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The Reason Your Cat Loves to Sit On Your Computer Keyboard

Just try to send an email.

The Reason Your Cat Loves to Sit On Your Computer Keyboard

What Does a Screensaver Actually Do?

Remember this?

What Does a Screensaver Actually Do?

How The Oregon Trail Took Over Computer Labs in the '80s and '90s

Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

How The Oregon Trail Took Over Computer Labs in the '80s and '90s

Slack Will Soon Allow People From Any Company to DM You

Slack really wants to liberate users from their email inboxes.

Slack Will Soon Allow People From Any Company to DM You

Want to Learn Coding? These 10 Online Courses Can Get You Started

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Do Some Retro-Inspired Typing With This Wireless Mechanical Keyboard

The Durgod Fusion keyboard offers a retro typing experience.

11 Pivotal Technology Plot Points in The Net—25 Years Later

Sandra Bullock stars in The Net (1995).

11 Handy Zoom Hacks to Make Your Digital Life Easier

She forgot she muted herself.

10 Extremely Valuable Computers That Could Be Hiding in Your Attic

This Apple-1 computer is worth a hefty chunk of cash.

Anti-Spam App Unsubscribes You From Mailing Lists—and Can Even Get You Paid for the Bother

He can't believe how uncluttered his email inbox is.

Netflix Will Finally Let You Delete Embarrassing Movies and TV Shows You’ll Never Finish From Your ‘Continue Watching’ Queue

"Now we can continue watching things we actually want to continue watching!"

The Reason Apple Doesn’t Include a Calculator With the iPad

The Apple iPad.

New Software Lets You Recover Deleted Microsoft Files, Saves the Day

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What the Internet Looked Like in 1995

YouTube / Computer Chronicles

15 Riveting Facts About Alan Turing

Alan Turing

Dig Deeper Into Microsoft Excel's Numerous Features With This 9-Course Bundle for $35

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