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The Large Hadron Collider's worldwide computer
Behind the excellent results from CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) lies the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid – a giant that never sleeps
Twenty years of a free, open web
On 30 April 1993 CERN published a statement that made World Wide Web technology available on a royalty free basis, allowing the web to flourish
Twenty years of a free and open www
Robert Cailliau on the birth of the web, early brainstorming sessions and "how to spread this thing"
The open internet and the web
Vinton G Cerf, one of the "Fathers of the internet", on the architecture, connectivity and openness of the web
Animation shows LHC data processing
A new animation from CERN's IT department shows how LHC data is collected and sent around the world for processing
CRISP: Physics and collaboration
At the 2nd Annual Meeting of CRISP in Switzerland, CERN delegates discussed the IT challenges the laboratory faces to deal with LHC data
£1 million Engineering prize honours web pioneers
The inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering went to five engineers whose work led to the internet and the World Wide Web
Students teach at 'inverted' school of computing
Students took to the podium today at the Sixth Inverted CERN School of Computing
CERN Data Centre passes 100 petabytes
The CERN Data Centre has collected more than 100 petabytes of data – equivalent to roughly 700 years of full HD-quality movies
Registration open for ROOT users' workshop 2013
ROOT users' workshop 11-14 March 2013 in Saas-Fee, Switzerland (abstract deadline 25 Feb; registration deadline 7 Mar)