In 1989 , Intel publicly demonstrated the first EISA 82350 chip set. Intel’s 82350 Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) family was the industry’s first set of devices to implement the new 32-bit EISA bus. Learn more at http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102652375
Reports have been filtering through that Mozilla is planning to pull the plug on its popular free open source email client in the not too distant future – I’ve been sitting back waiting on developments before commenting one way or the other. Well, Mozilla has
uRexSoft is running a special Olympic 2012 giveaway for its powerful uRex Video Converter Platinum. This software would normally sell for $39.95us but is currently available free for everyone… NOTE: Must be downloaded and activated before August 13th. “Professional video converting solution providing abundant formats
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In 1802, Thomas Davenport, inventor of the first commercial electric motor, was born. While experimenting in 1834, Thomas Davenport developed what is known today as the DC motor. It took him three years to patent his motor. At first, the U.S. Patent Office denied his
The ability to record and run macros has been a wonderful feature in MS Word and continues to be in the latest versions of Word. Macros are recorded commands and keystrokes that allow us to save great amounts of time instead of doing the same
Bill Pytlovany has just released (today) the first updated version of his terrific WinPatrol software to include new major features. These new features have been introduced to thwart common methods utilized by malware, such as Stuxnet and Flame, to hide and disable security programs, and
New WinPatrol 25: This terrific security software just got even better!! Read More »
In 1957 , Control Data Corporation (CDC), a firm which pioneered the field of supercomputers with Seymour Cray, was incorporated. CDC was one of the nine major US computer companies through most of the 1960s. The others were Burroughs Corporation, DEC, General Electric, Honeywell, IBM, NCR,
One of the first things a refugee from Windows trying to transition to Linux does is look at the Linux tree structure to try to see “What would this be in Windows?” Well, there is NO one-size-fits-all answer to that question. Indeed, that kind of
In 1988, the unmanned Russian spaceprobe Phobos 1 was launched on a mission to study Mars and its moons, Phobos and Deimos. The Phobos 1 spacecraft was lost enroute to Mars after a faulty command sequence sent from Earth caused the spacecraft to shut down.
The popular diminutive British comedian’s take on ‘fruity’ devices: http://youtu.be/RVQNGXFVwPc
With security concerns becoming increasingly necessary these days, how do you decide which product is right for you? Well, hopefully I can help shed a little light on this subject for all the readers out there! Having used Symantec’s Norton products in the industry to
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In 1854, German physicist Georg Ohm died. Georg Ohm is best known for Ohm’s Law which states that the flow of electric current (I) through a conductor is directly proportional to the voltage (V) and inversely proportional to the resistance (R), or I = V
If you’ve followed DCT for any length of time I hope our constant efforts to improve the information we provide to you, our readers, has been evident. We strive to provide relevant quality content that is useful to you, and today we take another step
I received an email message the other day, nothing unusual about that, except this one emanated from a leading tech site and had been forwarded on to me by Dave. The email posed an intriguing question… what is your favorite freeware application or tool? My
