The Science Elf

The first episode of a new series I'm introducing, Format Wars. This episode focuses on the character encoding standards ASCII and EBCDIC, a fight between backwards compatibility and common sense.

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How difficult could it possibly be to copy files over to an Apple Newton from the internet? Particularly difficult.

In a world dominated by smartphones and portable touchscreen devices, it's easy to forget a time when a pocket sized email device was the must-have item.

With Microsoft recently releasing the first XP update in three years in an effort to stop WannaCrypt, I thought it was appropriate to bring up the story of a previous XP update that made the OS more secure.

A lot of people recognize the infamous purple gorilla spyware program, but few are aware that BonziBuddy was just one of the many applications created by Bonzi Software.

Shockwave/Macromedia/Adobe Flash was at one point an integral part of the web. Why then, is it a mostly forgotten and ignored software platform? Today, I'm taking a look at what caused the Rise and Fall of Flash.