Tim Berners-Lee on 30 years of the world wide web: 'We can get the web we want', Tim Berners-Lee
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What started out as an idea for a way scientists could share information went on to change the world. Three decades later, its founder reflects on his creation
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Behind the Master: Father of WWW - Tim Berners-Lee
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Feedback World Wide Web inventor Berners-Lee got from boss on the idea
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30 years later, Berners-Lee sees mission to fix internet's ills
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web in conversation
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Interview: How Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, wants to fix his creation
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The web in 30 years? It'll be beyond our imagination, says Tim
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Weaving the Web : The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the
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Berners-Lee: World Finally Realizes Web Belongs To No One
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Boldness in Business person of the year: Sir Tim Berners-Lee
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The World Wide Web is 30 years old — and its inventor has a warning for us