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How the humble filing cabinet revolutionized data storage

Dec 9, 2024
"It was promoted as giving your office an automatic memory," said Craig Robertson, an expert on filing cabinets. "People were surprisingly excited by it."
The filing cabinet allowed offices to move from bound books to loose paper.
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Tell us your tax filing rituals!

Feb 17, 2012
It’s tax time! We know everyone does their taxes differently. There’s the goody two-shoes who gets started as soon as the New Year is in. That would be me, Tess Vigeland. And then there are those of you who wait ’til the last minute and then file for an extension. If you have an unusual […]