History articles

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  Feature

  64 to 30: Commodore's game-changing computer enters its fourth decade

  By Joshua Kopstein on August 31, 2012 10:55 am + 59 comments

  These days, using a computer often seems like it's less about actual computing and more about Continue reading…

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  Feature

  Beyond lies the wub: a history of dubstep

  By Joseph L. Flatley on August 28, 2012 11:31 am + 360 comments

  The atmosphere of Belvedere’s, a dive bar on Butler Street in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville Continue reading…

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  Article

  'The Oatmeal' launches campaign to build a Nikola Tesla museum

  By Amar Toor on August 16, 2012 02:58 am + 42 comments

  Nikola Tesla is widely regarded as one of the most important inventors the world has ever seen, but Continue reading…

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  Article

  Piracy, virtual record collections, and how the MP3 changed music

  By Adi Robertson on August 13, 2012 08:46 am + 35 comments

  The ubiquitous MP3 is far from the only music file format, but it's become a shorthand for the Continue reading…

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  Article

  How Nokia saw the future, but failed to own it

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 19, 2012 05:25 am + 61 comments

  It’s sometimes hard to remember, but there was a time not so long ago when Nokia had it all: a Continue reading…

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  Article

  Oldtweets: a search engine for the first year of Twitter

  By Adi Robertson on July 11, 2012 12:32 pm + 6 comments

  In 2006, Twitter and its related lexicon had not yet crept into the global consciousness, but the Continue reading…

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  Article

  The origins of Twitter's @reply

  By Kimber Streams on July 10, 2012 06:17 pm + 12 comments

  Anarchogeek has a wonderful collection of tweets that illustrate the somewhat disorganized history Continue reading…

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  Article

  The Windows logo is evolving backwards

  By Vlad Savov on July 4, 2012 08:57 am + 186 comments

  Microsoft's effort to "reimagine" Windows with version 8 has been fundamental, whether you're Continue reading…

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  Article

  Watch the Picturephone's 1970s debut on the AT&T archives

  By Kimber Streams on June 29, 2012 04:33 pm + 11 comments

  AT&T has released a video of the Picturephone's commercial debut along with a bit of history on a Continue reading…

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  Article

  Nexus 7: how a budget Asus tablet vanished — and reemerged as Google's Kindle Fire killer

  By Sean Hollister on June 28, 2012 09:00 pm + 173 comments

  I'd be willing to bet that most people believe Google's Nexus 7 tablet is a wholly new design: that Continue reading…