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# World Wide Web

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Inventor Tim Berners-Lee puts original World Wide Web files up for auction
Digitally-signed source code documents will go under the hammer as a non-fungible token.
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Jun 15th 2021, 10:02 PM
Today is the 25th anniversary of the public internet in Ireland
Trinity College Dublin was the first Irish organisation to connect to the internet, via leased lined delivered by Telecom Eireann to the O’Reilly Institute.
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Aug 6th 2016, 4:15 PM
16 things all Irish people did in the early days of the internet
Those WERE the days.
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Jul 9th 2015, 9:30 PM
What life would be like without the internet
Imagine you couldn’t send pictures of cute kittens across the web… travesty.
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Jun 22nd 2015, 11:00 AM
9 ways every noughties teen mortified themselves on the internet
MSN, Neopets, word art… it was a dark time.
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Mar 2nd 2015, 9:20 PM
10 wonderfully passive-aggressive birthday wishes for the web
Happy birthday, thanks for the horrible attention span!
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Mar 12th 2014, 7:30 PM
Open thread: What invention would you most like to see?
Be as creative as you like.
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Mar 12th 2014, 10:47 AM
Poll: Are you too reliant on the internet?
Do you get panicked if you can’t check your emails or your exact location?
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Mar 12th 2014, 9:43 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning, want to know what’s making headlines this morning? It’s all here.
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Mar 12th 2014, 8:40 AM
The web is 25 today. Here are the moments that helped define it
The web has evolved in many ways since Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for it back in 1989.
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Mar 12th 2014, 7:45 AM
Boy tells mammy he has no friends for birthday party, she finds him a million online
Colin’s 11th birthday is going to be the best ever.
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Feb 13th 2014, 12:34 PM
We didn't think much of the internet in 1995
This Newsweek article from February of ’95 is, well, damning.
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Dec 19th 2013, 11:52 AM
11 things that make you want to give the internet a slap across the face
PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, INTERNET.
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Oct 17th 2013, 9:30 PM
12 examples of how social media tears romance apart
Do you think Cupid has a Twitter? No. No, he does not.
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Sep 29th 2013, 11:00 AM
Website tracks the day's most popular gifs
SPOILER: One Direction are really popular.
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Aug 28th 2013, 12:00 PM
Here's how Breaking Bad took over the internet
From Reddit to YouTube parodies.
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Aug 12th 2013, 9:30 PM
Remember how we saw the internet in the 1990s?
It was an incredible place. Let’s look through the archive…
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Aug 12th 2013, 1:00 PM
Over €9,000 spent on redesign of Taoiseach’s website
The new-look website was recently the subject of an overhaul that cost a little over €9,000.
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Jul 20th 2013, 8:22 PM
Where is the world's first ever web page?
Scientists at the organisation that invented the World Wide Web aren’t even sure.
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Jun 15th 2013, 5:30 PM
You won't believe the detail of these incredible Cosplay costumes
If you don’t know what Cosplay is, that’s ok too, there’s an explanation inside.
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May 21st 2013, 2:19 PM
Man who invented web: 'No, there is no button to kill the internet'
Tim Berners-Lee says there’s no single way to kill the internet – unless governments around the world acted in unison.
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Sep 6th 2012, 9:50 AM
Happy 21st birthday, World Wide Web! You’re now officially a grownup
Now here are some things you should REALLY grow out of.
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Aug 22nd 2012, 12:50 PM
One in five Irish adults has never used the internet
Statistics compiled by the European Union show that 21 per cent of people aged 18 to 74 have never been online.
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Dec 14th 2011, 3:51 PM
.phew, .abouttime: Internet naming body agrees to expand domain names
The organisation has voted to allow the creation of new domain suffixes, meaning .google, .apple or .thejournal are a possibility.
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Jun 20th 2011, 9:01 AM