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Search for first web page takes a detour to old PC at UNC

After National Public Radio did a story on the search, a professor at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill came forward with a 1991 version. Paul Jones met Berners-Lee during the British scientist's visit to the U.S. for a conference in 1991, just a year after Berners-Lee invented the Web. Jones said Berners-Lee shared the page with the professor, who has transferred it from server to server through the years. A version remains on the Internet today at an archive Jones runs, ibiblio.

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web

 Titans of tech seek to excite UNC, Duke grads about a future beyond themselves

In graduation speeches at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill respectively, Melinda Gates and Steve Case point to technology as a tool to build a better world. Will the graduates listen?

Time's cover

 Billionaire founder's latest 'gift' to NC Research Campus could be inflection point

David Murdock, the founder of the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis, is announcing another donation today to what Oprah Winfrey has described as his "gift to humanity." Will the endowment he is making secure the NCRC's future as a true hub for health research?

David Murdock at a recent NCRC event.

 Billionaire Murdock to make another gift to NC Research Campus

David Murdock, the billionaire owner of Dole Food and founder of the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis, will announce another gift to the campus on Wednesday. Murdock has already invested more than $700 million of his own fortune in the project.

NCRC's massive main building.

 Veteran entrepreneur in charge, business accelerator Launch Chapel Hill takes off

Serial entrepreneur Dina Mills is now leading business accelerator Launch Chapel Hill. Read about her thoughts on fostering entrepreneurship in Chapel Hill.

Dina Mills

 On Human Genome Project anniversary, NHGRI's Green sees Big Data bottlenecks ahead

National Human Genome Research Institute Director Eric Green recognizes the progress made since the first human genome was sequenced 10 years ago. Read about the Big Data challenges he sees ahead.

 National 'Big Data' consortium launches at UNC; IBM, SAS, Cisco are members

A national Big Data consortium is launching from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Renaissance Computing Institute with the goal of identifying problems with and finding solutions for working with large amounts of data.

 Georgetown team wins top prize in annual Kenan-Flagler VC event

A team of student investors from Georgetown University took home the first-place prize over the weekend in the 16th annual Venture Capital Investment Competition.

 From ivory towers to real startups: Triangle universities produce more entrepreneurs

The Startup Blog: These days, the Triangle's three major universities all have large and robust programs that cater to today's student entrepreneur. This is the result of years of change internally, the fruits of which are now being exposed to the general public.

Refresh Innovations' contact solution wins Duke challenge

 Startup Madness isn't mad at all: These ACC 'teams' ooze biz potential

The Startup Blog: Chill-N, a nitrogen ice cream startup from the University of Miami , takes top honors at Startup Madness 2013, which as an event is its own sprouting success story.

ChillN makes winning pitch at Startup Madness

 UNC Nutrition institute at NCRC lands $5.3M grant

The UNC Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis has received a $5.3 million grant to study fetal alcohol disorders.

 More school IT leaders entering ed CTO program

North Carolina is leading the nation through the Certified Educational Chief Technology Officer (CeCTO) program, which kicked off its fourth year last month.

 Eastman Chemical signs $1.5M research deal with UNC-CH

Tennessee-based Eastman Chemical has signed a research deal with a second Triangle university in five months, the latest being with UNC-CH.

Eastman

 Chapel Hill envisions Rosemary Street as startup hub

 UNC-CH chancellor to become provost at Washington University

Holden Thorp, an inventor and entrepreneur who had been a fixture in the Triangle's technology community, ls leaving UNC-CH for Washington University in St. Louis.

 New secret sauce in networking: Software-defined networking

Software-defined networking is changing the way communications networks are being managed, maintained, and secured. It is giving network administrators more control over traffic flow than ever before, and it's just in its infancy.

 Melting arctic tundra releases a new climate change threat, UNC says

Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill have uncovered a new threat in the warming arctic tundra - melting of the permafrost and the subsequent release of previously frozen carbon into the atmosphere. The resulting carbon dioxide could double greenhouse gas emissions and thus have a big impact on climate change, the study finds.

Artic tundra torn by warming, ensuing runoff

 RFP spells out five major goals for ultrafast network

In a request for proposal published Friday, the North Carolina Next Generation Network consortium and the Triangle J Council of Governments spell out five goals a new network would need to reach.

 Triangle group kicks off effort to build ultrafast network

The Triangle J Council of Governments in association with a consortium called the NC Next Generation Networks on Friday issued a request for proposal document that seeks private sector service providers who are interested in building a "next generation" communications network across the Triangle as well as Winston-Salem.

Broadband in Education

 Triangle universities, cities aim to create ultra-fast broadband network

A consortium of universities and municipalities representing the Triangle and Winston-Salem will publish a request for proposals on Friday that could lead to a project similar to Google Fiber to North Carolina. Blair Levin, a former FCC chief of staff, and the national organization he leads is supporting the effort.

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