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IEEE Spectrum

Business History

A Brief History of Money

The evolution of currency as “a complete abstraction.”

James Surowiecki IEEE Spectrum Jun 2012 15min Permalink

Crime Science Tech

The Autistic Hacker

As part of his obsessive search for evidence of UFOs, Gary McKinnon worked his way into thousands of government computers. The U.S. charged him with terrorism. Doctors diagnosed him with Asperger’s. And his lawyers started arguing a new version of the insanity defense.

David Kushner IEEE Spectrum Jul 2011 10min Permalink

Best Article History Tech Media

A Memory of Webs Past

The challenges facing the historians of the internet.

Ariel Bleicher IEEE Spectrum Mar 2011 15min Permalink