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TV turns 83 years old today

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jan 26, 2009 at 11:08 AM

On January, 26th, 1926 there was a demo of a new device called a “television.”  John Logie Baird gave the public a demo in his lab in London. The television has come a long way in 83 years.  Once a device owned by a few, by the year 2000, 98%… Continue Reading »

The new failure of a keyboard

by Christian Milsom on Dec 2, 2008 at 10:01 PM

Trying new stuff sometimes just doesn’t work, especially when it is embedded into society and is in the hearts and minds of some of the most loyal people in the world (i.e. geeks!).  So why, oh why, would you want to redesign the keyboard?  The history, the tradition and the… Continue Reading »

IE just might be going private

by Jodie Andrefski on Aug 21, 2008 at 12:24 AM

Only ten days left of August. Microsoft claimed Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 would be out some time this month. Well, the countdown is on. And hmmmm…there are rumors flying around that it is going to be a special version. Private. Yeah, code name for “porn mode”. Private browsing lets… Continue Reading »

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