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  • May 2008
    • Say Hello to Generation Duh

      Say Hello to Generation Duh

      (Newser) - Today's youth are dangerously dumb, Mark Bauerlein writes in his new book, The Dumbest Generation. Here's why : Check out Jay Leno's "Jaywalking," where "the ignorance is hard to believe." They boast "a new attitude," taking pride in their illiteracy. More »

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      Internet   social networking   education   teenagers   Web 2.0   generation gap   emoticon

  • September 2007
    • Happy 25th Anniversary! :-)

      Happy 25th Anniversary! :-)

      (Newser) - They didn't seem significant at the time, but three keystrokes typed exactly 25 years ago tomorrow marked a groundbreaking change in the way we communicate. The keystrokes— a colon, hyphen and a right parenthesis—formed the first smiley-face emoticon. The were created on a computer bulletin board by artificial intelligence pioneer Professor Scott E. Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University. More »

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      Internet   email   emoticon

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