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Firefox Sync to Incorporate Bookmark, Password, Preference, History, and Tab Sync Directly in Firefox [Updates]

June 1st, 2010 Whitson Gordon No comments
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Recent History Gives Chrome a Better History [Downloads]

May 11th, 2010 Whitson Gordon No comments
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It’s Been Five Years Since The First YouTube Video Was Uploaded [YouTube]

April 23rd, 2010 Rosa Golijan No comments
YouTube may have been born on February 14, 2005, but the very first time a video was uploaded to the site was on April 23, 2005, five years ago. This was that video. More »

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Time Traveler Captured In Museum Photograph [Imagecache]

April 17th, 2010 Kyle VanHemert No comments
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Inside America’s Secret Historical Tweet Vault [Tgif]

April 16th, 2010 Brian Barrett No comments
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Your Past and Future Tweets Will Be Archived At the Library of Congress [Twitter]

April 14th, 2010 Brian Barrett No comments
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60 Year Old Solar Panel Still Works [SolarPower]

April 10th, 2010 Kyle VanHemert No comments
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We had to walk 5 miles… in the snow… uphill…

I bet you didn’t know that today marks the anniversary of the Social Security Act of 1965, did you? Yes, young whippersnappers like ourselves have former president Lyndon B. Johnson to thank for Medicare and Medicaid. Besides, who else would pay for our diabetes testing supplies or our Hoveround?

1965U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Act into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid to provide federal health insurance for the elderly and for low income families, respectively.

Thanks to Wikipedia

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