In 1995, Windows 95 debuted. Windows 95 integrated Microsoft’s MS-DOS and Windows products. It featured significant improvements over its predecessor, Windows 3.1 in regards to its graphical user interface (GUI) and in its relatively simplified “plug-n-play” features. Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95. In 2006, Pluto was […]
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In 2008, Edson Smith of the UCLA Mathematics Department announced the discovery of the 45th Mersenne prime number. Mersenne Prime numbers all take the form of (2 to the power of P) – 1, where P is a known prime number. The Mersenne Prime number
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To Block Ads Ever since I was a little kid watching Star Trek on TV I hated advertisements. I always saw them as an interruption of the ‘important’ things I really wanted to take in – like Mr. Spock. Now that I’m all grown up
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Don’t know about you but when it comes to the keyboard – actually, my computer desk in general now I think about it – I am a real grub. I don’t mean to be, in fact it’s entirely out of character compared to everything else
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In a landmark action, seizure orders have been executed against three website domain names engaged in the illegal distribution of copyrighted Android cell phone apps. According to the U.S. Department of Justice report… “This is the first time website domains involving cell phone app marketplaces
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In 1989, the first ring of Neptune was discovered. The ring was confirmed by NASA’s Voyager 2 which was the first spacecraft to observe the planet Neptune. Learn more at http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/image/neptune.html.
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I have Windows 7 and I had not seen anything about this and didn’t know it existed, but now that I know about it I thought I would share it because I think it is such a helpful feature! So many times, I receive e-mails from
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Last week I published a review of the excellent BitReplica backup software from Auslogics… Auslogics BitReplica: The backup software everyone should have? I was quite surprised by the number of responses to that article complaining that BitReplica does not create images or provide for disaster
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In 1888, William Seward Burroughs was granted a patent for the “Calculating-Machine.” In 1886, Burroughs was a founder of the American Arithmometer Company which, in 1904, became the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. In 1953, it became the Burroughs Corporation and in 1986, merged with Sperry
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In 1985, the Xerox 914 copier took its place at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. The culmination of inventor Chester Carlson’s work on the xerographic process, the Xerox 914 copier was introduced in 1959. It was one of Xerox’s most successful products
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As initially reported late last week, pod2g identified an issue with SMS messages, aka text messages, in iOS. The SMS flaw allows the sender of the message to enter an address on its reply line that is different from the address that appears on its “from” line. This
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In 2002, Sony released the Clie PEG-SJ20 handheld computer. Priced at $199, the SJ20 featured 16MB RAM, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, a backlit monochrome 320×320 pixel screen, Palm OS 4.1, and a memory stick slot. Learn more at http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/sony-cli-peg-sj20/4505-3126_7-20300828.html. In 1996, Netscape Communications released version
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Since 1971, Moore’s Law (adapted) suggested that the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every 18 months to 2 years. Many observers paraphrased this as the computer speed doubling, though this is not quite accurate. Right around the turn of the century, Chipmakers
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