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The Internet Turns 30 On November 22nd

In the fall of 1977, an unmarked step van filled with futuristic equipment, engineers, and sometimes fully uniformed generals quietly cruised the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area. Only an oddly shaped antenna gave any hint of its purpose. The key event occurred on November 22, when data flowed seamlessly from the van to […]

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William Gibson on the Present — and the Future

One of the things our grandchildren will find quaintest about us is that we distinguish the digital from the real, the virtual from the real. In the future, that will become literally impossible. The distinction between cyberspace and that which isn’t cyberspace is going to be unimaginable. When I wrote Neuromancer in 1984, cyberspace already […]

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Code Changes To Prepare Gmail For The Future

From the Gmail blog comes info on why Gmail has been a bit odd for the past few days.  (It’s a good thing.)
Code changes to prepare Gmail for the future

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