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NEWS ABOUT: Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee stories: 2 news summaries

Web Inventor Admits //
in Addresses Is Pointless

Berners-Lee wishes he could backtrack on backslashes

Oct 14, 09 2:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ever wonder what the // in web addresses is there for? So does the man who put the forwardslashes there in the first place. "Really, if you think about it, it doesn’t need the //," Tim Berners-Lee told a New York Times reporter at a tech conference... More »

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Internet • web standards • Tim Berners-Lee

Web Inventor: Don't Track
Me, Bro

Internet creator decries spyware: 'You can't have' my data

Mar 17, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - He may have created a web that's worldwide, but Internet founder Tim Berners-Lee is very proprietary when it comes to tracking programs, such as Phorm, that allow ISPs to monitor their customers. Berners-Lee says he’d drop any company caught mining his data. “It’s mine—you can’t... More »

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Internet • online privacy • ISP • Internet service providers • Internet advertising • Web tracking • Tim Berners-Lee • Phorm • private data

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