The history of computing spans thousands of years - from the primitive notched bones found in Africa, to the invention of abacus in 2400 BC, to Charles Babbages Difference Engine in 1883, to the rise of the popularity of Personal Computers (PCs) in the 1970s.
In their history of the ENIAC computer, Alice R. Burks and Arthur W. Burks summarize the Atanasoff achievement as follows: “He invented a new type of a serial storage module, applicable to digital electronic computing. He formulated,…
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Inside Gecko is a visualization program created by Satoshi Ueyama, made with Processing which shows the reflow process of a browser while it translates the HTML code so as to present the page to the user.
They really kicked you out of the Situationist International?
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ISO, in response to the four appeals (Denmark, India, Brazil, South Africa) filed in recent weeks, has put the OOXML standardization process on hold. OOXML will not be published for at least “several months” while the appeals process goes forward.
The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), which promotes work on the next version of the Open Document Format (ODF) already certified by the ISO, has invited interested parties to develop a…
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Fifty years ago, in response to the surprise Soviet launch of Sputnik, the U.S. military set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency. It would become the cradle of connectivity, spawning the era of Google and YouTube, of Amazon and Facebook, of the Drudge Report and the Obama campaign.
THE INTERNET How the Web Was Won The Internet has many fathers: narrow-tied engineers, long-haired hackers, assorted visionaries. Keenan Mayo and Peter Newcomb let the people who wove the Web tell the story.
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This sliding hover effect script is an easy method to add some flavor to your navigation.
The first variable is the id of the unordered list and the second is the id of the slider div. This script has been tested in IE6, IE7, FireFox, Opera and Safari. Please send any bug reports to michael@leigeber.com. This code is free to use for…
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Gmail has been praised by many as the best webmail option out there, and it is filled with loads of tools and options that make it easy to use, fast and accessible for just about anyone
While Gmail is constantly adding new features, sometimes the developers can’t keep up with the demand for new, productive features. You don’t have to wait around, however. Try out some of these extensions for Firefox to make…
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According to information posted on Microsofts Windows XP message board, hundreds of users are complaining that the update is wreaking havoc on their PCs.
The problems range from spontaneous reboots to outright system crashes.
It’s not uncommon for major operating system updates to cause problems especially Windows Service Pack which has a past history. Typically, the glitches are due to conflicts with software, such as drivers, system files, or applications…
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The US State Department has lost over 1000 laptops according to an audit report. Some of the laptops contain high security data.
Nita M. Lowey, a representative on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees State Department operations, told Congressional Quarterly that she is concerned? about the security revelations.
Nita M. Lowey, a representative on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees State Department operations, told Congressional Quarterly that she is “concerned” about the security revelations.
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Wall Street Journal has reported that Microsoft and Facebook are in talks with each other over possible merger.
A Microsoft source claimed that its financial team is in contact with Facebooks team to see if they are willing to sell or not. The talk is in early stage and no time frame could be given for the deal.
A Microsoft source claimed that its financial team is in contact with Facebook’s team to see if they are willing to sell or not. The talk is in early stage and no time frame could be given for the deal.
Pure genius!
Pure lazyness only a matter of time before someone files for a lawsuit and spoils all the fun
A team of researchers claims to have come up with a power-efficient, scalable way to reliably store data with regular hard drives for an estimated 1400 years.
Santa Cruz (CA) ? Have you ever thought how vulnerable your data may be through the simple fact that you may be storing your entire digital life on a single hard drive? On single drive can hold tens of thousands of pictures, thousands of…
9to5Mac points out that Walt Mossberg may have confirmed the release timeframe, expected to be in June. In an online video (about 6:50 in), Mossberg casually but confidently says that the iPhone will be 3G in 60 days.
It is unknown whether Mossberg made the claim using additional knowledge or si…
Saturday April 05, 2008 05:05 PM EST; Category: iPhoneWritten by Jeff Longo
Here is a site where you can obtain all of google’s holiday logos from 1999
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The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has a Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. The members held a virtual hearing yesterday online in Second Life. The hearing’s subject is Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated Medium.
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