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Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory.
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Andreesen and Clark start NetScape.
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CMP's TechWeb is launched with ads from AT&T, MCI, and Tandem Computers.
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The Wall Street Journal makes its entry into cyberspace.
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MSN online service is launched by Microsoft.
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In excess of 24 million adults in the U.S. and Canada have access to the internet
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Juno launches a free, ad-supported e-mail service. This is shortly followed by a similar service from Freemark Communications.
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GM expands its content to over 38,000 pages, making it one of the largest sites to market products
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Yahoo! makes a minimum advertising commitment to Netscape of $25 million over two years.
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Microsoft Corp. announces it plans to purchase WebTV Networks Inc. for $425 million.