October 2, 2008
World Wide Web Creator Plans New Charity
The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, has announced plans for a new organization to help promote the use of the Web for scientific research and to ease the digital divide in developing nations.
The organization, which is scheduled to begin operations early next year, received $5-million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, in Miami.
Mr. Berners-Lee said the goals of the World Wide Web Foundation, as the new organization is called, are broader than
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