Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee honored at Olympic Games opening ceremony

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Computer Scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee participated in the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony this evening. He was honored as the inventor of the World Wide Web, although the NBC commentators wondered who he was. As part of the ceremony, @timberners_lee tweeted: "This is for everyone #london2012 #oneweb #openingceremony @webfoundation @w3c".

7/28 update: Good catch by UMBC IS PhD student Hal Martin: Tim Berners-Lee apparently used a ancient NeXT computer when entering his tweet at the Olympic Games opening ceremony. He has used a NeXTcube at CERN to implement the first Web browser.