News

The 25 Most Notable Quotes in Tech History Legendary sound bites that made sense, made history--or just made us laugh.
The True Face of Mario Uncovering the fascinating true story behind an iconic character's origins--and why nobody likes to talk about them.
A History of AOL, as Told in Its Own Old Press Releases Big moments, little triumphs, and odd sidelights in the life of a 25-year-old online service.
Quick, what's the most admired technology brand? Maybe you answered Apple. Or Google. Or maybe even Microsoft. I'm reasonably certain, however, that none of the brands you're about to read about ...
On April 28th, 2003, moments before I was about to interview Steve Jobs at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, I was jittery. Anticipation? Nerves? Excitement? You bet. All of those visceral emotions were ...
Forty years ago, Nutting Associates released the world’s first mass-produced and commercially sold video game, Computer Space. It was the brainchild of Nolan Bushnell, a charismatic engineer with a ...
Forty Years of Lunar Lander In 1969, an Apollo-crazy high school student wrote one of the most influential computer games of all time.
DALL-E 3 gets most of the credit (or blame?) for this. It hardly seems possible that it’s been nearly sixteen years since I pressed publish on my first Technologizer post. Back then, the iPhone had ...
They weren’t the best thing he ever did, or the one which we’ll cherish the most. But with the sad news of the passing of James Garner, it’s worth pausing to remember the commercials he did in the ...
Amiga: 25 Years Later Let's hear it for the greatest cult computer of them all, which debuted a quarter-century ago today.
As I quietly lamented (or at least noted) the impending death of GeoCities today, I wanted to double-check my memory that it was once one of the very largest sites on the Web. Yup–ten years ago, in ...
Recently on Facebook, my friend, nerd extraordinaire Esther Schindler, shared a photograph of herself wearing an old T-shirt and challenged her followers to identify it: Either you have no idea what ...