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How Ma Bell Shelved The Future For 60 Years

6:00AM November 26, 2010 | Tim Wu

What would the world be like if fibre optic and mobile phones had been available in the 1930s? Would the decade be known as the start of the Information Revolution rather than the Great Depression? More »


Entertainment

20 Years Of A Guy’s Life In 20 Minutes

7:00AM November 20, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

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After buying an answering machine in 1985, Mark Craig thought it would be a good idea to save every single message during the next two decades. It turned out to be a really great idea. Warning: Explicit language and sexual innuendo More »


Gadgets

Four Old Gadgets We Love (And Four We Hate)

6:20AM October 10, 2009 | Anna Jane Grossman

Anna Jane Grossman, author of Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By, has compiled a special short list for Giz readers, four things we’ll really miss, and four we’re glad are gone. (She’s pictured below, not above.) More »