Happy birthday, Internet! Here are your lamest lifetime moments

Quickly find Apple stores where the iPad Air or iPhone 5S are in stock near you Five free tools to improve your website's page load speed ITworld Today November 02, 2013 Share this email Happy birthday, Internet! Here are your lamest lifetime moments In its 44 years, the Internet has brought us closer together, but sometimes it's felt like surfing in a sea of dumb. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Quickly find Apple stores where the iPad Air or iPhone 5S are in stock near you 2. Five free tools to improve your website's page load speed 3. BOOK GIVEAWAY: Learn Python the Hard Way, 3rd Ed. 4. Flexible displays get curvier, better definition 5. 10 reasons to take a Chromebook on the road 6. PCs fail. Be ready with the best boot-drive programs 7. Samsung takes baby steps in touting Tizen OS to developers 8. Historical Software Archive lets you use vintage software in your browser 9. 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Enter now for your chance to win! READ MORE Flexible displays get curvier, better definition New crystal-based tech allows for better pictures for curved screens. READ MORE White Paper: Datawatch Foster Better Decisions with Big Data Visualization Read this paper to learn how strong visualization tools are providing better, simplified business intelligence from a variety of sources, whether real-time or industry-specific - to allow your organization to make better business decisions faster. Learn More 10 reasons to take a Chromebook on the road If you're trying to decide which device to buy for your next trip because your current laptop is too old, too slow, too heavy and just plain too embarrassing; or, conversely, too new and too expensive to risk a mishap on the road, consider a Chromebook. READ MORE PCs fail. Be ready with the best boot-drive programs These utilities can help restore order in times of crisis, allowing you access to your operating system and all of your data again. READ MORE Samsung takes baby steps in touting Tizen OS to developers The open source Tizen mobile operating system is one of the most visible examples that Samsung isn't completely dependent on the Android mobile OS. READ MORE Historical Software Archive lets you use vintage software in your browser The Internet Archive's new Historical Software Archive brings old software to your browser through the magic of JSMESS emulation. READ MORE The Simpsons honor The Hobbit with awesome couch gag Two geek worlds collide with a Simpsons-meets-Hobbit sequence. READ MORE Webcast: Bit9, Inc Malware Detection Comes of Age The idea of detection is nothing new, but where and when it happens is changing. Anti-virus, firewalls and IPS/IDS products have been adopted to protect networks and endpoints for over a decade. Join us for this live webinar to learn the latest on advanced threat detection technologies. 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