The second ARPANET email message using the @ ("at") sign was sent by computer engineer, Ray Tomlinson at BBN Technologies Continue reading
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First Electronic Mail Message Sent
The first electronic mail message was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself as a test of the ARPANET's messaging capabilities Continue reading
Guide to Email Etiquette
Guide to E-mail Etiquette was written by Bernie Greenberg of Symbolics Incorporated, located in Woburn, MA, USA on April 11, 1984. Continue reading
Internet Host Providers Exceed 1,000
Internet host providers exceeds 1,000 in 1984. Continue reading
A Total Internet crash
Because of a status-message virus that was accidentally propagated throughout the network on October 27, 1980, when the ARPANET (the U.S. Department of Defense’s prototype Internet) came to a complete halt, thus becoming the first total Internet crash. Continue reading
Internet hosts exceeded 1,000,000
Thats right in 1992, the number of Internet hosts exceeded 1,000,000 Continue reading
100 million people connected to the Internet
In 1997 the internet had 100 million people connected to it. Continue reading
Internet hosts exceeded 10,000
1987 was the year of which Internet hosts exceeded 10,000 Continue reading
Fiber-optic Internet Available across Canada
CA Net 3, Is the fibre-optic System which offers faster and more reliable connections to the Internet, inaugurated by Canada in 1998. Continue reading
Internet Index Created by Canadians
In the days before the Internet explosion of 1994/95, three Canadians, Bill Heelan, Alan Emtage and Peter Deutsch, all whom were at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, they created a network software called Archie in 1989. Continue reading