Friday, July 13th, 2007

New Seven Wonders of the World

Just like the dinosaurs are no longer considered slow moving and cold blooded, the Seven Wonders of the World no longer include the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty.
Using an online poll with over 100 million votes, the new Seven Wonders of the World, as announced in Lisbon on July 7th, are:

The Great Wall [...]

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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Happy 30th Birthday!

Thirty years ago, today, the first practical computer went on sale, the Apple II. This successful computer stayed on the market until October 1993. How’s that for product longevity?
In 1977, the standard Apple II came with 4 kilobytes of memory (could be expanded up to 48K). The computer introduced a graphic display, [...]

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