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23 Apr 2009 22:56

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Tech: Good night Geocities, we won’t miss your crappy service

  • GeoCities is survived by two cousins, Angelfire and Tripod, along with an uncle, Jeeves.
    All three are believed to be terminally ill.
  • JR Raphael • In a PC World blog post on the demise of Geocities. You still remember it, right? It was a way that you could put yourself on the Internet for free with a giant ad on top. 15 years in, its owners, Yahoo, have chosen to pull the plug on the useless piece of junk they paid $4.7 billion for a decade ago. Mainly because, well, there are other places you can go to talk about yourself on the Internet. • source

05 Jan 2009 04:18

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Offbeat: It’s because player pianos lack USB ports, isn’t it?

The last player piano roll manufacturer is finally admitting they’re not as cool as iPods. source