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  'Wolfenstein 3D' turns 20 years old, play the free browser version today

  By Vlad Savov on May 9, 2012 11:01 am + 58 comments

  Before the Doom and Quake series really brought fast-action first-person shooters into the gaming Continue reading…

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  How Steve Jobs came to play FDR in a 1984 Apple short film

  By Ellis Hamburger on May 8, 2012 09:20 am + 13 comments

  In 1984, Steve Jobs played FDR in an Apple short film intended to follow its famous Super Bowl Continue reading…

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  Foursquare launches History page, shows you where you've been

  By David Pierce on May 4, 2012 02:14 pm + 5 comments

  Foursquare's been keeping track of where you go for a while now, and now the company's making it Continue reading…

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  Google Doodle pays homage to Gideon Sundback, zipper pioneer

  By Amar Toor on April 24, 2012 03:10 am + 11 comments

  Google has come out with another one of its doodles today, paying homage to one Gideon Sundback — Continue reading…

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  Two of Alan Turing's wartime cryptography papers released

  By Adi Robertson on April 23, 2012 08:58 am + 2 comments

  Two papers written during World War II by computing forefather Alan Turing have been released to The Continue reading…

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  Apple II celebrates its 35th anniversary

  By Sam Byford on April 16, 2012 11:42 pm + 3 comments

  This April 16th and 17th marks the 35th anniversary of the 1977 West Coast Computer Faire in San Continue reading…

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  The Enigma machine, on the centenary of the man who brought it down

  By Vlad Savov on April 16, 2012 07:31 pm + 24 comments

  The names of Alan Turing and the Enigma encryption machine have grown inextricably linked over the Continue reading…

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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…