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  How a $13,000 contract transformed Apple from a hobbyist's dream to a computer giant

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 3, 2013 07:57 am + 23 comments

  Recently-surfaced documents have led CNET to detail how Apple was able to transform its early Continue reading…

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  A typographical study of history's most absurd record covers

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 3, 2013 06:43 am + 46 comments

  Typography expert Yves Peters' My Type of Music feature has been running on-and-off on The FontFeed b Continue reading…

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  Computer pioneer Alan Kay on Xerox, Apple, and the problem with modern software

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 3, 2013 05:50 am + 24 comments

  Time has published an interview with Alan Kay, a pioneer of the tech industry who worked for Xerox, Continue reading…

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  Google Maps imagery rewoven into elaborate Persian rug patterns

  By Sam Byford on April 3, 2013 01:11 am + 7 comments

  David Thomas Smith's first solo show of photographic art is called Anthropocene, and makes use of Continue reading…

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  Augmented hunting with a $17,500 Linux-powered rifle

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 2, 2013 10:52 am + 28 comments

  A bullet loses six feet of height while flying across 1,000 yards, and a hunter firing such a shot Continue reading…

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  How Rakuten, the Amazon.com of Japan, plans to make a name for itself in the US

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 1, 2013 11:23 am + 38 comments

  You might not have heard of Rakuten, but with multi-billion dollar revenues the company is the Continue reading…

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  Finding the history of 'bling-bling' with Hip Hop Word Count

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 1, 2013 10:01 am + 8 comments

  Tahir Hemphill is creating a database that tracks the history of every word that has ever been used Continue reading…

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  Will the ailing Ain't It Cool News have a second act?

  By Adi Robertson on April 1, 2013 09:31 am + 26 comments

  In 1996, film obsessive Harry Knowles launched Ain't It Cool News, a site that helped define Continue reading…

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  Previously redacted documents reveal huge flaws in ankle monitors used to track felons

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 1, 2013 06:57 am + 9 comments

  Back in 2011, California discovered that the GPS anklets that track the movement of sex offenders Continue reading…

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  Achievement unlocked: what UI designers could learn from videogames

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 31, 2013 11:15 am + 37 comments

  Using a new TV, smartphone, or computer for the first time can be a disorienting experience for a Continue reading…