In Praise of Typing, the Clattering Kind
2012-05-30T22:24:38Z

It happened in a workspace called the Typewriter Room. Operating the machine that gives ... 65-year-old Rene Salinas of Rene Business Machines, who has been servicing the library s typewriters for more than two decades.

Editorial Notebook: Royal typewriter a relic, but it was high-tech once
2012-05-26T06:58:48Z

When I first started in the newspaper business more than four decades ago, the "computer" we wrote news stories with was a simple manual typewriter. It didn't need electricity to power it, just a fairly decent typist pounding away on the keys.

Peter J. Hebert 1937-2012: Railroad worker had typewriter business
2012-05-30T04:02:15Z

Mr. Hebert was working at Wood's Typewriter at 1012 Madison St. in 1977 when the owner, Jack Wood, decided that he wanted to sell the business and move to Florida, family members said. Mr. Wood, who was a second-generation owner, offered to sell ...

For Memorial Day: Honor Flight for World War II veterans
2012-05-28T14:48:52Z

He was frustrated because the Army assigned him to man a typewriter rather than shoulder a rifle ... Shelley most enjoys visiting and finding out about local businesses to write business profiles that allow our communities to learn more about ...

What Role Should Voice Recognition Have In our Smartphones?
2012-05-30T03:12:09Z

They were created using a typewriter-like machine ... For example: send text to (recipient) (message) or navigate to (address/city/business name) . If you know the syntax, and have a button to invoke the app someplace handy (say ...

Broadcasters Warn of Apocalypse in Dish s Ad-Skipping Service
2012-05-24T23:57:39Z

The suits by Fox, CBS and NBC are the broadcasters latest legal salvos against technological innovations, as those advances bring into question whether broadcasters longstanding business ... destroy the advertising-supported ecosystem ...

Pirates Beware: DVD Anti-Piracy Warning Now Twice as Fierce
2012-05-07T23:56:20Z

Our nation s film and TV business is critical to our economy, ICE Director ... He's a dad of two boys and has been a reporter since the manual typewriter days.

Al Gordon dies at 89; Emmy-winning comedy writer for Jack Benny
2012-05-25T01:52:11Z

"We worked for a man who was truly a prince in this business." Gordon and Goldman ... a mild-mannered Minnesota native, sat at the typewriter. "Look, I was Jack's unpolished diamond, the guy who could really deliver the one-liners," Gordon said.

Springfield school had 100,000 distance learners
2012-05-21T00:59:39Z

As protection, he offered Miss White a path to safety: For a mere $2 sent by May 15, he would mail her The Tulloss School s Business Letter Writing Course ... it showed a blindfolded figure sitting at a typewriter, illustrating the powerful advantage ...

Column: Obama demonstrates he fails to understand business
2012-05-27T04:12:58Z

President Obama says the business record of his presumptive Republican opponent ... he would have been railing against "heartless" factory owners who were closing down typewriter plants because computers had made them obsolete. About a year ago, he spoke ...