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Hey Big Companies, Data Are Actual Things That Take Up Space

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By SAM MCDOUGLE
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By Lara Heintz
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How the First Digital Computer Didn’t Really Change Anything and Died In Obscurity

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By ALEX PASTERNACK
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Requiem for the HTML Frameset, 1996-2011

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Faded: Life On the Cusp of Obsolescence

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By Brian Anderson
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MBTV: Electric Independence: Marching Into the Future With Devo

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Tech

1-710-NCS-GETS: Hi, This Is Your Government Calling

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By Brian Anderson
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The Capacitor Plague: Like Too Much Bad Acid For Your Motherboard

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By Brian Anderson
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Reimagining Moore’s Law As An Energy Consumption Black Hole

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By Michael Byrne
Tech

Like those old see-through iMac keyboards from about 5 years ago except more disgusting and strangely more soothing.

09.09.11

By Christopher Smith
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A Tale of Two Computers: When Atari & Commodore Fought For The 80s

08.22.11

By Janus Rose
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The Bitcoin Beef Jerky Test

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