USA Today columnist Kevin Maney chronicles the birth of the Palm Pilot — 10 years old this week — through the recollections of its early principals, Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky. Central to the tale is a little white lie — OK, a whopper — that snowed a venture capitalist and eventually created a technological sea change.The column was gaining wide circulation here in the office today because in it Dubinsky offers a tip of the cap to one of Network World’s flagship events, DEMO: “They first showed their Pilot at the February 1996 DEMO conference, where it stole the show. That was, Dubinsky says, ‘The moment I felt like, wow, this is going to work. People are going to buy it.’ “Regular DEMO attendees will tell you they’ve seen many such moments there. Related content news analysis It’s now easier to check if that used smartphone you might buy is stolen By Paul McNamara May 12, 2017 2 mins Small and Medium Business Internet Consumer Electronics news analysis IT work gets The Onion treatment By Paul McNamara May 11, 2017 1 min System Management Careers Data Center news analysis ‘Found a leaky ethernet port’ By Paul McNamara May 05, 2017 2 mins Internet Cloud Computing Data Center news analysis Majority of U.S. households now cellphone-only, government says By Paul McNamara May 04, 2017 2 mins Small and Medium Business Smartphones Internet Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe