The Internet Turns 35 This Week

2004–09August 30, 2004Dana BaggettInternet
On September 2, 1969, UCLA prof Len Kleinrock along with graduate students Vinton Cerf and Stephen Crocker joined two computers and shared meaningless data over a cable according to this Boston Globe online article. Today, Cerf works for MCI and Crocker heads security for the internet's oversight body. [Dana Baggett]


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