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
Many folks insert pictures into their Word documents. If you are one of those people inserting JPG images, you should consider using the Picture option on the Insert tab of your Ribbon, rather than copying and pasting and I will tell you why. Word handles pictures differently when
In 1981, Radio Corporation of America (RCA) launched the SATCOM 3-R satellite. This satellite was a replacement for SATCOM 3, which vanished upon firing of the apogee motor. SATCOM 3-R was the first of two RCA satellites to be exclusively dedicated for use by the
Windows 7 Amnesia I was excited about the Windows 7 release and purchased a license right away. It didn’t take long for me to notice that it no longer remembered window Sizes and Positions. XP didn’t have that problem. I thought for quite awhile that
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I have have readers write to me in the past because when they print their document, they notice that the quotation marks are not printing properly even though they look fine on the screen. There could be a couple of causes of this behavior. To
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In 1962, Danish physicist Niels Bohr died at the age of 77. Neils Bohr is best known for his model of the atom. With his model, Bohr explained how electrons could jump from one orbit to another only by emitting or absorbing energy in fixed
In 1970, Douglas Engelbart received a patent for the first computer mouse. The patent, titled “X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System,” is for a simple hollowed-out wooden block with a single push button on top. Learn more at http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa081898.htm.
In 1963, the touch-tone telephone was introduced. The Western Electric 1500 model featured 10 push buttons that replaced the standard rotary dial. The first commercial service was available in Carnegie and Greensburg, Pennsylvania, for an extra charge. Learn more about the history of the telephone
