In 1905 , the first U.S. advertisement for a radio receiver is published in the journal, Scientific American. The ad was for a telegraph transmitter, priced at $8.50, from The Electro Importing Company, which imported specialized electronic equipment from Europe and helped to supply many of […]
In 1639, the first known observations and recording of a transit of Venus were made. The observations were made by the English astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree. Horrocks was able to make three measurements and calculate for Venus its transit path, angular size, and
In 1992, the first smartphone, IBM Simon, was introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The IBM Simon Personal Communicator sported many of the features considered standard for smartphones today – a touchscreen (albeit monochrome), icons, email, calendar, predictive typing and even a game, Scramble.
Warning… rant follows! I love my computers and all that goes with them BUT, why oh why do manufacturers insist on perpetuating the awful design flaws which tend to irritate and frustrate most users. Here are my top 5 pet peeves: 1) Grey or black
[warning] UPDATE: Please note – DCT does not recommend this software! Subsequent to this giveaway going live, there have been user complaints of Chinese popups and system crashes. Respected DCT subscriber Bob Gostischa has also chimed in with a negative report (see comments under). This
[message type=”info”]Winners have now been drawn – and the winning names are: briareoushex Chrs Barcay Carol G Dora Meeks Timetraveler Henry Ciesla Miss Mary Jim Nash Tagor Robert Rozijn FreeBro Paul John James Turner PHILIP John Pete Hakah Anne C Dennis Wong THIS GIVEAWAY HAS
DCT Giveaway: CollageIt Pro for Windows & Mac (20 licenses) Read More »
In 1904 , the first U.S. direct current, electric motor patent was issued to Mathias Pfatischer. Alternating current (AC) machines largely replaced DC machines in most applications following the invention of the induction motor. Learn more at http://ecmweb.com/archive/direct-current-motor-basics.
In all the time I’ve been computering I’ve never actually received any phishing or scam emails myself. Sure, I’ve seen plenty of examples across the net and on computers belonging to my clientele but I’ve never actually had one come through my own inbox… until
When the information in your worksheet will not fit on a single page, Excel will break it up for you at row and column boundaries, and then it will print your data on multiple pages. You cannot control the order in which Excel will pring
In 1877 , Thomas Edison announced the invention of his “talking machine.” Later dubbed the phonograph, the “talking machine” recorded and played sound using a tin-foil cylinder. Learn more at http://lightandsound.net.au/HistoryOfTalkingMachine.htm .
Stories of Windows 8’s poor showing in these early weeks following official release are inevitably doing the rounds. One such story which has been propagated across the net claims a Microsoft “insider” has divulged that sales to date have been “disappointing” and “well below projections”.
There may be occasions where you want to send your document to your colleagues, but you don’t want them to edit your work. There are more than one way to make your document read only. The easiest way to accomplish this is to create your
In 1889, Edwin Powell Hubble was born. A pioneer in extragalactic research, he died on September 28th, 1953. Learn more at http://www.biography.com/people/edwin-hubble-9345936.
This has absolutely nothing to do with computers or technology so I do apologize in advance for that. My lovely wife and I recently spent several days on Fraser Island and I thought some of you might be interested in learning more about this little
