If you were alive in the 1960s or '70s, you tuned in to "Uncle Walter" on your TV for the most important news of the day.
Known as "the most trusted man in America," Walter Cronkite was a legendary broadcast journalist many turned to for decades to get the latest news on World War II, Watergate and the Vietnam War, among other things. In honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth Friday, Google created an animated doodle highlighting some key moments in his career, including his memorable reports on the assassination of President John Kennedy and the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Cronkite, who reported for CBS from 1950 until his retirement in 1981, is remembered for embodying a reporting approach based in objectivity, accuracy, fairness and integrity. He was also an outspoken advocate for respecting the standards of responsible journalism.
A look back at Walter Cronkite's life and career
The legendary Cronkite would have been 100 years old on Friday. He was the face of the "CBS Evening News" for nearly two decades -- and a fixture in American homes.
Close Drag
"Press freedom is essential to our democracy, but the press must not abuse this license. We must be careful with our power," he once wrote. "The free press, after all, is the central nervous system of a democratic society."
Cronkite humbly signed off from his anchor desk on the CBS Evening News for the final time on March 6, 1981, with his familiar catchphrase, "And that's the way it is," which, according to tradition, was followed by the date and a final "good night."
Cronkite died in 2009 at the age of 92.
(Disclosure: CBS is the parent company of CBS Interactive, the publisher of CNET.)
Relax Google doodle celebrates Walter Cronkite's 100th birthday stories
Social Cues: Also trending on social media on Friday are the "Hamilton" mixtape and Google's latest doodle.
A roundup of user-friendly tips, tricks and tools to improve your Wi-Fi router's range and speed -- beer-can hack included.
Already a useful tool for travelers, Google's flight-finder just got even better. Here's how to make the most of it.
There are four live streaming options for what promises to be an historic World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians.
What to expect, where to find the best deals and how to steer clear of all the hype.
Finally ready to get off the grid? It's not quite as simple as it should be, but here are a few easy-to-follow steps that will point you in the right direction at the very least.
There are hidden Messenger games, fun emoji animations and more that you probably don't know about.
Don't just take your ISP's word for it, put your connection to the test.
The How-To Geek has won a Microsoft MVP award for the second year in a row, and it’s all thanks to you, our great readers that keep the site going. Join us for some mutual back-patting and some terrible photography of all the award stuff.
After nine long years Metapad has returned from the great beyond with a new version. Developer Alexander Davidson has started work on this classic Notepad replacement once again.
Is Spybot Search & Destroy an integral part of your anti-malware arsenal? Up until now you have always needed to install it locally on a machine to use it, but no longer. The good folks at portableapps.com have made a por...
This week we take a look at how to clone a hard disk for easy backup or duplication, resize stubbornly static windows, and create shortcuts for dozens of Windows functions.
If you can remember the time when computer generated graphics were limited to blocky bitmaps, you likely find yourself as hypnotized by slick CGI montages as we do. Today we have a beautiful video from design house CHRLX to share.
When we think of computers we tend to think of the present (and perhaps of the slow computers of decades past) but the history of calculation devices goes back significantly further and includes an array of interesting innovations.
Looking to decorate your house with some cool artwork? Grab some of your favorite Sci-Fi pics and some surprisingly simple tools, and create a Pop Art style poster in minutes.
This year, How-To Geek’s own Justin was on-site at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where every gadget manufacturer shows off their latest creations, and he was able to sit down and get hands-on with most of them. Here’s the best of the bunch.
This year, How-To Geek’s own Justin was on-site at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where every gadget manufacturer shows off their latest creations, and he was able to sit down and get hands-on with most of them. Here’s the ones that just didn’t make the cut.
This week we learned how to “back up photos to Flickr, automate repetitive tasks, & normalize MP3 volume”, enable “stereo mix” in Windows 7 to record audio, create custom papercraft toys, read up on three alternatives to Apple’s flaky iOS alarm clock, decorated our desktops & app docks with Google
