I came across the product page for this obviously fairly new software just yesterday… SurfCanister. SurfCanister appears to be virtualization software which claims to provide a safe browsing environment for its users: Now, being virtualization software and apparently free, SurfCanister immediately piqued my interest. However, […]
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In 1974 , Texas Instruments was awarded a patent for the TI-2500 DataMath microcalculator which it applied for in 1967. The inventors were James H. Van Tassel, Jerry D. Merryman, and Jack St. Clair Kilby. The TI-2500 Datamath was the first calculator sold by Texas Instruments.
In 1963, the first demonstration of a home video recorder took place at BBC Studios, London. While it was arguably a revolutionary development in home entertainment, machines were expensive and could not meet the needs brought on by the onset of color programming. Learn more
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In 1912, Alan Turing, a pioneer in computer theory, was born. Alan Turing is best known for the Turing machine, a theoretical computing machine that could serve as an idealized model for mathematical calculation. Learn more at http://mathworld.wolfram.com/TuringMachine.html
Here, at DCT, we cannot emphasize enough the importance of regular backups. I’m still constantly amazed at the numbers of users who do not utilize any sort of backup strategy in order to help protect their precious personal data. There are already plenty of free
In 1978, Pluto’s moon, Charon, was discovered by James Christy. Charon is almost half the size of Pluto. The little moon is so big that Pluto and Charon are sometimes referred to as a double dwarf planet system. Learn more at http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Plu_Charon
Have you ever wanted (or indeed needed) to know your motherboard’s make and model number? Or precise details regarding what type of RAM is installed in your machine? System information utilities have long been an invaluable part of my ‘repairers’ toolkit, and there are certainly
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In 1948, the first stored computer program was run, on Manchester Mark I. The program was to determine the highest factor of a number. The number chosen was quite small, but within days they had built up to trying the program on 218, and the
Windows default drag & drop behavior is set to ‘Move’ for files/folders on the same drive, and to ‘Copy’ when working between different drives but, how many of you are aware that you can temporarily change the default action via the Shift, Ctrl and Alt
In 2011, ICANN granted private companies the right to create new website domain suffixes. Last week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) released 1,930 proposed suffixes. A 60-day comment period is underway. Final decisions will be made based on the comment period
Yesterday, Microsoft took the plunge into the tablet market, unveiling its Surface tablet. The Surface is positioned to go head-to-head with Apple’s iPad. There are two Surface models, the Surface for Windows 8 Pro and the Surface for Windows RT. As its name implies, the
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Today on my Facebook news feed I saw a little box from Facebook talking about how to manage the security of my accounts. When I followed the link, it brought me to a great page within Facebook about security on the network. On that page,
In 1931, the first photoelectric cell commercial installation occurred. The swinging doors between the kitchen and dining room of Wilcox’s Pier Restaurant in West Haven, Connecticut were operated by a photoelectric cell. Learn more at http://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-photoelectric-cells-work.html In 1963, Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman
