The Internet began as the ARPANET on October 29, 1969 at 10:30 pm in room 3420, Boelter Hall UCLA.
Brad Fidler tracks down the spot that changed the world in this cool vid.
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Ubuntu 8.04, aka Hardy Heron has been released and is available for download now.
Some of the new goodies in this release include Gnome 2.22, Xorg 7.3, Firefox 3 Beta 5, Transmission BitTorrent client, Inkscape for native PDF support and Wubi which allows windows users to install ubuntu as an application, without the need for a […]
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Microsoft’s next-generation web browser, Internet Explorer 8, has arrived. In a surprising move, after the demo of IE8 and its new features at today’s session of the MIX08 conference, the startling announcement was made: “It’s available for download now”. The new browser showcases many new features and improvements, like Facebook and eBay integration, standards compliance, […]
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Toshiba, the creators of the HD-DVD format have announced that they are shutting down the manufacturing facilities and pulling the plug on the format, leaving the market wide open for Sony’s Blu-Ray technology.
The move will likely put an end to a battle that has gone on for several years between consortiums led by Toshiba and […]
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Sign in a computer store window.
“Of all the signs we put up there the last two years, at least, we probably got the most response out of that one. A lot of people coming in.”
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The uber cool geek babe Veronica Belmont speaks with Art Lebedev the creator of the Optimus Maximus keyboard.
For those not familiar with the OM, the keyboard contains a small organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display behind each key so that each keys appearance and mapping can be changed at will.
It looks great but the price is […]
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This is a clever way of browsing the web on a locked down workstation by using Microsoft’s HTML Help program.
1. Open calculator. You can do this quickly with Windows button+R on your keyboard, type ‘calc’ in the run box, click OK.
2. In Microsoft Calculator go to Help -> Help Topics.
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Netscape Navigator will no longer be supported after February 1, 2008 according to AOL. I think the news is very sad especially considering that Navigator helped shape the web as we know it and was once used by about 90% of web users.
“After 1 February, there will be no more active product support for Navigator […]
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The first new Duke Nukem Forever trailer in over six years has been released. It contains NO actual gameplay footage and only very brief glimpses of Aliens.
Definitely was not worth the wait in my opinion, although I am sure that once this game finally makes it to the shelves it will be a best […]
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The Commodore 64 is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the best selling single computer model and will celebrate it’s 25th anniversary next week.
On Monday, the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, will celebrate the C64’s 25th anniversary. Computer pioneers will reflect on the C64’s achievements and contribution to the industry. Jack […]
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The Tux Enclave blog has a great article on how to pimp the look of your Ubuntu Gusty Gibbon machine(s). The guide is based on the latest gnome desktop and covers installing custom themes, icons, sounds, docks etc.
Also covered in the guide are Leopard and Vista themes, although why you would want your ubuntu box […]
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GIMP 2.4.0 has been released.
GIMP which stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program is a popular open source alternative to photoshop.
The latest version has a great new look and a load of new features including:
* Scalable Brushes
* Foreground Select Tool
* Align Tool
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