Jami Attenberg

Before most people even knew what the Internet was, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was protecting it. If the you imagine this still-young medium as a precocious teenager, then the EFF is its guidance counselor, offering advice, interpreting rules and protecting its charge from dangerous influences. This year marks the 15th anniversary for the San […]

At the core of much of the great innovation on the Web in recent years is the independent publisher: the blogger meticulously tagging her content and tweaking her RSS code into the wee hours of the night, or the photo junkie figuring out new ways to post and share his shots of street art across […]

On Feb. 23, Christies held an auction of rare documents and artifacts related to the growth of technology called “The Origins of Cyberspace: A Library on the History of Computing, Networking & Telecommunications,” bringing in more than $700,000. Though it fell disappointingly short of the estimated $1.2 million haul, the auction—the first of its kind—is […]

Those who think the computer gathering dust in their crawlspace is worth big bucks can peruse experts picks of top-selling vintage microcomputers before having to check eBay, where computer collectibles tend to be overvalued. Sellam Ismail, the Software Collections manager for the Computer History Museum; Erik Klein, who runs Vintage-computer.com; and Bruce Damer of the […]