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The Evolution of the Homepage

Using the WayBack Machine, we looked back at how the homepage has changed since the early days of the Internet
June 04, 2012 | By K. Annabelle Smith

Jobs of the Future: How Accurate Were the Soothsayers of 1982 At Predicting Today’s Top Careers?

College graduates take note: Your dream career as a robot psychologist or nasal technologist is just around the corner
May 15, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Resurrecting the Dead With Computer Graphics

As computer graphics improved in the 1980s and 1990s, people imagined that actors like Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and even a Laurence Olivier/Abraham Lincoln mash-up would star in the movies of tomorrow
April 30, 2012 | By Matt Novak

The Magazine of the Future (on floppy disk!)

More than 20 years before the iPad, an entrepreneur saw the potential of interactive, digital magazines
April 23, 2012 | By Matt Novak

From the Smithsonian Collections: Famous Footwear

Famous footwear of the Smithsonian collections, from Chinese foot-binding booties to Dorothy's ruby slippers
April 10, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

Richard Clarke

Richard Clarke on Who Was Behind the Stuxnet Attack

America's longtime counterterrorism czar warns that the cyberwars have already begun—and that we might be losing
April 2012 | By Ron Rosenbaum

Top 10 computer viruses

Top Ten Most-Destructive Computer Viruses

Created by amateur hackers, underground crime syndicates and government agencies, these powerful viruses have done serious damage to computer networks worldwide
March 20, 2012 | By Sharon Weinberger

The iPad of 1935

Yep, there was an app for that.
March 07, 2012 | By Matt Novak

One Library for the Entire World

In the years preceding the Internet, futurist books hinted at the massive information infrastructure that was to come.
February 21, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Santa’s Trusty Robot Reindeer

A special visit from the Ghost of Christmas Retro-Future
December 23, 2011 | By Matt Novak

1968′s Computerized School of the Future

A forward-looking lesson plan predicted that "computers will soon play as significant and universal a role in schools as books do today"
November 16, 2011 | By Matt Novak

Jaron Lanier’s Virtual Reality Future

The father of virtual reality believed technology promised infinite possibilities. Now, he worries that it's entrapping us.
October 28, 2011 | By Matt Novak

First Apple Macintosh computer

A Tribute to a Great Artist: Steve Jobs

Through mastering calligraphy in college, Jobs learned to think like an artist
October 06, 2011 | By Henry Adams

Wisconsin State Capitol

Q and A with Nick Stanhope, Creator of Historypin

By merging old photographs with new mapping technology, this site fuses new connections between the generations
August 31, 2011 | By Megan Gambino

Keith Hampton

How Technology Makes Us Better Social Beings

Sociologist Keith Hampton believes technology and social networking affect our lives in some very positive ways
July 11, 2011 | By Megan Gambino

Einstein using an iPad

Turn on, Log in, Wise up

If the internet is dumbing us down, how come I've never felt smarter?
April 2011 | By Donald Morrison

Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal on How Computer Games Make You Smarter

The "alternate reality game" designer looks to develop ways in which people can combine play with problem-solving
February 2011 | By Amanda Bensen

Bill Moggridge

Q and A with Bill Moggridge

The director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum discusses the future of computing and design
February 2011 | By Megan Gambino

Fox River Promotion Booklet, 2006

Postmodernism's New Typography

In an act of rebellion against the prevailing Sans serif aesthetic, designers looked to celebrate creativity in their digital fonts
December 20, 2010 | By Jess Righthand

Google Vinton Cerf

Vinton Cerf on Where the Internet Will Take Us

Google’s “Chief Internet Evangelist” talks about the direction of online connectivity and communication
August 2010 | By Brian Wolly


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