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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: typewriter

typewriter stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Word processors, dot-matrix printers, rotary phones, and other formerly state-of-the-art technologies are just about gone and nearly forgotten. Carrying the torch for the likes of holding up a cigarette lighter at a concert is JR Raphael of PC World, who lists 40 leading lights of abandoned technology:
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music • technology • punctuation • typewriter • printers • pay phones • phone booth • grammar • word processor • boombox • phone book • phone directory • rotary phone • cigarette lighter • mix tape

Not Very PC: Why Typewriters Beat Computers

Fed up with tech snafus, some Brits reach for the Wite-Out

Jun 8, 08 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Favored by novelists and technophobes and sold out of car trunks, typewriters remain the implement of choice for some Brits, reports BBC. Despite their weight and Internet deficiencies, the tangible writing experience free from computer meltdowns or deletions may save the typewriter from extinction—at least for now. One sales... More »

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writing • creative writing • laptop • computer • typewriter • Fredrick Forsyth • Brother typewriters

OPINION

Chicken Soup? Computers? Google? Pshaw!

Ephron tackles implications of modern inventions, advice

Jan 13, 08 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Modernity's full of fine inventions and healthy advice, but don't they really make us dimmer, sicker, and less prone to stumble on sex? So writes Nora Ephron in the New York Times, as she opines on hand-washing, breast-feeding, and rumors that chicken soup cures colds. "You have chicken soup;... More »

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Google • BlackBerry • breast feeding • Nora Ephron • computer • chicken soup • hand washing • When Harry Met Sally • You've Got Mail • typewriter

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