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Happy 40th Birthday, Mouse

On the 9th December 1968, Douglas Engelbart brought us the joystick of the future when he used a wooden mouse with one button ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 9, 2008

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Simpsons Sex Scandal

An Australian man has been convicted of possessing compromising images on his computer – of Bart & Lisa Simpson. Alan John McEwan has ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 8, 2008

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Corbomite Studios Introduce us to “Pizza Morgana”

Imagine Pizza Tycoon with Faeries and Vampires. No garlic bread then? I really don’t know how to start describing this game. If I ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 8, 2008

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I Can Haz Nu Buk Plz?

LOLcats have reached the general public Well, it had to happen sooner or later: Icanhascheezburger has brought out its own particular brand of ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 8, 2008

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Scorpions Cover Sets Off Internet Watchdogs: Updated

IWF believe you may be looking at porn, so are banning you, one site at a time. The Internet Watch Federation are working ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 8, 2008

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Inky, Pinky, Blinky and You

Pac-Man is back, and this time he’s phoned a friend. Way back when I was a young ‘un, there was this game about ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 8, 2008

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Even Gordon Freeman Can’t Fix This

Official investigations estimate the cost to repair the Large Hadron Collider to be in the neighborhood of $14m. After one ton of helium ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 5, 2008

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Application Translates Doctor-Speak

Spanish Computer Scientists have built a program designed to decipher doctor’s jargon. Whilst hackers and text addicts may think that speaking almost purely ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 5, 2008

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Wikipedia Hoping To Entice New Writers

Nearly $900,000 is going towards studying and simplifying Wikipedia’s user interface in the hopes of attracting new authors. In a recent press release ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 5, 2008

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Tomorrow Of The Triffids

John Wyndham’s infamous carnivorous plants are set to return. The world is a ruined wasteland. Everywhere there are shuffling humans, desperate to eke ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2008

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More Internet Woes for Australia

This month, the Australian government is rolling out firewalls to filter child-unfriendly sites. Australia’s Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy,(ABCDE?) Steven ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2008

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UK Amazon takes on ITunes

UK Amazon is offering its own package of music downloads, at prices cheaper than iTunes. Whilst the States have been able to get ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2008

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