Who Invented the Computer Virus

Who Invented the Computer Virus

The first truly viral computer viruses were spread through floppy disks The earliest computer viruses were pretty tame. In fact, the very earliest viruses -- like "Creeper" which just displayed the me…

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Nintendo’s Big Mobile Move May Upset a Lot of You

Nintendo’s Big Mobile Move May Upset a Lot of You

Gaming pundits' favorite hobbyhorse is dead: After years of pleading by investors, analysts, and reporters to put its games on smartphones and tablets, Nintendo announced just such a plan Tu…

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How to Google Something You Don't Know How to Describe

How to Google Something You Don't Know How to Describe

I was walking through lower Manhattan on the way to work one morning a couple of years ago when I saw a guy in a hardhat peering through something like one of these things mounted on a…

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I caught my husband’s iPhone thief

I caught my husband’s iPhone thief

On the average weekend, my biggest worries normally have to do with how to balance family time with chores. This past Sunday, however, my day became infinitely more stressful when my husba…

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We ♡ Great Discussions and Now You Can Too

Along with the release of the new Homepage and Settings , we’ve introduced an easy way of sharing great discussions with others. The ability to Recommend. Think of Recommends as saying "kudos…

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Better Call Saul: S1.E7 Bingo Post-Episode Discussion Thread

HERE BE VAGUE SPOILERS. Well, that was dispiriting. Somebody get that man some loud suits, and quick! Random life-imitating-art-imitating-life irony: the building with the fabulous office has been…

Better Call Saul S1.E7 Bingo: Pre-Discussion

If I were slightly more on top of things, I would have gotten a picture of a billboard currently visible around I-25 and Montgomery in Albuquerque proclaiming that viewers "Better Call [actual ABQ l…