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  Jim Balsillie quit RIM over veto of radical reinvention, BBM expansion, says Reuters

  By Vlad Savov on April 13, 2012 07:42 am + 52 comments

  One half of RIM's former co-CEO pairing, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, is today reported to have Continue reading…

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  Nokia details its history via Facebook Timeline, dates back to 1865

  By Andrew Webster on April 5, 2012 09:18 am + 5 comments

  Now that Facebook Timelines are mandatory for brands, we've seen plenty of creative uses of the Continue reading…

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  Spotify's Facebook Timeline chronicles over 1,000 years of music

  By Jamie Keene on March 30, 2012 07:00 am + 6 comments

  Spotify has added a number of events from the last 1,000 years to its Facebook profile, using T Continue reading…

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  Life Online gallery gives the internet's origins the museum treatment

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 29, 2012 02:15 am

  When you consider how amazing the internet is, it's a little surprising that its beginnings don't Continue reading…

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  Sealand's failed data haven: why HavenCo was doomed from the start

  By Adi Robertson on March 28, 2012 09:29 pm + 28 comments

  In the past decade, everyone from WikiLeaks to The Pirate Bay has sought safe haven from the law in Continue reading…

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  'The Idea Factory': How Bell Labs invented the future

  By Jesse Hicks on March 21, 2012 01:15 pm + 74 comments

  THE IDEA FACTORY: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation Jon Gertner The Penguin Continue reading…

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  Microsoft's Lifebrowser learns what's important so you can browse through personal milestones

  By Andrew Webster on March 16, 2012 04:13 pm + 14 comments

  Your computer contains a lot of personal information, from photos and email to calendar appointments Continue reading…

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  NASA animation shows the Moon's development through the ages

  By Jamie Keene on March 16, 2012 10:26 am + 21 comments

  A new video created by the team at NASA's Goddard Space Center shows the Moon's development over Continue reading…

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  Colossus: how the first programmable electronic computer saved countless lives

  By Sam Byford on March 12, 2012 04:00 am + 15 comments

  Google has posted a look back at Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer. Continue reading…

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  Stephen Wolfram reveals his personal analytics

  By Jamie Keene on March 11, 2012 11:31 pm + 15 comments

  Stephen Wolfram loves data. The creator of Wolfram Alpha and Mathematica has spent the last 20 years Continue reading…