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Birth of the Information Age

By Laura Knoy on Monday, July 22, 2002.

Just ten years ago, most people didn't know what a computer virus was, or how to set up an email account. Monday, we take a look back at the technology breakthroughs of the last decade, and everything that came along with them, from E-Bay to Y2K. Allison's guest is James Gleick, author of "What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier" www.randomhouse.com/knopf/pantheon.

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