  9. Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, poses in front of the first World Wide Web Server on March 13, 2009 at the venue of the European Organization for Nuclear Research's (CERN) near Geneva. The World Wide Web (WWW) on Friday marked its 20th anniversary. The creation of the web by... Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, poses in front of the first World Wide Web Server on March 13, 2009 at the venue of the European Organization for Nuclear Research's (CERN) near Geneva. The World Wide Web (WWW) on Friday marked its 20th anniversary. The creation of the web by...

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  10. Tim Berners-Lee (C), inventor of the Web, Ben Segal (L), mentor and CERN computer scientist, and Robert Cailliau (R), the first Web convert, pose in front of the first World Wide Web Server on March 13, 2009 at the venue of the European Organization for Nuclear Research's (CERN) near... Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    Tim Berners-Lee (C), inventor of the Web, Ben Segal (L), mentor and CERN computer scientist, and Robert Cailliau (R), the first Web convert, pose in front of the first World Wide Web Server on March 13, 2009 at the venue of the European Organization for Nuclear Research's (CERN) near...

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  11. British computer scientist and internet founder Tim Berners-Lee speaks to cybernauts at the Campus Party, the world's biggest on-line electronic entertainment festival in Valencia on July 29, 2008. The meeting brings together over 6,000 people in various arenas completely devoted to... Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    British computer scientist and internet founder Tim Berners-Lee speaks to cybernauts at the Campus Party, the world's biggest on-line electronic entertainment festival in Valencia on July 29, 2008. The meeting brings together over 6,000 people in various arenas completely devoted to...

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  12. British computer scientist and inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, addresses a press conference at the 20th International World Wide Web Conference at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) in Hyderabad on March 31, 2011. The conference's theme 'Web for All' aims... Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    British computer scientist and inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, addresses a press conference at the 20th International World Wide Web Conference at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) in Hyderabad on March 31, 2011. The conference's theme 'Web for All' aims...

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  13. Tim Berners-Lee speaks at the Internet Caucus Speakers Series 13 June 2001 in Washington, DC. Berners-Lee, known as the 'Father of the Internet,' explains importance of keeping the web universal as the technology moves forward. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    Tim Berners-Lee speaks at the Internet Caucus Speakers Series 13 June 2001 in Washington, DC. Berners-Lee, known as the 'Father of the Internet,' explains importance of keeping the web universal as the technology moves forward.

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  14. World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee addresses the media during the International World Wide Web conference in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, March 31, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 10 months ago

    World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee addresses the media during the International World Wide Web conference in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, March 31, 2011.

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  15. Delegates hold up mobile devices during the Bilbao Web Summit in the Palacio Euskalduna May 17, 2011. Event organizer Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria, CEO of the Anboto Group, asked visitors to illuminate the auditorium with their mobile phones and tablet computers as a "present" to World Wide... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

    Delegates hold up mobile devices during the Bilbao Web Summit in the Palacio Euskalduna May 17, 2011. Event organizer Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria, CEO of the Anboto Group, asked visitors to illuminate the auditorium with their mobile phones and tablet computers as a "present" to World Wide...

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