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ARPA (Advanced Research project agency) designs a research engine for universities
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Domain Name System (DNS) is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu
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Tim Berners-Lee invents World Wide Web. Based on hypertext, which permits the user to connect from one document to another at different sites on the Internet via hyperlinks (specially programmed words, phrases, buttons, or graphics)
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The first effort to index the Internet is created by Peter Deutsch
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Gopher, which provides point-and-click navigation
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Mossaic, developed by Marc Andreeson, becomes the dominant navigating system for the World Wide Web
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Google is invented; Accused by illegal wiretapping in gmail
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Napster is invented by Shawn Fanning. application that allows users to swap music over the Internet - Napster violates copyright laws and orders it to stop distributing copyrighted music.
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: Wikipedia is created- Wikipedia gets sued by Viacom by violating copyright of Viacom.
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2003: Internet users illegally download music files . Spam, unsolicited email, becomes a server-clogging menace. President Bush signs the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act), which is intended to help individuals and businesses control the amount of unsolicited email. And Apple invents Itunes to pay 99 cents for each music
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: Internet Worm (virus) , called MyDoom or Novarg, spreads through Internet servers