There is a short TV series airing this March on The Science Channel called Download:The True Story of the Internet. From what I can find, its a a four part series. It starts March 3 @ 9pm PST, on the Science Channel.
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Browser Wars
This is the story of an epic battle between America’s mightiest corporation and a small group of “computer geeks” who created a revolutionary technology.
Search
In a few short years a new and unique way of finding information revolutionized the Web and in the process created one of the largest companies in the US; Google.
Bubble
In an astonishing journalistic coup, the founders of the Amazon and Ebay, Jeff Bezos and Pierre Omidyar, tell the story of how their business grew from nothing to dominate the global economy and profoundly change the way we live our lives.
People Power
This is the story of how the internet has changed society and how a new breed of entrepreneurs are shaping our digital futures. It all started with Napster; a way of swapping music that was dreamt up by the teenaged Shawn Fanning.
Update:
I was able to watch the first part of the 4 part series, Browser Wars. Being a self proclaimed technologist and history junkie, I was surprised how much I learned. I didn’t realize that Netscape Browser was on the market before Internet Explorer. After watching this I regained some of my old fear/hate for Microsoft, which as of recent, has been focused on google. I will am anxiously awaiting for my DVR to record the rest of the series.
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I really enjoy peanut butter, banana and honey sandwiches. And to my dismay I woke up today to see the top story on CNN.com (you know the main one with the picture on the front page?), was all about how the honey bees are disappearing. I watched a documentary on the science channel awhile back, so I can somewhat assure you that this is for real.
Call Your Local Representative! We need to resolve why this happening, cause I can’t eat peanut butter and banana sandwiches without the honey. Oh wait, did I just say banana?….
Did you know that there is a disease that threatens most of the banana trees world wide? From what that article is saying we have about a decade to enjoy the tasty and nutritious banana.
Wait a second… did I hear something about peanut butter?…. Read this, The Perils of Peanut Butter. So great, now I’m hearing that peanut butter has some crazy mold in it that causes cancer. sweet.
Now that one of my favorite snacks won’t exist in 10 years, and could give me cancer, I’m going to the zoo.
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