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Keith Shaw writes the Cool Tools column for Network World, and is the Multimedia Content Editor for IDG Enterprise, responsible for editorial video and audio content creation. Follow him on Twitter @shawkeith.

Did this 1985 film coin the phrase 'information superhighway' and predict Siri?

Posted Jun 21, 2012 - 05:24 pm

While Al Gore may not have "invented the Internet", he did claim to introduce the term "information superhighway" in a 1978 presentation to computer industry officials (at least according to Wikipedia). One of the first printed references to the phrase came from the Jan.
32-year-old talks to 12-year-old self via VHS

Posted Jul 05, 2012 - 05:12 pm

This video is currently trending upwards, in which a 32-year-old man finds a VHS tape of himself at age 12, and he has a conversation with himself.
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- funny videos, video
Windows 8 ad shows all the things I won't be doing on my computer

Posted Oct 15, 2012 - 03:04 pm
Is this Nokia teaser ad the worst one ever?

Posted Aug 29, 2012 - 10:36 am

Nokia and Microsoft have some kind of announcement planned for next Wednesday, Sept. 5. Most people are thinking it's Windows Phone 8, but you'd never be able to tell that from this teaser ad, which Nokia released today.
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- Microsoft, Nokia
Wizard of Oz / Pink Floyd synchronization now on YouTube

Posted Jul 25, 2012 - 01:44 pm
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- Pink Floyd, video
Skyrim gets another add-on to keep you indoors

Posted Nov 05, 2012 - 11:30 am

In case you haven't been busy enough with your video-gaming (with Assassin's Creed III, the upcoming Halo 4 and assorted other games), along comes Bethesda with a new trailer for a new add-on for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (aka "Skyrim").
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- dragons, Skyrim
Surprise: A-list actors in ad for Black Ops 2 video game

Posted Oct 29, 2012 - 10:03 am

I'm not a big fan of military blow-em-up games like Call of Duty, but apparently a lot of people are excited for the next version of the game, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
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- ad, advertising
BBC gives Doctor Who fans an Amy/Rory postscript

Posted Oct 12, 2012 - 09:53 am
Does anyone else want to punch the "Apple Genius" guy in the face?

Posted Jul 30, 2012 - 04:54 pm

If you watched any part of NBC's coverage of the Olympics over the weekend, chances are you've seen at least one of the three new ads from Apple touting its Mac computers and the "Apple Genius."
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- Apple, Apple Genius
Fifth-graders accurately predict future of the Internet in 1995

Posted Aug 14, 2012 - 04:31 pm

This video was posted three years ago, but some other sites have picked it up recently to show how smart some people were in 1995, at the beginning of the Internet's boom.

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