David Walden, who helped build the Interface Message Processor that switched data among computers using the Arpanet, the precursor to the internet, died at 79
Katie Hafner / New York Times : Tweets: @philiped and @nytimestech Tweets: Philip Elmer-DeWitt / @philiped : Never met Walden, but interested to see that he was hired at BBN the same year I was. Davi...
Lawrence Roberts, who helped design the Arpanet and oversaw its implementation in 1969, dies at 81
In late 1966, a 29-year-old computer scientist drew a series of abstract figures on tracing paper and a quadrille pad. Some resembled a game of cat's cradle; others looked like heavenly constellation...
Lawrence Roberts, who helped design the Arpanet and oversaw its implementation in 1969, dies at 81
In late 1966, a 29-year-old computer scientist drew a series of abstract figures on tracing paper and a quadrille pad. Some resembled a game of cat's cradle; others looked like heavenly constellation...
Robert Taylor, the innovator who played key roles in the invention of Arpanet, the Alto computer, and the computer mouse, dies at 85
Like many inventions, the internet was the work of many inventors. But perhaps no one deserves more credit for that world-changing technological leap …