Digital 'Smiley Face' Turns 25

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PITTSBURGH (AP) - It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-) Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes - a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis - as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message. To mark the anniversary Wednesday, Fahlman and his colleagues are starting an annual student contest for innovation in technology-assisted, person-to-person communication. The Smiley Award, sponsored by Yahoo Inc., carries a $500 cash prize. LINK

Smilies, anyone? [PART TWO]

Here's a few MORE I've collected... Right-click and choose "Save Picture As" then save the image to your own hard drive. Upload to an image hosting service like Photobucket or your own webhosting space. Please do not direct link to the images here. Thank you.

Stay tuned for more!

Smilies, anyone? [PART ONE]

Here's a few I've collected... Right-click and choose "Save Picture As" then save the image to your own hard drive. Upload to an image hosting service like Photobucket or your own webhosting space. Please do not direct link to the images here. Thank you.

Stay tuned for more!