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January 10, 2014
Old Software and Games....They're Alive!
Ever get the urge to mess with VisiCalc or WordStar again? Play the original Donkey Kong or Adventure on your computer? Now you can! The Internet Archive, in a Christmas gift to the world, has unleashed the Historical Software Archive, a collection of prominent and historically notable pieces of...
November 11, 2013
The Story of LEO
LEO, more formally known as Lyons Electronic Office, was the world's first business computer, having been developed by the British company J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. between 1947-1954. John Simmons was very much the genius behind this adventure into business process re-engineering. His papers are archived...
October 7, 2013
Honoring Computer Pioneer Tommy Flowers and Colossus
In November 1943, an electrical engineer working in the telecommunications department of Britain's General Post Office named Tommy Flowers designed and built the world’s first programmable computer. Named "Colossus," the thermionic tube-based programmable computer successfully broke the supposedly...
May 23, 2013
Going Once, Going Twice...A Working Apple 1
Have you been longing for a working Apple 1 computer? Or maybe a reproduction of a Pascaline? This Saturday, May 25 at 10:00 am (CET) you'll get your chance when Auction Team Breker of Cologne, Germany, holds an auction of "Mechanical Musik Instruments as well as Science Technology and Fine Toys &...
February 6, 2013
The Day IBM Let Married Women Work
It's hard to imagine not being able to work at IBM if you're a woman who happens to be married, but Gizmodo has published a memo from January 10, 1951 that discusses a "temporary modification" of IBM's personnel policy—yes, it finally allowed female employees to continue working once they were...