History of the Internet

General

• Usenet History
• Hobbes' Internet Timeline
• Hardy, History of the Net - this is an M.Sc. thesis in full
• Behind the Net
• History of the Internet
• Guide To Mapping the Internet

Snap Shots of the web

• Altavista
• Microsoft
• Progressive Networks
• Shareware.com
• UPS
• Xing
• Yahoo!

Hypertext

Short History of Hypertext from Jakob Nielsen

Recursion begins at home... and "Gordon Joly Lives Next Door"