"I am frequently asked why I chose the at sign, but the at sign just makes sense." [url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=30777863#p30777863:3o335q6z said ...

Ray Tomlinson, the US programmer who invented the electronic mail (email) in the 1970s and chose the "@" symbol for the messaging system, died at the age of 74, his employer said. Engineer Ray ...

Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and selector of the "@" symbol, has died. He was 74. Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details were not immediately ...

'The' is the most commonly used word in the English language, and so Australian inventor, Paul Mathis, believes 'the' should have its own symbol for keyboarding and texting -- what's more, Mr Mathis ...

Love it or hate it, email is a major part of our lives. For that, as well as the renaissance of the @ symbol, we have Raymond Samuel Tomlinson to thank. Tomlinson–who may have done more than anyone to ...

US typewriters (and consequently teletypes) have had the @ character on the keyboard for, like, ever. I used to always think it was weird that UNIX used the defaults of "@" for line erase and "#" for ...

Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and selector of the @ symbol, has died at age 74. Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details were not immediately available.

Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and selector of the "@" symbol, has died. He was 74. Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details were not immediately ...