Remembering the early web

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Microsoft’s preserved first homepage leads Dr. Dave and Evil Steve through Mosaic, Cello and the surprisingly recent arrival of public web access. Dr. Dave remembers paying $150 per month for a newsgroup account, then contrasts the Internet’s security burdens with the way it became indispensable to everyday information, his business and the radio show.

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Proposed recording date: 2006-03-11. The exact broadcast date may differ.

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