India ahead of China, Pakistan in Internet freedom: Study

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 23:10

India's web index score at 32.4 is ahead of China (31.1) and Pakistan (10.4), shows the 2013 study by World Wide Web Foundation. The organisation was established in 2009 by Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

‘Father of Web’ Tim Berners-Lee says China will dismantle ‘great firewall’

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 08:57

China`s rulers will ultimately take it upon themselves to dismantle the "great firewall" that limits its people`s access to the Internet because doing so will boost China`s economy, the inventor of the World Wide Web said.

World Wide Web founder against `total control` of Internet by governments

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 21:50

Founder of World Wide Web (www) Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said that governments or large companies should not have `total control` over Internet freedom.

CERN continues search for world’s first web page

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 14:17

Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have taken on a project to uncover the world`s first web page in a bit to preserve a slice of its history.

`Govts web snooping plan fraught with danger`

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 14:30

There are enormous negatives associated with excessive government oversight of the Internet, feels Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

`Computers can do whatever you can imagine`

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 20:58

The man credited with inventing the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has called for schoolchildren to be exposed to coding in a bid to encourage them to `join a group of people who can do incredible things`.

Web creator Berners says ‘computers can do whatever you can imagine’

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 16:03

Berners-Lee spoke of how Aaron Swartz, a co-founder of Reddit who committed suicide aged 26 earlier this month, had used his programming skills to change the world.