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They made the Internet. Now they want to make money.

BBN turns its focus to new technologies for use in wartime

By Robert Weisman
Globe Staff / September 26, 2005

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CAMBRIDGE -- BBN Technologies built the forerunner of today's Internet, employed the @ sign to send the first e-mail, and even designed the acoustics for the UN General Assembly Hall in Manhattan. But the company didn't get rich off of any of those milestones. (Full article: 1278 words)

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