Dear All, <br><br>Among the articles I sent you I thought this one was especially interesting --- 30 years already...or only? In fact to be very precise, it started 38 years ago, on October 29, 1969 --- """......Thirty-five years ago, on October 29, 1969, the first Internet
message was sent from computer science Professor Leonard Kleinrock's
laboratory at UCLA to a computer 300 miles away at Stanford Reseach
Institute, ushering in a new method of global communications that
forever changed the course of business, politics, entertainment,
education, law and social interaction."""" <a href="http://www.oid.ucla.edu/webcast/Inet35/inet35-panel1.ram">http://www.oid.ucla.edu/webcast/Inet35/inet35-panel1.ram</a><br><span><br><h3>Internet pioneers mark 30 years of inter-networking in Mountain View
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<p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/04/BUGRT52QK.DTL" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/04/BUGRT52QK.DTL
</a></p><p>The Computer History Museum in Mountain View and the Web History
Center are hosting a panel discussion - no, call it a trip down
computer-memory lane - on Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the
first inter-network data transmission. (Hint: Find the word in the
previous sentence that gave us the term "Internet.")</p>
<p>Speakers include Internet pioneers Vint Cerf, Robert Kahn, Don
Nielson, Virginia Strazisar Travers, Jim Garrett, Irwin Jacobs and Paal
Spilling, and here's their story:</p>
<p>In the fall of 1977, an unmarked step-van stuffed with futuristic
equipment, scientists and sometimes uniformed military generals quietly
cruised the streets of the Bay Area. Only an oddly shaped antenna gave
any hint of its purpose. On Nov. 22, 1977, for the first time, data
flowed seamlessly through the van between SRI International in Menlo
Park and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles via
London, across three kinds of networks: packet radio, satellite and the
Arpanet. </p>
<p>The test was also a major milestone in packet radio technology,
which foreshadowed Wi-Fi and other kinds of wireless Internet access.</p>
<p>Want to go? The Internet's 30th anniversary bash begins Wednesday
with a 6 p.m. reception at the Hahn Auditorium at the Computer History
Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, with the discussion
starting at 7. </p>
<p>The discussion is free, with a suggested donation of $10, but registration is required. Go online to <em><a href="http://links.sfgate.com/ZBLB" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">links.sfgate.com/ZBLB
</a> </em>or call (650) 810-1005.</p>
<p>By the way, the restored packet radio step-van will be open for tours that day, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.</p>
<h3>Movers and shakers</h3>
<p>-- <strong>David Kranzler </strong>was named vice president of the
Timing Solutions business unit at Cypress Semiconductor Corp. of San
Jose. He previously was senior vice president of product development at
Savi Technologies.</p>
<p>-- <strong>Pamela Mead </strong>was named vice president of user
experience at San Francisco's Zannel Inc., a developer of social
networks for mobile phone users. She previously worked at Yahoo
Berkeley Research.</p>
<p>-- <strong>Todd Spartz </strong>joined Nomis Solutions Inc. of San
Bruno as vice president and chief financial officer. He previously was
vice president of finance and corporate controller at Openwave Systems.
Also, <strong>Karen Beale </strong>was named vice president of North American sales. She previously was a vice president at Fair Isaac Corp. <strong>Frank Rohde </strong>was
named vice president of product management and chief marketing officer.
He previously was vice president of sales and marketing at Nomis. <strong>Matt Kuckuk </strong>was named vice president of global services. He previously worked at Actuate Corp. </p>
<p>-- <strong>Julia Park Tracey </strong>rejoined the Alameda Sun as
publisher and executive editor. She was the weekly newspaper's first
editor when it was founded in 2001. She left the paper in 2004 and most
recently was co-editor of the East Bay Monthly.</p>
<p>-- <strong>Barry Waitte </strong>joined San Francisco's Vintrust
LLC, a wine asset management and services company, as chief executive
officer. He succeeds co-founder <strong>Andre de Baubigny, </strong>who
is now chairman. Waitte owns Tamber Bey Vineyards in Yountville and has
been a Vintrust director since 2005. In other moves, co-founder <strong>Timothy Komada </strong>is now chief financial officer. <strong>Nick Warhol </strong>was
named vice president of technology. He previously was director of
information technology and business operations at Ellie Mae Inc.</p></span>