World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has won the first-ever Millennium Technology Prize — worth 1 million euros — which is bestowed by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. The new prize represents an international acknowledgement for an outstanding technological innovation that directly promotes people’s quality of life, is based on humane values and encourages sustainable economic development. Berners-Lee will receive the prize June 15th at an award ceremony in Helsinki’s Finlandia Hall.
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Tim Berners-Lee Wins Finnish ‘Nobel’ Prize
Posted by: Kirk L. Kroeker April 15, 2004 01:26 PMWorld Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has won the first-ever Millennium Technology Prize — worth 1 million euros — which is bestowed by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. The new prize represents an international acknowledgement for an outstanding technological innovation that directly promotes people’s quality of life, is based on humane values and encourages sustainable economic development. Berners-Lee will receive the prize June 15th at an award ceremony in Helsinki’s Finlandia Hall.