New honour for the web's inventor

Logla · Apr 15, 2004, 02:38 PM

The inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, has won a prestigious award which comes with a prize bag of one million euros (£671,000).

The "Father of the Web" was named as the first winner of the Millennium Technology Prize by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation.

In 1991, he came up with a system to organise, link and browse net pages which revolutionised the internet.

The British scientist was knighted for his pioneering work in 2003.

Source: BBC News

River · Apr 15, 2004, 03:35 PM

I'm telling you, Al Gore is not going to like hearing this

Dom · Apr 15, 2004, 04:13 PM

£671,000, haha, rip off!

Apr 15, 2004, 02:38 PM	#1
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 62	New honour for the web's inventor The inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, has won a prestigious award which comes with a prize bag of one million euros (£671,000). The "Father of the Web" was named as the first winner of the Millennium Technology Prize by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. In 1991, he came up with a system to organise, link and browse net pages which revolutionised the internet. The British scientist was knighted for his pioneering work in 2003. Source: BBC News

Apr 15, 2004, 03:35 PM	#2
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Apr 15, 2004, 04:13 PM	#3
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	£671,000, haha, rip off!