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You must never press the original Razr’s forbidden internet button

The Verge

In all my years of owning a Razr, I can’t say I tapped it more than once or twice, and never on purpose: the internet button. Located on the upper left side of the keypad, the internet button was emblazoned with a blue globe and would open the Razr’s built-in internet browser. The Razr’s internet button was aspirational.

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The Story No One Cares About: PC Sales at lowest number since 2007

CTOvision

The analyst firm IDC reports that worldwide PC shipments in 2015 were about 300 million units, on par with 2007 numbers. Internet of Things : Today's Internet connects people, governments, academia and business. Bob Gourley.

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Internet shutdowns by governments have ‘proliferated at a truly alarming pace’

The Verge

The number of government-led internet shutdowns has exploded over the last decade as states seek to stifle dissent and protest by limiting citizens’ access to the web. The first significant internet shutdown took place in Egypt in 2011, as a response to protests against then-president Hosni Mubarak. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge.

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How much longer can Google own the internet?

Vox

“This lack of competition in digital advertising means that monopoly rents are being imposed upon every website that is ad-supported and every company — small, medium, or large — that relies on internet advertising to grow its business,” Sen. Many attribute Google’s success in the ad business to its 2007 acquisition of DoubleClick for $3.1

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The Internet of Things Will Deliver Big Data's Promise

Social, Agile and Transformation

The Internet of Things Will Deliver Big Datas Promise. The Internet of Things. I have mixed success as a futurist, but Im fairly convinced that the Internet of Things and Machine to Machine technologies will be one of the next waves of major technology advances. 20 Reasons Why the Internet of Things will be Big.

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That time when Steve Jobs and Bill Gates shared the stage in a joint interview

TechSpot

The year was 2007. Internet Explorer was the top web browser and the Xbox 360 was proving naysayers wrong. Microsoft was as dominant force as ever in the tech industry. Bill Gates was the company's chief software architect. Windows Vista was on its first year. Apple was back in the.

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Every PC can now run Crysis

The Verge

The vast majority of PCs on the market today, and even some of the budget gaming PCs that existed in 2007, can run Crysis by streaming it from GeForce Now. The original Crysis , released in 2007, had a reputation for having high system requirements, and struggled to run on many PCs at the time of its release. But can it run Crysis ?”