The Elektronica 60 was a Soviet computer and kind of a bootleg PDP-11 that was widely used from the late 1970s into the '90s ...

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When I was a kid I enjoyed listening to older folks talk about the changes they had seen during their lifetimes and their first-time experiences. First time driving a tractor, first time seeing an ...

George Foreman's “Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine” was a hallmark of 90s late-night infomercials and the "fat-free" ...

Napster is getting acquired by Infinite Reality for $207 million, the latest chapter for a company whose brand is synonymous ...

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Many would, of course, still be concerned about all the people who worked in industries now made obsolete by the miracle ...

As Mach Madness was set to get underway Tuesday night, a debate reemerged on who invented the first betting pool for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Before all those office pools truly defined March, betting the bracket was the supposed brainchild of an Irish pub owner in Staten Island — a “creative businessman,” his son calls him ...

Bob Stinson, who died at 68 in 2018, was a U.S. Postal Service worker who applied the idea of using his recreational softball league bracket and the furor over Kentucky Derby betting slips to create ...

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