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The History of Cell Phones

The bad news: Americans pay more than anybody else in the world for cell phone service. The good news: Putting…

15 years ago

Language meets logic as computers mark English papers

A British exam board plans to grade written responses to English tests with computers. It’s the first time machines have…

15 years ago

Wednesday Geeky Picks: Pirates

Talk Like a Pirate Day was of course last weekend, but assuming that some of you are still in the…

15 years ago

Why you should raise your kids to be scientifically literate

In the following video, American astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson explains why people should raise their kids to be scientifically literate.…

15 years ago

Solved: The Million Dollar Napoleon Dynamite Conundrum

A team of seven former rivals has won a three-year contest to improve Netflix’s recommendation system. They pipped another team…

15 years ago

Sexy Monday Ukulele Joy via the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

By Natania Barron Contributing Writer, [GAS] I have a theory. I believe it is impossible to remain sad in the…

15 years ago

Sony Depicts Nigeria as Home of Fraud in Latest PS3 Ad

A few weeks back, when Sony dropped the price of the PS3 to $299, they started airing the following ad…

15 years ago

Google Books offers bizarre new media: the printed page

Every so often you’ll see a print-on-demand machine which is billed as changing the way publishing works. The dream is…

15 years ago

Gleek like me

Part of me knows that "Glee" is an attempt by the Fox Network to tap into the High School Musical…

15 years ago

The Empire Strikes Barack

Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. The Force is strong in this one. This was taken during…

15 years ago