TECHNOLOGY
- April 1993 -- Mosaic, the first graphical Web browser, is released by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Marc Andreessen
leads the group of computer programmers who developed this browser. (See also: "How the Mosaic browser triggered a digital revolution." CNET News, April 17, 2003.)
- The Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC) is started and a new arrangement for managing the Internet begins. InterNIC is supported by the National Science Foundation
along with commercial companies such as AT&T. One of InterNIC's
responsibilities is the registration of domain names for the Internet.
(Examples: .com, .org, .net, .edu, and .gov)
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THE MEDIA
- "Casting the Internet: A New Tool for Electronic Newsgathering."
CJR, Jan./Feb. 1993.
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News Example: April 19, 1993 -- "Waco Cult Siege." (Story available from database vendor services.) ( BBC Historical Report)
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" The Future is Now:
Newspapers are overcoming their fears of technology and launching a wide array of electronic products."
AJR, Oct. 1993.
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" Future Tense: The Anxious Journey of a Technophobe."
CJR, Dec. 1993.
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A few examples of new media sites launched during 1993: (Source: E&P and Alexa)
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