In 1948, three scientists from Bell Telephone Laboratories demonstrated the transistor. Besides explaining that the transistor could probably replace the vacuum tube, little was said of the transistor’s future applications. The scientists, John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley, were awarded a Nobel Prize […]
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First, some housekeeping is in order. The previously published feature of this series, “Rogues, Part 1”, appeared on May 6th. That’s well over a month ago. Normally, most authors like to follow up with the next part of the series published within a week, or
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To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Atari’s Greatest Hits iOS App is free in the App Store today only. Included are classics such as Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command and Pong. All games remain free to play unless you remove or reinstall the app. You will need
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In 2007, the original iPhone was released. The iPhone featured a touchscreen, virtual keyboard, 2-megapixel camera and 8 GB of storage and sold for $599 with a 2-year contract with Cingular (now AT&T). Apple sold a mind-boggling 700,000 iPhones on its release weekend. Learn more
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First off I want to clarify that we are talking about screen recorder software here, not screen capture software. Unlike screen capture software, which only works with static images, a screen recorder tracks and records motion, generally including audio (voice over), and saves the results
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In 1983, NASA launched the Galaxy 1 satellite. The Galaxy 1 was used for general communications services, such as television relay, voice and data. It was dedicated to cable television transmission across the US. Learn more at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1983-065A
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I consider myself someone who stays fairly current with the internet and social networking and all of that stuff. After all, I send most of every day on both. But when Dave and I attended an Anatomy of a Malware Attack presentation by Sophos security
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I found my old Kyocera 7135 a few days ago. Actually, my son found it while he was looking for some ‘old school’ video games. It was like I ran into an old friend. It’s deader than dead but it brought back some memories of
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So I’ve been running the Gone Social articles for a little while now, and some of you have left comments, sent me emails, and gotten in contact with me to ask me questions or give me suggestions about the information I’ve been posting. Some people
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In 1929, the first mechanically scanned color television was demonstrated by Bell Laboratories in New York City. It consisted of three complete systems of photoelectric cells, amplifiers, glow-tubes, and color filters, with a series of mirrors to superimpose the red, green, and blue images into
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[important]The following freeware review comes courtesy of our good friend Mark (Marko) Williamson at FreewareBB. Mark has enjoyed a long involvement with computers and freeware, formerly as an IT expert and latterly as the owner of DCT’s recommended freeware download site FreewareBB.[/important] A few years
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In 1974, the first UPC bar code reader was used. At a Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio, a laser beam in an NCR checkout terminal with a bar code reader read the UPC bar code symbol on a pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum and automatically
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Notice anything different today? Facebook hopes you don’t! Facebook made a change today with no notice to its’ users. On the surface the change may seem insignificant, at least I’m sure Facebook thinks so, but the repercussions could be serious – at least seriously change
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