Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Internet Archive Revives Classic MS-DOS Games
Thanks to the Internet Archive, a nonprofit tasked with archiving the Web’s history, you can now play 2,306 classic games originally released for MS-DOS. That means anyone who grew up on “Dune 2”… -
Apple's Next MacBook Air: How Slim Is Too Slim?
Apple’s known for its minimalism, but the company’s next MacBook might take that to a new extreme. According to Apple-centric blog 9to5Mac, the next MacBook Air will strip out all ports except fo… -
2014 Was a Very Good Year for Crowdfunding
Got a project to fund? If year-end data from Kickstarter is any indication, crowdfunding remains a solid—although not always surefire—way of ensuring you meet those funding goals. According to Ki… -
See Bill Gates Drink Water Made From Sewer Sludge
Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates is evidently ready to place his mouth where his (Foundation’s) money is—by drinking a glass of water filtered from raw sewage. The Gates Foundation funded developm… -
CES 2015: The Internet of Things, All the Time
Every January, tens of thousands of journalists, tech executives, developers, startup kids, hardware freaks, and gamers descend on Las Vegas for the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES),… -
When Your Shopping Bot Becomes a Lawbreaker
Who’s responsible when a bot breaks the law? A collective of Swiss artists faced that very question when they coded the Random Darknet Shopper, an online shopping bot, to purchase random items fr… -
Can Google Glass Survive 2015?
Google Glass was supposed to be the Next Big Thing, redefining wearable electronics as an era in which people walked around with computers strapped to their faces. Instead, there’s a growing sens… -
Why Email Isn't Going Away Anytime Soon
Email’s not going anywhere, according to new data from the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project. Of the 1,066 adult Internet users surveyed by Pew in September 2014, some 61 percent reported em… -
Jump-Start Your Tech Job Search from Scratch
It’s a brand new year, and by all indications the economy’s doing pretty well, which means that a lot of people will begin looking for a new, possibly better job. If you’re one of those job seeke… -
'Wolf' Topped 2014's List of Most-Pirated Movies
It’s easier than ever to pirate online content, a fact that’s compelled millions of people to download movies illegally. Piracy-tracking firm Excipio recently put together a list of the most-pira…