A 19th-century Austrian inventor has a Kickstarter hit on his hands.
History
Reports of the Telegram’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Instead of bidding the telegraph a patronizing farewell and making wisecracks about extinct media, we should be hailing it as a dogged, miraculous survivor.
Remembering Computer Shopper
A computer magazine so thick with ads that lifting it counted as exercise.
PCWorld Exits Print, and the Era of Computer Magazines Ends
The last of the big general-interest PC magazines is no longer a magazine.
In Memoriam: Douglas Engelbart, Maestro of the Mouse and So Much More
Silicon Valley has lost one of its true visionaries — but his monuments are everywhere
The Nigerian Prince and the Valley Girl
The changing face of spam.
You’re the King, Comic Sans. Don’t Apologize. Never Give Up.
“What’s to be done with Comic Sans?!” the other fonts bellow, their lines clean, their angles sharp, their curves mathematical.
This Time for Sure: AltaVista to Die
A once-mighty search engine is about to become history. Again.
The Great 1980s TIME Giveaway Gadgets
Once upon a time, there were TIME-branded tech products–lots of them. Here’s their story.
Facing the Fax
Technology kills a lot of industries, but why won’t the fax machine just die?
We Need a Better Symbol for the Concept of Saving Stuff
Isn’t it odd that the floppy disk lives on in so many software interfaces?
In Praise of Telegrams, the Original Social Network
Contrary to current reports, the telegram may not be about to die. But that doesn’t mean we can’t mourn its loss.