"The birth of the Boombox: 1976-1981"

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That '70s Campaign - Al Gore thinks it's
1976 all over again. By Chris
Suellentrop

That '70s Campaign - Al Gore thinks it's
1976 all over again. By Chris
Suellentrop 02/10/2004 09:18 AM
Chris Suellentrop messes his pants .. bitter, bitter man .. deranged rant .. was there

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1981 Personal Computer Catalog

1981 Personal Computer Catalog 04/29/2004 10:01 PM

Putting the smackdown on heresy since
1981

Putting the smackdown on heresy since
1981 04/06/2005 02:47 PM
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith t-shirts. Cardinal Ratzinger has a posse with official merchandise. Top logo: "Putting the smackdown on heresy since 1981". Blog!...

American Business Computers Catalog,
about 1981

American Business Computers Catalog,
about 1981 04/30/2004 09:20 AM
"We even have computers that can fit inside a single room!" .. American Business Computers Catalog .. catálogo .. about 1981

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1981 computer catalogue scanned and
posted

1981 computer catalogue scanned and
posted 04/30/2004 03:37 AM
I swear, the scans out of this 1981 computer catalogue are more fascinating than all the patent medicines in a 19th-century Sears-Roebuck. Link (via /.)

Touchscreen Boombox PC

Touchscreen Boombox PC 05/24/2004 02:27 PM
So earlier I was warning about Star Trek devices always coming in threes, but it looks like the trifecta today will come in homebrew PC casemods, specifically this retro-chic touchscreen boombox that integrates a Fujitsu Stylistic 1200 Tablet PC into...

Sony ZS-Y3 Boombox

Sony ZS-Y3 Boombox 08/10/2004 10:19 AM

There's no price or availability information at the moment (even in Japan), but this ZS-Y3 boombox from Sony has a nice look to it. Not quite the mantis-head look of some of the current Sports models, but still a smooth curling line that feels both tightened and expanding at once.

Read - Product Page (Japanese) [SonyJP via Akiba.SorobanGeeks]

BT Voyager Digital Media Boombox

BT Voyager Digital Media Boombox 06/02/2004 01:38 PM

The BT Voyager Digital Media Player is a simple $300 wireless audio receiver that uses a USB base station to connect to your home PC and stream audio, CDs, or internet radio as far as its wireless transmitter will allow. Similar to many other home audio streamers, the BT Voyager unit sets itself apart mainly by using a wireless link that will not interfere with 802.11b signals (and not interoperate, for that matter). It also has dual audio ins and outs if you'd like to use it as part of a less mobile get up. It's a little pricey, but the simplicity and portability make it unique (if you can convince them to ship it outside of the UK).
Read< /a> [BT via TRFJ]

Sony Boombox To Support iTunes

Sony Boombox To Support iTunes 04/17/2005 10:44 AM

The Sony internet boombox will have full support for iTunes, it has emerged. Dubbed the NAS-CZ1, the sleek black unit plays MP3, WAV, ACC and WMA, including DRM-iTunes music. By Will Harris, The Inquirer

Digital Lifestyle Outfitters debuts
iBoom, the first boombox solution for
iPod & iPod mini

Digital Lifestyle Outfitters debuts
iBoom, the first boombox solution for
iPod & iPod mini 08/20/2004 02:27 AM
Digital Lifestyle Outfitters, a leading designer and manufacturer of iPod and MP3 player accessories, announced today that they are producing iBoom, the first and only boombox solution designed specifically for iPod and iPod mini. [PRWEB Aug 20, 2004]

iBoom turns iPod, iPod mini into a
boombox

iBoom turns iPod, iPod mini into a
boombox 08/19/2004 07:41 AM
Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) announced iBoom, a four-speaker boombox system featuring 20 watts per channel, a built-in digital FM radio and a dock that accepts an iPod or iPod mini. It also features a built-in handle, an auxiliary input jack and the option to receive power through the included AC adapter, which also charges the iPod, or six D cell batteries. DLO expects iBoom to be available in late September and had not updated its Web site with a product page as MacCentral posted this article. Pricing was not announced.

DLO debuts iBoom boombox for iPod, iPod
mini

DLO debuts iBoom boombox for iPod, iPod
mini 08/18/2004 05:04 PM
Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) today announced iBoom, a boombox solution designed specifically for the iPod and iPod mini...

The birth of a new app

The birth of a new app 04/04/2005 11:03 AM
Giles Turnbull: "Enter Sam DeVore, full-time dad and part-time programmer. He saw the need for something new, and suspected he could create it very rapidly. He posted to the list, announcing his plan, and set to work."

water birth

water birth 12/22/2003 03:04 PM
Water birth is an alternative to standard hospital labor where the woman gives birth in a pool of water. Many hospitals/birth centers now offer the option of a water birth, or the mother-to-be can choose from a wide variety of birthing pools for labor at home, usually assisted by a midwife/nurse with experience in waterbirth. There are many benefits of a gentle introduction to the world by being born in water, and the testimonials make it sound like a great option. Note: some links may be NSFW. [more inside]

The Birth of the Notebook

The Birth of the Notebook 03/22/2005 04:59 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Chris Null has written a great article about the early history of portable PCs for Mobile PC magazine.

Inspired by the IBM 5100 and Xerox's Notetaker -- a 48-pound machine with a keyboard that folded over the display -- Osborne's eponymous computer was cobbled together from the cheapest parts he could find. The Osborne 1 hit the market at $1,795, with dual floppy drives and a 5-inch CRT. Flip the keyboard over the front, latch it on, and your 24.5-pound computer was ready to go wherever you needed it. Osborne had amazing success with the product, but it was fatally crushed by the birth of Compaq in 1983, which copied the Osborne carefully while adding one killer feature: IBM compatibility.

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UPDATE: Stefan says: "I actually worked on an Osborne in the early '80s. The college SF club had one. We used it to lay out the schedule and generate individually numbered tickets for our SF convention. I recall using the included BASIC to create a program that would generate a Superbowl betting grid.

"One of the big selling points for the Osborne was the software. The company pioneered the concept of bundling. In addition to the CP/M operating system, you got WordStar, a spreadsheet, a flat-file database program and so on. It even had a nice app for reading and writing PC-format disks.

"The computer itself was, frankly, a piece of shit. The monitor was 52 columns wide; when your typing reached the end of a line the display shifted left. It was terribly susceptible to static shock. You learned to save your work every few minutes in dry weather, because resets and lockups were a regular occurrence."

Birth of the iPod

Birth of the iPod 07/21/2004 11:21 AM

The Birth of the Semantic Web

The Birth of the Semantic Web 12/17/2004 06:37 PM

The birth of a [sign] language

The birth of a [sign] language 09/18/2004 06:57 PM
Experts Study New Sign Language System A new system of sign language developed by deaf children in Nicaragua may hold clues about the evolution of languages. When the country's first school for the deaf was established in 1977, children were not taught sign language but developed a system of signs to communicate. Childhood learning may determine linguistic rules ...They found that older students used hand signals resembling the gestures employed by hearing people, mimicking the entire event physically. But younger pupils - who had interacted with other deaf children from an early age - used a more complex series of signs. They split the scene into component parts and arranged these sequentially to convey the incident. The constructions resemble the way words and sentences are built in verbal languages, using segments structured in a linear fashion. This indicates that way the younger children learnt the sign language helped reshape it according to these linguistic rules.
............... Fascinating... /Mr. Spock

Birth of the Bluetooth Bots

Birth of the Bluetooth Bots 09/02/2004 06:44 AM
The Feature Sep 2 2004 9:49AM GMT

Ovarian Transplant: First Birth

Ovarian Transplant: First Birth 09/24/2004 06:02 AM
In a breakthrough that doctors say gives hope to many women who've become infertile after cancer treatments, a woman who received an ovarian tissue transplant gives birth to a healthy baby girl.

Other News: Birth of the iPod

Other News: Birth of the iPod 07/21/2004 11:08 AM
Wired tells the story of the iPod's birth, interviewing key player Ben Knauss....

Inside Look at Birth of the IPod

Inside Look at Birth of the IPod 07/21/2004 06:13 AM
A former manager of the company tasked with making the hit device tells of the glitches that almost killed it, how Apple strained to keep it secret and how Steve Jobs molded it to his liking. By Leander Kahney.

Pick your birth month

Pick your birth month 08/17/2004 03:30 AM
Copy the text .. La Mancha .. source

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Compensation for birth errors boy

Compensation for birth errors boy 05/25/2004 10:13 AM
The mother of a seven-year-old boy wins compensation after mistakes made at his birth left him brain damaged.

Denver Zoo has another gorilla birth

Denver Zoo has another gorilla birth 06/02/2004 01:05 AM
AP via New Jersey Online Jun 2 2004 4:50AM GMT

"The Birth of an Anti-Kerry Ad"

"The Birth of an Anti-Kerry Ad" 08/21/2004 02:53 AM

Birth control by kiosk

Birth control by kiosk 08/16/2004 08:18 AM
globetechnology.com Aug 16 2004 12:42PM GMT

Susie the Cow Gives Birth to Triplets
(AP)

Susie the Cow Gives Birth to Triplets
(AP) 06/09/2004 07:10 PM
AP - Her first year of breeding, Susie the cow gave birth to one calf. Her second year, she gave birth to twins. This year, her third year of breeding, Susie gave birth to triplets — something that occurs in less than 100,000 births, a veterinary specialist said.

Woman Gives Birth Exactly 4 Years Apart
(AP)

Woman Gives Birth Exactly 4 Years Apart
(AP) 06/30/2004 09:25 AM
AP - Giving birth is like clockwork for Cheryl Stelljes. The Cohasset woman gave birth to a son, Adam, on Sunday at 10:12 p.m. That was four years to the minute after the birth of her daughter, Lindsay, on June 27, 2000.

The Birth of GNU, 20 Years Ago Today

The Birth of GNU, 20 Years Ago Today 01/07/2004 03:16 PM
Richard Stallman resigned from MIT 20 years ago today to launch the GNU Project. That was the free software effort that ultimately spawned the operating system known as Linux, building on a tradition that gave the world a host of other software, some of which is at the heart of the Internet and other things we take for granted today.

Yahoo! Birth of a New Machine

Yahoo! Birth of a New Machine 02/18/2004 02:25 AM
Search Engine Report Feb 18 2004 6:14AM GMT

£3.5m award for birth damage

£3.5m award for birth damage 01/23/2004 04:16 PM
An 11-year-old boy left disabled after complications during his birth is awarded £3.5m in damages.

birth of a stealth campaign

birth of a stealth campaign 07/19/2004 01:03 PM
a bra maker is using blogs to create buzz in advance of a new ad push

Wired: Inside look at birth of the iPod

Wired: Inside look at birth of the iPod 07/21/2004 11:18 AM
Wired's Leander Kahney offers an inside look at the development of the original iPod through an interview with Ben Knauss, a former senior manager at PortalPlayer, the company Apple approached to help develop the device...

Birth and death certificates
computerised

Birth and death certificates
computerised 09/01/2004 08:37 PM
Daily Times Sep 2 2004 0:08AM GMT

Separated at birth: The Times' WMD and
Wen Ho Lee mea culpas

Separated at birth: The Times' WMD and
Wen Ho Lee mea culpas 05/27/2004 10:52 AM

Warning of near-term birth 'risk'

Warning of near-term birth 'risk' 08/02/2004 08:48 PM
Babies born just slightly prematurely have more health problems than those born at full term, researchers say.

Pa. Woman Gives Birth to 2 Sets of Twins
(AP)

Pa. Woman Gives Birth to 2 Sets of Twins
(AP) 08/16/2004 08:41 AM
AP - A woman gave birth to two sets of identical twins — two boys and two girls — a rare occurrence even among quadruplets.

Stitches don't stop preterm birth

Stitches don't stop preterm birth 06/03/2004 08:05 PM
A common surgical procedure used to try to stop women giving birth prematurely has little effect, research suggests.
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