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Inside the Microsoft Archives: How the tech giant preserves, shares, and learns from its history

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A display table in the vault includes a pair of ActiMates interactive dolls Arthur and a Teletubby illustrating Microsoft’s foray into smart toys and educational tech in the 1990s. Extensive metadata is compiled to describe items in the Microsoft Archives, in conjunction with a database and barcodes for locating objects.

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How to survive Christmas parties: A practical guide to festive conversations - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Not necessarily I have to think about that I have to introduce you to someone I know These things happen Were you one of those people who protested about education cuts? Your barcode is showing Everything takes time to learn Whats the relationship between that and what I said? Who do you think I am? Whats yours? Demand a refund!

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

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Hash: Like I've always been interested in taking stuff apart and working on things and way back when I was younger, you know, I buy like old cell phones from surplus places and try to take it apart and understand it and I had an amateur radio license when I was really young, as well. And so I was always kind of into you know, wireless stuff.