July 6 2008

This Week in Tech History – 7-07-08

Jeffrey Powers the Geekazine Quickcast AMD, cdc, nintendo, SEGA, verbatim 0

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This week we travel back in time to a place where Slide Rule rules…

Worldcom and Bernard Ebbers

HP-35

Wii Wheel, Board and Zapper released

Surgical Zippers

Space Oddity

Rubiks Cube

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