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Mac App Transcribes Speech to Text in a Snap (TechNewsWorld.com)
Talking to your Mac and watching your words appear on its screen can be an empowering experience, but what about those t Read More

Devour great books, one byte at a time (Independent Online)
Helen Brain finds a website offering a free dose of good old-fashioned literature in five minute extracts. Read More

Best of BYTE: Programming Languages 1 (Dr. Dobb's Journal)
Programming - Language - Directories - Programming language - History Read More

Commodore VIC-20 prepares for first-ever tweet (CNET)
Old-school computer lovers will be happy to know that the Commodore VIC-20 is coming back. Only this time, it won't run Read More

Feb. 16, 1978: Bulletin Board Goes Electronic (Wired News)
Less than a month from concept to working system, the first computer BBS starts up. It's a harbinger of things to come. Read More

Taking a byte out of crime (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Virtually everyone has, or at least knows how to work, a computer these days. Read More

Not much snow and even less sunshine: What a dismal winter (Bakercityherald.com)
I’m beginning to miss the sun. This is a rare affliction in our valley, which is sheltered by not one by two rain shad Read More

Art and science of a paper conservator (Cape Gazette)
Even as computers continue to push the envelope closer to the envisioned paperless society, not a single bit and byte cr Read More

Tune-Up App Lets You Get More Intimate With Your Mac (TechNewsWorld.com)
It's been both a boon and bane for the Mac that it has some characteristics of an appliance. For some users, "it just wo Read More

What today's tech is teaching tomorrow's workforce (CNET)
The kids are all right, and they increasingly prefer Apple, Google, and open source. What will this mean for Microsoft? Read More