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The Evolution Of The Enterprise: From The Revolutionary War To Star Trek

2:10AM November 26, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Today is the 50th anniversary of the USS Enterprise CVN-65, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Her first crucial role was in the Cuban Missile Crisis blockade, as part of the 2nd Fleet, in October 1962. More »

Software

How To Get Facebook’s Timeline On Your IPad (Sort Of)

1:35PM November 23, 2011 | Casey Chan

Facebook takes it sweet ‘ol time when it comes to the iPad. What it only took forever and a half to get an iPad Facebook app, right? So if you want to enjoy Facebook’s new Timeline feature, don’t count on Facebook. Instead, download Timelines for Facebook. More »

Gadgets

Great Moments In Autopen History

12:00PM May 28, 2011 | Seth Abramovitch

Minutes before midnight, after a landslide House vote of 250-153, President Obama signed legislation backing a four-year extension on the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. (Did you know that’s an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism? Now you do.) Yay, habeas corpus denials, warrantless searches and carte blanche wiretapping! Four more years! Four more years! More »

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Middle East Revolts Laid Out In Beautiful Interactive Timeline

7:23AM March 23, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The UK Guardian has a beautiful interactive timeline breaking down the chain of events as it pertains to the Middle East revolts, which involve Egypt, Tunsia and Libya. Cleanly organised by date, event and country, it’s a helpful way to make sense of a lot of information at the very least. [Guardian]

Online

Egypt Turned Off The Net With A Big Switch, Not Phone Calls

11:40AM February 11, 2011 | Ryan Singel - Wired

The Egyptian government shut down most of its country’s internet not by phoning ISPs one at a time, but by simply throwing a switch in a crucial data centre in Cairo. More »

A Brief Illustrated History Of The iPod

3:40PM October 14, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

It’s been about nine years since we were first introduced to the iPod. Over those years the little Apple gadget has grown more powerful, gained some siblings, and become a household name. Here’s an overview of how this all happened. More »

The History Of The Internet, Visualised

3:20PM August 19, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Behold, the illustrious history of these here internets in convenient graphic timeline form. Who knew Pizza Hut played such a prominent role? More »

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The UFO Sighting Credibility Timeline

5:40AM March 18, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

One day, the little green humanoids with three eyes or the big purple tentacle thingies will come for real. And then, humans and giraffes and orangutans and fish and jam all over the Earth will exclaim: PHOTOSHOP! [Make Use Of]

What If Computer Graphics Ran Under Crayola’s Law?

5:00PM January 18, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

I love this timeline, showing the evolution of Crayola crayons from 1903 – eight colours, including poop – to 120 colours today. Now, imagine PC graphics running on Crayola’s Law, which states that the number of hues doubles every 28 years… More »

The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Timeline

3:00AM January 1, 2010 | Mark Wilson

The 102-year history of the Times Square New Year’s Even Ball is one filled with technology, death and, of course, pretty shiny lights. See it all unfold in our historical timeline. More »