Anniversary articles

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  Skylab, America's first space station, launched 40 years ago today

  By Adi Robertson on May 14, 2013 03:16 pm + 17 comments

  On March 14th, 1973, a Saturn V rocket launched into space with an important mission: putting Continue reading…

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  Play Atari's classic 'Breakout' right inside Google Image Search

  By Sam Byford on May 13, 2013 08:45 pm + 14 comments

  If you're looking for screenshots of Atari's 1976 blockbuster Breakout, you may be in for a surprise Continue reading…

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  Apple prepares for iTunes' tenth anniversary with timeline of how it changed music industry

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 24, 2013 10:04 am + 37 comments

  iTunes, love it or hate it, changed the music industry, and its tenth anniversary is something to Continue reading…

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  YouTube adds 'tape mode' to celebrate 57 years of noisy recordings

  By Sam Byford on April 15, 2013 01:28 am + 66 comments

  You could be forgiven for not having the 57th anniversary of commercial videotape recording marked Continue reading…

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  The cellphone is 40 years old today

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 3, 2013 04:48 am + 123 comments

  On April 3rd, 1973, Motorola engineer Marty Cooper placed the first public call from a cellphone. In Continue reading…

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  Twitter celebrates 200 million users on its 7th birthday

  By Sam Byford on March 21, 2013 04:16 am + 20 comments

  Twitter has posted a video to commemorate seven years since Jack Dorsey made the first ever tweet. Continue reading…

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  Hppy bday: the text message is 20 years old today

  By Aaron Souppouris on December 3, 2012 06:18 am + 122 comments

  Twenty years ago, British engineer Neil Papworth sent the world's first text message, "Merry Continue reading…

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  King of Samsung: a chairman's reign of cunning and corruption

  By Sam Byford on November 30, 2012 11:01 am + 657 comments

  If Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee takes a moment this weekend to reflect on the past 25 years, he Continue reading…

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  Interactive Google Doodle commemorates Winsor McCay's 'Little Nemo'

  By Sam Byford on October 15, 2012 02:18 am + 10 comments

  Winsor McCay's comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland made its debut in the pages of the New York Continue reading…

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  Celebrating 50 years of seeing space, courtesy of the European Southern Observatory

  By Justin Rubio on October 1, 2012 11:39 am + 7 comments

  In 1962, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden came together to create the European Continue reading…