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Re:Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed emoji deal
on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @05:32PM (#13180295)
Who can take the idea of "Silicon Valley" as an engine for social change seriously when industry leaders behave like this?
Re:A map of the entire internet as of May 1973
on Monday December 12, 2016 @09:35AM (#13158244)
For a deeper dive into the history of ARPANET cartography, check out this paper (many more maps inside!):
Fidler, B., and M. Currie. “The Production and Interpretation of ARPANET Maps.” IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 37, no. 1 (January 2015): 44–55. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2015.16. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7057559/?arnumber=705755...
Re:$17 smartwatch sends something to random Chinese IP address
on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @05:18PM (#11213491)
I believe that I own this watch and it didn't ask me to sideload an APK. Rather, the watch displayed a QR code that pointed me to an app the Google Play store. There may be something shady going on but the evidence here is not clear cut.
Re:3,000 floppy disk archive (1982–1994)
on Friday May 01, 2015 @11:20AM (#9471983)
Unfortunately, no. There is no comprehensive archive. There are bits and pieces on the web plus several Fido boards still running with archives going back a decade or so.
Re:Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform
on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @10:52AM (#8596035)
MIT license according to: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/11/micros...