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February 28, 2011
Happy Birthdays IBM
James W. Cortada IBM Corporation Happy Birthdays?! Yes, the company has potentially three birthdays, so which one is the “real” birthday? In 2011 IBM is celebrating its 100th birthday, a remarkable achievement for any company, but especially one in such a volatile high-tech industry as ours.
February 25, 2011
Historic Computing Calendar
February 24, 2011
Ken Olsen and his once-great company
Ken Olsen, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, died Feb. 6. While most millennials would say “who?” those with a little more perspective will remember him as one of the most significant business leaders and entrepreneurs of 20th century computer history.
February 16, 2011
I'm not ready to give up yet
In a couple of months a book entitled Science Fiction and Computing, edited by David Ferro and Eric Swedin will appear.
January 25, 2011
"Go away kid you bother me..."
Today, January 25th 2011, marks the first anniversary of Herb Grosch's death.
December 1, 2010
Greatest computing inventions of all time?
The 25th anniversary of Invention & Technology (from American Heritage) is marked by a list of the “top twenty five revolutionary inventions in the United States.” At least that is
June 7, 2010
Simplicity Revisited
A while ago I mentioned a book I was reading called The Laws of Simplicity, by John Maeda. Forgive me if I return to this topic, but it seems too important to ignore.
December 2, 2009
The Latest from the Large Hadron Collider
As of this morning, the LHC is shut down again. By now you've probably heard the reason being floated: the LHC is so powerful it reaches into the future.
September 29, 2009
The Latest from Gordon Bell
A recent news item from the Computer History Museum in Mo