In 2001, Mark Cuban and Phillip Garvin launched HDNet, the first High Definition TV signals. Available through cable and satellite television, HDNet provided exclusive HD coverage of the US invasion of Afghanistan. “Dan Rather Reports” on HDNet was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award […]
So much information and news passes through the internet these days it’s difficult to keep up with everything. One momentous event which occurred recently and appears to have largely snuck under the radar is Windows 7 finally usurping XP as the most utilized Windows operating
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In 1932, Robert Dennard, the inventor of Dynamic Random Access Memory, was born. in the mid-1960s, Random Access Memory (RAM) required an elaborate system of wires and magnets that was bulky and power hungry. Dennard’s revolutionary achievement was to reduce RAM to a memory cell
No doubting that Microsoft added more versatility to the taskbar in Windows 7, but options built-in for pinning items to the taskbar for quick access are very limited in their range, generally restricted to applications. There are workarounds available which allow users to pin personal
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In 1882, Edison Illuminating Company’s first electric power station began operating. At 3 p.m. on that day, the Pearl Street electric power station successfully turned on the lights in a one square mile area of New York City. It was now possible for homes and
32 Bit vs 64 Bit Browsers – What’s the Difference 64-bit hardware has been around for a long time now. I’ve had a 64-bit computer and Windows Operating System for several years. The problem, and disappointment, is that the 64-bit software is lagging far behind.
In 1991 , Integral Peripherals introduced the first 1.8-inch hard disk drive. The drive was about the size of a deck of cards and was available in capacities of 20 MB and 40 MB. It was later used for PC-card disk drives. Learn more about disk
I’ve always been fascinated by various Forces of Nature. From Hurricanes and Tornados, to Earthquakes and Volcanos, Nature has many options at its disposal to unleash on the planet in always impressive, and usually destructive ways. As a Tech, it was natural for me
An Apple-1 personal computer is expected to sell for anywhere between $79,000 to $126,500 at a Christie’s auction on October 9th. It is one of only 200 Apple-1s that were ever made and sold for $666.66 in 1976. The Apple-1 was the first
In 1969 , at UCLA Network Measurement Center, the first Interface Message Processor (IMP) was connected to its SDS Sigma-7 mainframe. This established the first node of what became the ARPANET, the first wide-area packet switching network. Acoustics consulting firm Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) designed
In 1977, the first TRS-80 Model I computer was sold. Much to Tandy’s surprise, the TRS-80 sold 10,000 units in the first month alone. The TRS-80 Model 1 had no numeric keypad and Level I BASIC with 4K RAM. Learn more at http://oldcomputers.net/trs80i.html. In 1979 ,
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On August 15th, Windows 8 was made available to both TechNet and MSDN members and as I said in a previous article, “I, for one, look forward to new Operating Systems like a child looks forward to an amusement park visit, but I approach Windows
If you work with PDF documents at all you will no doubt be aware of the sterling reputation Tracker Software has achieved through its excellent range of PDF related applications. Tracker Software is currently offering the latest version of PDF-XChange Lite free to everyone for
