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100	1		_aBanks, Michael A.
210	1	0	_aOn the Way to the Web
245	1	0	_aOn the way to the Web : _bthe secret history of the Internet and its founders
250			_aNew Edition
260			_aNew York : _bApress L. P. _cJuly 2008
520	8		_aAnnotation _bOn the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Foundersis an absorbing chronicle of the inventive, individualistic, and often cantankerous individuals who set the Internet free.Michael A. Banksdescribes how the online population created a new culture and turned a new frontier into their vision of the future.This book will introduce you to the innovators who laid the foundation for the Internet and the World Wide Web, the man who invented online chat, and the people who invented the products all of us use online every day. Learn where, when, how and why the Internet came into being, and exactly what hundreds of thousands of people were doing online before the Web. See who was behind it all, and what inspired them.What you’ll learnYou’ll find these stories of people and events on the way to the Web:CIA agents in search of military hardware for sale onlineThe first online privacy scandal, three decades agoThe first instance of online censorship in 1979How in 1980 the FBI demanded the ID of a CompuServe user who tried to sell 3,000 M16 rifles onlineEarly con artistsOnline romance scamsIdentify theftWho really created AOL (Hint: it wasn’t Steve Case)The wireless Internet that was built in 1978Why the @ sign is used in email addressesWho this book is forOn the Way to the Webis a book that will appeal to all readers, but one that computer enthusiasts will find especially interesting. Most readers will have played a part in the story it tells, and anyone who uses the Internet and Web on a day–to–day basis will find this book an absorbing read.Table of ContentsLooking Back: Where Did It All Begin?In the MoneyMaking Contact with CompuServeThe SourceDis-Content and ConflictEvolutionOnline ExperimentsTrials and ErrorsThe Second WaveAOL GestationThe Third WaveIn with the New, Out with the OldAOL Evolves: Expansion, Integration, and SuccessProdigy: The Flat-Rate Pioneer Who Just Didn't Get ItMoving to the Net
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