Who Really Invented the Web? Texas Trial Questions Tim Berners-Lee [VIDEO]

Tim Berners-Lee , who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web , testified this week in a Texas courtroom against a company that claims it…

Young African Invents Touch Screen Medical Tablet

A Cameroonian engineer has invented the Cardiopad, which connects patients with heart disease who live in rural and remote areas to doctors in the city.

The World's First Computer Password? It Was Useless Too

If you’re like most people, you’re annoyed by passwords. You’ve got dozens to remember — some of them tortuously complex — and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and order groceries online, you’re bound to forget one, or at least mistype it.

Billions At Stake In Texas Patent Case To Determine Who Owns ‘Interactive Web’

World wide web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee testified in Federal Court on Tuesday in a patent case brought by Eolas Technologies, which claims to have rights to the “interactive web,” according to various media reports. The outcome of the case will determine whether the rich, interactive web we know today is owned by the world, or whether the core technology upon which it operates is actually ...

How Allan Scherr Hacked Around the First Computer Password

New submitter MikeatWired writes "If you're like most people, you're annoyed by passwords. So who's to blame? Who invented the computer password? They probably arrived at MIT in the mid-1960s, when researchers built a massive time-sharing computer called CTSS. Technology changes. But, then again, it doesn't, writes Bob McMillan. Twenty-five years after the fact, Allan Scherr, a Ph.D. researcher ...

The World’s First Computer Password? It Was Useless Too [Security]

# security If you're like most people, you're annoyed by passwords. You've got dozens to remember - some of them tortuously complex - and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and order groceries online, you're bound to forget one, or at least mistype it. You may even be one of those unfortunate people who've had a password stolen, thanks to the dodgy security on the machines that ...