About DNS (Rewrite)
The Internet's directory was once a simple text file on a single computer but has evolved into many directories world-wide that enable the Internet as you know it.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode tr...
5 Okt 202314min
About Word Processors
The word processor never got "invented" as such, it just slowly developed out of things like typewriters and even slowly merged from electronic appliances into software. To understand the origin of th...
28 Sep 202321min
About the Computer Mouse
You all know what a mouse is. It’s so common, that you probably don't even think that much about why it's called a mouse. But back in 1968, the man generally credited with the invention of the mouse, ...
21 Sep 202318min
About Hypertext
You may have used them hundreds of times today, but the origin of hypertexts dates all the way back to at least 1963.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
14 Sep 202314min
About the Mother of All Demos
In a single 90 minute presentation, Douglas Englebart showcased technologies that would eventually find their way into nearly every computer you've ever used. And he did it in 1968.Featuring Tom Merri...
7 Sep 202316min
About Public Key Cryptography (May 2023 Update)
Passkeys use something called public key cryptography. They have your public key. And because it’s public, it doesn’t matter if anyone gets it. That public key and your private key combine to validate...
25 Mai 202315min
About Section 230 (May 2023 Update)
We update the history of Section 230 in light of the recent Supreme Court decisions. What it is, what it isn't and how those decisions affected or didn't affect the future of the "safe harbor" law in ...
19 Mai 202321min
About the DMCA (Updated)
By 1998 the US had passed its Digital Millennium Copyright Act. And partly because the US generates so much copyrightable material, and partly just because it’s the US and is a little pushy on the wor...
18 Mai 202322min
