Obituaries

News

Dennis Ritchie, Co-Creator Of Unix And Founder Of C, Has Died

2:15AM October 14, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

In less than a week, the world has lost two tech pioneers. Last week, we mourned the passing of Steve Jobs, and now we say goodbye to computer scientist Dennis Ritchie who also recently died. More »

News

Tribute Video To Steve Jobs

12:00PM October 6, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Rather than writing his obituary, I thought it would be better to pay tribute to Steve Jobs by stealing one of his ideas. That’s why I made this last Think Different video, in memoriam. More »

Segway Owner James Heselden: Inventor, Philanthropist

7:00AM September 28, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Jimi Heselden will forever be remembered as the Segway chairman who rode his product off a cliff. That’s a shame. Because Heselden’s life amounted to so much more than that one tragic accident. More »

Cars

The Man Whose Work Led To Better Jetliner Wings, Died At Age 82

1:20PM June 3, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Dr Paul R. Garabedian was a mathematician whose work may not have solved any technical problems on its own, but eventually led to fuel-efficient wings: More »

Geek Out

Remembering Kim Peek: The Uncanny Human Computer

6:00PM December 29, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

The New York Times has a fascinating obituary on Kim Peek, the autistic man who was Dustin Hoffman’s inspiration for Rain Man’s character Raymond Babbitt. Some of his powers were absolutely uncanny: More »

Gadgets

Bang Bang, Nokia n-Gage: You’re Dead

7:18AM October 31, 2009 | Brian Lam

Bang, bang, n-Gage: you’re dead. Again. Maybe for the last time. Here’s a short look at your meaningless life. More »

Mobile

i-mate Briefly Reappears On Everyone’s Radar, Just To Die

11:22PM September 17, 2009 | John Herrman

Oct 23 2007: The last time we posted a story on i-mate, a once-hopeful early player in the Windows Mobile handset field. Since then, the company’s story has been one of restructuring, layoffs, missed orders and debt. And today, at long last, death. [ITP]