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Tech HistoryDeep Dive August 9, 2026 3 min read

WorldWideWeb: The First Web Browser Was Also an Editor

How Tim Berners-Lee's 1990 NeXT application combined browsing and authoring, which Web components it implemented, and why later browsers narrowed the model.

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Tech HistoryFix July 11, 2026 4 min read

No, 'The Internet' and 'The Web' Are Not the Same Thing

One is a network of networks from the 1970s-80s; the other is a hypertext application built on top of it in 1990. The difference still matters.

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Tech HistoryNews July 11, 2026 3 min read

The World Wide Web Is Announced to the Public

What Tim Berners-Lee's August 6, 1991 Usenet summary actually announced—and why it was neither the internet's birth nor the first site's launch date.

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