Connor of Pre Internet set out to construct the world’s smallest Blockbuster Video, a scratch-built miniature that captures the late-nineties strip-mall version of the chain with a fully stocked interior lined with 1200 tiny VHS tapes. He began by researching a specific Dallas location that matched the familiar aesthetic of blue awnings and open floor […]
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OQO, a small San Francisco startup, spent years downsizing the specifications of a complete Windows PC before releasing the Model 01 in October 2004, a feat of miniaturization measuring 4.9 by 3.4 by 0.9 inches and weighing only 14 oz. Behind the scenes, founders Jory Bell and Jonathan Betts-LaCroix had left larger companies to pursue […]
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Few people today even know the Epix Pro existed, yet the chunky gray box from 1996 carried more computing muscle than most early digital cameras ever attempted. Released by a short-lived startup called Epix Imaging Systems, the same unit later appeared under the names Obsidian IC/100 and NEC PC-DC 401 after the company shifted labels […]
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Russian missile strike on Ukraine kills 30 on packed city buses, as Moscow says “no clear path” to peace
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At least 30 people were killed Thursday when a Russian guided bomb slammed into a street near two packed city buses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, according to officials. At least 18 more people were wounded in the attack, the Donetsk region’s governor said. “There is no doubt that Russia is cynically targeting civilians,” Oleksandr Honcharenko, […]
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Christian Kofane has attracted plenty of attention at Bayer Leverkusen (Picture: Imago GmbH / Avalon) Manchester United have joined the race to sign Bayer Leverkusen forward Christian Kofane, with Arsenal also in the hunt, according to reports. The 20-year-old made his professional debut in Spain with Albacete in January 2025 and was quickly snapped up […]
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Back in the middle of 2006, a small company called Chip PC Technologies started shipping a computer that vanished into the wall. Jack PC occupied the same opening as a standard network jack, behind a faceplate barely larger than a light-switch cover, and every port a desk worker needed sat on that plate. Offices were […]
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Most snack bowls never see this kind of afterlife. Maker JSK-koubou split a walnut along its natural seam, finished the meat, and then spent at least a few hours of careful shop work turning the empty halves into a living room remote that talks to air conditioners, TVs, lights, and fans. Small neodymium magnets perch […]
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iFixit Opens Steam Frame and Finds Valve Packed a Whole Computer Around Your Eyes With Room to Work
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Days after Valve started sending Steam Frame kits to buyers, iFixit already had one open on the bench and mostly liked what sat inside. Steam Frame launched September 14 as a standalone SteamOS headset that also streams from a PC through an included wireless adapter, starting at $1,059 for 256GB and $1,299 for 1TB, with […]
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VMware Ready to Run CDs Packed Working Linux Virtual Machines Onto Discs Handed Out at Linux World 2000
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Viewer David from Virginia Beach mailed Michael MJD a pair of forgotten promotional CDs he picked up at Linux World 2000, and those discs still hold complete, ready-to-boot virtual machines of Red Hat Linux 6.1 and SuSE Linux. VMware handed them out as marketing pieces that let Windows users try popular Linux distributions without hunting […]