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So you’ve been bowled over by the multi-touch interface championed by Apple in their iPhone and iPod Touch devices … but are you prepared for the future of computer interaction …

Well, who’d have thought from its humble beginnings the Internet would have grown into the global phenomenon it is now. Though boom and bust, rationalisation and regrowth – we here at Become have tracked a good portion of that 25 years (I know we look younger than that) and we continue to be excited by the seemingly endless possiblities that still exist today. Thanks to the BBC for their interesting though slightly incorrect article … (the Mosaic browser was created by the NCSA, staff from which later formed Netscape) … party-hats  and streamers all round!!!

The BBC World Service is running an informative progamme at the moment … Superpower … which in their words, attempts to explore the power of the Internet. However we like it because we like looking at maps and big numbers, the purpose here is really to show the staggering scale of growth. They’ve also added an animated guide which illustrates “how it works”, which is useful for those who spend time on the Internet for business or personal activities and who may be interested but have really never needed to know how it all connects.

When a browser is laid to rest, we here at Become have often just let it slip quietly into the night. However, when that browser is as cantankerous as this one we feel a celebration is in order. And so, we applaud the efforts of these guys to remember with style the browser we came to love to hate … http://ie6funeral.com/ Rest in pieces, Internet Explorer 6.