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The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart, turns 88 today. Here are some mouse prototypes that never saw the light of day

Basic use of the history command is part of any good introduction to Unix, but there's a lot more to this basic feature than repeating your most recent commands. In fact, some of the more useful applications of command history are typically overlooked and many users may not fully understand just how the command works.

History geeks, unite! Watch the premiere trailer via Google Hangout on Thursday.

London is an enigma wrapped inside a riddle in the middle of a larger London. Kind of.

Telstar, the world's first telecommunications satellite, launched 50 years ago this week and one of the first things it carried was a news conference by US President Kennedy.

BBC promo gives me an excuse to post a video from Henry V.

Today is the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a "date that will live in infamy" for many Americans and their families. Try and take a break today to watch some of the video histories about the day on YouTube and Vimeo:

Because this bothers me more than a little, I'm going to join in the multiple sites around the web pointing out Vic Gundotra (VP of Engineering, Google)'s little "date issue", (most notably, Matt Drance.) During his I/O Keynote, Gundotra said: If we did not act, we faced a draconian future. Where one man, one company, one carrier was the future. Wow, that's pretty heavy. Very emotional too, I mean there's Vic and Google standing alone against the evil Apple iPhone Empire. Also, pretty prescient.