invention

IT News: "You won't find any smooth-talking chief executives or business masterminds who built computing empires on this list (that comes next week).

These people are the geek's geeks. They are the truly magnificent eggheads that worked their magic on the most basic levels, from invention and development to silicon and command lines."

OStatic: "Have you ever heard of TV-B-Gone? I hadn't, until today. It's an invention from Mitch Altman that works like a universal remote, except that it has only one purpose: turning off any TV that is on anywhere, especially in public places."

Tectonic: "Lately, there has been quite some bitching on the fringes of the KDE project about KDE4 and the direction it takes.

Some people go as far as saying: “Give us back our old desktop!” I beg to differ. The old desktop has served us well for thirty-odd years since its invention by Xerox.

It is beyond its due date by now. We need something new that meets the reality we are living in now."

Australian PC World: "So... you think you know Linux, the operating system that is as much a product of evolution as invention..."