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Ten Applications That Changed Computing
bfire writes "The term 'killer app' gets tossed around quite liberally these days. Nearly every piece of software released seems to be pitched as having the potential to send shockwaves throughout the IT world. In reality, there have been precious few applications which have truly changed the computing industry over the years. This article lists some of the top ten true killer apps that changed computing, from Phil Zimmermann's gold standard in encryption, PGP, to Dr Solomon's groundbreaking anti-virus toolkit, to Mitch Kapor who took the idea of VisiCalc for Apple and created Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS." Typical for top-10 lists, the choices seem pretty arbitrary — what changed your corner of the computing world?
...and was on Amazon surfing for a book called The Multiorgasmic Man: Sexual Secrets Every Man Should Know
Was it any good?
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Al 'Elvis has left the building' Dvorin has died
Al Dvorin, famous for using the phrase "Elvis has left the building" at the end of the singer's shows, has died. Dvorin died in a car accident as he and well-known Elvis photographer Ed Bonja drove from Palm Springs to Las Vegas. He was thrown from the car and died at the scene.
Though details of the accident were not clear, it seemed Dvorin was adjusting his seat belt or had dropped something, and that Bonja reached over to assist and lost control of the car.
Earlier in the day, Mr Dvorin - aged 81 - had appeared at the Trump 29 Casino in Coachella, California, with Elvis impersonator Paul Casey. His catch-phrase was used by other announcers at Elvis shows, but Dvorin made it his own.
In related news, BSD's corpse was found dumped in a draw near Elko. Due to the advanced state of decay, the cause of BSD's death could not immediately be determined.