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A Comparative History of Statements in Programming Languages

Whitman at H.P.? The Idea Distresses the Tech World

Ken Jennings's History of Map Monsters

Why Even Resolute Dieters Fail

Yahoo blocked emails about Wall Street protest

A future for drones: Automated killing

The Unofficial Ruby Usage Guide, written originally for internal Google use

Raising the driving-age has also raised the fatal crash rate for 18-year olds

Japan's largest defense contractor reports massive malware infection

USA Today exec: "'Dumbing down' is such a N.Y. and L.A.-centric elitist idea"

Texas undergrad physics programs in peril because of low enrollment

Email exchange between Washington Post and Daily Mail (UK) reporters

Great Social Networks Steal

Founder of Journalism Startup: "The Lies I Told"

Remembering a relationship, one chat at a time

Happy Nerds: A collection of learn-to-program resources for kids

Why aren't there civilians in video games?

David Karp discusses Tumblr’s growing pains

2100 more highway deaths resulted from Americans avoiding air travel, post-9/11

New Documents Detail How Feds Downplayed Toxic Air Data at Ground Zero