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COMPUTERS 
May 22, 2017 When Video Game Consoles Wanted (and Failed) to Be Computers
Image: Scan of Intelivision owner manual. A lot of early video game consoles secretly wanted to be home computers, too. Their makers either sold keyboard add-ons or failed miserably in the process. A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail. Of all […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 16, 2016 MacBook Pro 2016 Is the Touchscreen Mac You’ve Always Wanted
HIGHLIGHTS Touchscreen laptops are uncomfortable and impractical to use Apple was never going to go down the same road Touch Bar is Apple’s answer to the clamour for touchscreen Macs Apple is famously one of the most secretive companies in the world, but major hardware launches in recent years have been ruined by leaks that […]
