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Tech HistoryNews August 9, 2026 3 min read

Java 1.0 Ships: Sun Takes a Portable Virtual Machine onto the Early Web

A retrospective news analysis of Java 1.0's January 1996 release, applets and HotJava, bytecode portability, security limits, APIs, and lasting impact.

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Tech HistoryNews July 12, 2026 3 min read

CERN Releases World Wide Web Software into the Public Domain

The April 30, 1993 statement signed by CERN's directors that put the core Web software in the public domain — and what it changed at a decisive moment.

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