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  Tumblr sparks interest in National Archive documents

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 30, 2013 04:45 am + 1 comments

  The US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has figured out how to get people Continue reading…

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  MIDI turns 30: a revolutionary open music standard lives on

  By Alex Dunbar on January 28, 2013 01:35 pm + 65 comments

  The list of digital technologies that have remained in use for a decade or more is a short one. MIDI Continue reading…

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  The Fisher Space Pen was aboard the Apollo 7, but it wasn't invented by NASA

  By Amar Toor on January 15, 2013 06:55 am + 14 comments

  Legend has it that the Fisher Space Pen was the result of a multi-million dollar investment from Continue reading…

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  Library of Congress won't launch its Twitter archive anytime soon

  By Amar Toor on January 4, 2013 11:21 am + 7 comments

  In 2010, the Library of Congress announced plans to collect every public Twitter post in a single Continue reading…

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  Incredible photos from the CES vault: 1967 to 2012

  By Laura June on January 4, 2013 10:11 am + 101 comments

  In 2012, the official attendance numbers for CES – the Consumer Electronics Show – were just Continue reading…

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  Amazon Prime Instant Video adds A&E, History, and Lifetime after Netflix's deal falls through

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 4, 2013 09:49 am + 31 comments

  Amazon's Prime Instant Video streaming service is continuing to fill out its selection with today's Continue reading…

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  The 'tsunami bomb' that could have altered the face of World War II

  By Amar Toor on January 3, 2013 04:19 pm + 54 comments

  In 1944, less than a year before the end of World War II, the US and New Zealand began testing an Continue reading…

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  Hearing aids, lasers, and the artificial larynx: inside AT&T's surprising archives

  By Jesse Hicks on January 3, 2013 12:15 pm + 26 comments

  George Kupczak really likes his job. Curly-haired and bespectacled, brimming with enthusiasm, he’s Continue reading…

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  The telephone network that ran on barbed wire

  By Ben Kersey on January 2, 2013 06:13 am + 12 comments

  We live in an age filled with reliable wireless phone service, but once upon a time people had to Continue reading…

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  Museum of London publishes a family's Christmas home recordings from 1902

  By T.C. Sottek on December 25, 2012 03:03 pm + 12 comments

  Last week, the Museum of London announced that it discovered "the earliest known home recording to Continue reading…