Download: The True Story of the Internet
★ 7.5·2008·1 seasons · 4 episodes·Series
Documentary
Synopsis
Download: The True Story of the Internet is documentary television series about Internet history. It is aired on Science Channel at US and Discovery Channel for other countries. It originally aired on March 3, 2008. The show was hosted by John Heilemann.
Episodes
Season 11
Browser WarsThe story of Netscape’s rapid rise as the company that popularized the web browser—and its fierce battle with Microsoft. The episode examines how Microsoft responded to the threat posed by Netscape, leading to a defining corporate conflict of the early Internet era.43m2
SearchA look at the race to organize the rapidly expanding World Wide Web. The episode follows early search companies such as Yahoo and Excite before charting Google’s emergence and its transformation of how people find information online.43m3
BubbleAmazon founder Jeff Bezos and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar recount how their companies grew from small Internet ventures into major global businesses. The episode also explores the speculative dot-com boom, the crash of 2000, and the online companies that survived it.44m4
People PowerThe Internet shifts from a place primarily used to publish and consume information into a platform driven by its users. Beginning with Shawn Fanning and Napster, the episode explores peer-to-peer file sharing, Web 2.0, user-generated content and the rise of social networking.44m
Browser WarsThe story of Netscape’s rapid rise as the company that popularized the web browser—and its fierce battle with Microsoft. The episode examines how Microsoft responded to the threat posed by Netscape, leading to a defining corporate conflict of the early Internet era.43m2SearchA look at the race to organize the rapidly expanding World Wide Web. The episode follows early search companies such as Yahoo and Excite before charting Google’s emergence and its transformation of how people find information online.43m3BubbleAmazon founder Jeff Bezos and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar recount how their companies grew from small Internet ventures into major global businesses. The episode also explores the speculative dot-com boom, the crash of 2000, and the online companies that survived it.44m4People PowerThe Internet shifts from a place primarily used to publish and consume information into a platform driven by its users. Beginning with Shawn Fanning and Napster, the episode explores peer-to-peer file sharing, Web 2.0, user-generated content and the rise of social networking.44mCast
