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 ...

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.

"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 ...

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 ...

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

Raymond Tomlinson, the tech figure credited with inventing modern email, died Saturday, his employer Raytheon Co. announced. He was 74. Until his 1971 invention of the first network person-to-person ...

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 ...