Asian Correspondent (April 5) -- Mosaic, the first graphical interface browser for the World Wide Web, was listed among the "5 world-changing computer science breakthroughs that started at university." Following the development of the ViolaWWW browser, Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, two University of Illinois students commenced work on Mosaic, which was first released in 1993.The browser helped spread use and knowledge of the web across the world. The technology was subsequently licensed to several other companies, including Microsoft (for Internet Explorer) and Netscape.