timeline foom 1976 to 2008

The document outlines major events in the development of the internet from 1976 to 2008, including the first email sent by a political candidate in 1976, the creation of the World Wide Web in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, the launch of popular web browsers like Mosaic and Netscape Navigator in the 1990s, the dot-com bubble and bust in the late 1990s and 2000, the rise of file sharing through Napster and illegal downloading in the late 1990s-2000s, and Microsoft's attempts to dominate the search and internet markets through acquisitions and legal issues with antitrust regulators.