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Tech Time Warp is a weekly feature that looks back at interesting moments and milestones in tech history.

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Tech Time Warp: Beware of the nefarious floppy disk

Tech Time Warp: Beware of the nefarious floppy disk

Modern computer users are becoming increasingly aware of the potential cybersecurity risks associated with USB drives. (Whatever you do, don’t get curious about a USB drive you find on the ground!) In this edition of Tech Time Warp learn about how similar...

/ April 25, 2025
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Tech Time Warp: The women who powered Bletchley Park

Tech Time Warp: The women who powered Bletchley Park

Historians and the public widely recognize the contributions of the men at Bletchley Park, especially Alan Turing, who cracked the Germans’ Enigma Code. (So, too, is the tragic end to Turing’s life.) But a sizable female workforce made Bletchley Park’s...

/ April 18, 2025
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Tech Time Warp: Funny April Fools’ Day tech pranks you may not know about

Tech Time Warp: Funny April Fools’ Day tech pranks you may not know about

Did you survive April Fools’ Day 2025? Or did you sign up for Duolingo’s five-year world cruise? April Fools’ Day is a love-it-or-hate-it tradition in the technology world, with Google leading the charge from 2000 up until the COVID-19 pandemic....

/ April 4, 2025
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Tech Time Warp: How Hewlett-Packard shook up multiple industries and the modern workplace

Tech Time Warp: How Hewlett-Packard shook up multiple industries and the modern workplace

Technology innovations typically arise from humble locations, not glassy high-rises. Michael Dell started his company from a dorm room in 1984. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the Apple I in a garage in the mid-1970s. Another name we all...

/ March 28, 2025
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Tech Time Warp: The 10-day takeover of a botnet

Tech Time Warp: The 10-day takeover of a botnet

In 2009, researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, outsmarted the cybercriminals behind the notorious Torpig botnet. They uncovered critical knowledge about how this type of malware works. Learn how in this edition of Tech Time Warp. Researchers first...

/ March 21, 2025
Tech Time Warp: The great Michelangelo scare

Tech Time Warp: The great Michelangelo scare

Thirty years ago, PC users worldwide were left saying “Huh?” after the much-hyped Michelangelo virus turned out to be, well, not much. Learn what the virus’ enduring legacy might say more about the media than about a security risk in...

/ March 7, 2025
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Tech Time Warp: LISP programmer’s manual published

Tech Time Warp: LISP programmer’s manual published

The artificial intelligence (AI) tools you use today have their roots in a programming language first released to the public 65 years ago. On March 1, 1960, the AI group led by John McCarthy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

/ February 28, 2025
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Tech Time Warp: An APT programming language

Tech Time Warp: An APT programming language

In conjunction with research centers like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the defense industry drove many rapid technological advances post-World War II. That’s where Douglas T. Ross and his team significantly sped up manufacturing with the development of the...

/ February 21, 2025
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Tech Time Warp: It’s the Storm Worm, not a secret admirer

Tech Time Warp: It’s the Storm Worm, not a secret admirer

The FBI had a real Debbie Downer message to deliver in 2008: That unexpected Valentine’s Day e-card was not from a secret admirer. Instead, it was an invitation for the unwitting recipient to join the Storm Worm botnet. Learn all...

/ February 14, 2025
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Tech Time Warp: Java programming language is a thirtysomething

Tech Time Warp: Java programming language is a thirtysomething

The programming language that made “Write Once, Read Anywhere” (WORA) a standard turns 34 this year (or 30, depending on which anniversary you’re counting). Learn about the history behind Java programming language in this edition of Tech Time Warp. The...

/ January 31, 2025