Collaborate Disseminate
Why the creative software giant Adobe deserves a place in the broader discussion of breaking up tech giants like Facebook and Google. It’s not just Photoshop. Continue reading Is Adobe’s Creative Cloud Too Powerful for Its Own Good?
From the arcades to the living room, how the controller has evolved—and why one tech historian, Benj Edwards, started building his own. Continue reading The Joystick Artisan
The Hackintosh has become a phenomenon in recent years, despite knotty ethical questions, because Apple’s neglected superfans won’t stop thinking different. Continue reading Are Hackintosh Users More Passionate About the Mac Than Apple?
DRM, one of the internet’s dark arts, was already in the works—complete with epic patents—years before the existence of Napster gave it a business case. Continue reading The Incredibly Technical History of Digital Rights Management
The lineage of the walkie-talkie reaches from World War II to the modern cell phone, and even inspired a major cell network. Continue reading Roger That: A Short History of the Walkie Talkie
Somehow CGA graphics, the IBM PC’s first take on color, haven’t completely faded into history. Why’s that? Well, those four colors inspire a whole lot of nostalgia. Continue reading Why the IBM PC’s Early Graphics Used Such Ugly Colors
Before hard drives became the main way for us to back up our stuff, they were a key evolution for the business world. They were also huge and costly. Continue reading Hard Drives Started Out as Massive Machines That Were Rented by the Month
It ain’t just about Windows, macOS, or Linux. Also-ran or fairly obscure operating systems, like OS/2, are everywhere—in some cases, hiding under your nose. Continue reading Why Many Old Operating Systems Never Really Die
It ain’t just about Windows, macOS, or Linux. Also-ran or fairly obscure operating systems, like OS/2, are everywhere—in some cases, hiding under your nose. Continue reading Why Many Old Operating Systems Never Really Die
Satellite internet was once seen as a holy grail of connect-anywhere online access. But for various reasons, it hasn’t worked out that way—yet. Continue reading We Could Have Good Satellite Internet If We Wanted