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> I think this underscores how long 5 years is in internet time. You're absolutely right. The 10 biggest tech stories of 2011 http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/2

• x1798DE 10y ago
  I'm not sure I understand, those stories don't seem to bolster your point - a few of them are one-time events (Steve Jobs' death), and most of them are still ongoing concerns - hackers, facebook, etc. I probably agree that 5 years is a long time in tech, but some variation on almost all those stories could easily be published today.
  • blowski 10y ago
    In that vein, World War 2 was merely a variation on the Roman invasion of Gaul. The reason I linked to the article is that things which are commonplace and obvious today - a multitude of cheap Android-powered tablets, social media being used to facilitate political action - were newsworthy just five years ago.