Gallery: Ten computer viruses that changed the world. It's almost 25 years since the first PC computer virus left users looking at corrupted floppies, lost work and perplexing messages.
In that time, the state of the art in automated malfeasance has progressed to the point that it's part of the armory of international geopolitics. Stuxnet, while still mysterious, left nobody in any doubt that viruses and worms can be used in the highest-stake game there is. Along the way, hundreds of millions of infections have taken place, billions of dollars have been lost in productivity and broken systems, and the anti-malware industry has grown to become a significant player in the IT market. High Point: Sputnik Launched - Gagarin's Great Feat: 50 Space-Race Highs and Lows - TIME (Build 20110318052756) The Wrap Media (Build 20110318052756) The New York Times is by far the most followed, but shows the smallest growth; the Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle are gaining Last fall, the blog Journalistics published a list ranking the top 25 newspapers on Twitter, based on their follower counts.
(TheWrap followed up with a similar list for magazines.) I figured it's time we update the newspaper list, to see how the troubled print industry has fared — and at what pace the audience for their tweets is growing. At 3,062,437, the New York Times remains the only American newspaper with more than a million followers. 11 Ridiculous Things People Have Claimed To Own (PHOTO) (Build 20110318052756)