Microsoft has ended full support for its ill-fated operating system as of 10th April with an extended support period through to April 2017. This means that Microsoft will no longer be offering free technical support for Vista users nor will they continue honoring any warranty […]
In 1986, IBM produced the first megabit-chip. A megachip is a memory chip capable of storing 1 million bits of information. Read more about IBM’s history of chipmaking at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power/library/pa-powerppl/
You will need to be quick in order to take advantage of this great offer from BillP Studios – the special pricing is in effect only from Noon EST on Monday, April 16th 2012 until Noon EST on Wednesday April 18th, 2012. This is the
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In 1972, Apollo 16, the 5th manned lunar landing, launched. The crew consisted of Captain John W. Young, commander; Lt. Commander Thomas K. Mattingly II, Command Module pilot; and Lt. Colonel Charles M. Duke Jr., Lunar Module pilot. Young and Duke were on for lunar
The Resource Monitor in Windows 7 is a very good and easy way to help analyze performance and diagnose possible bottlenecks. With access to sections displaying process specific statistics for CPU, Memory, Disk or Network; Resource Monitor will immediately help identify which processes are hogging
In 1982, Apollo Computer announced the DN400, DN420 and landscape display. Apollo Computer, Inc. was founded 1980 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts by William Poduska. Along with Symbolics and Sun Microsystems, Apollo was one of the first vendors of graphical workstations in the 1980s. From 1980 to
I posted an article earlier this week about the Flashback malware that has been causing problems in the Mac world. Since then, Apple issued a Java security update for this issue. Yesterday, Apple released an update for Macs that do not have Java installed. As with
In 1956, Ampex Corporation demonstrated the first commercial magnetic tape recorder for sound and picture. The VR-1000 was the first practical broadcast-quality recorder. It recorded a black and white picture with a mono audio channel on a 2″ wide video tape. Learn more at http://www.vtoldboys.com/editingmuseum/index.htm
A California neighborhood has been living with a cat burglar in its midst , but nobody is really worried about losing any items for good – they know where Dusty, the Klepto Kitty, lives. Dusty has taken at least 600 items over the past three
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I posted an item earlier this week about the Flashback malware that has been causing problems in the Mac world. Since then, Apple has issued a Java update for this issue. The Java security update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware. It
In 1869, George Westinghouse patented the steam power brake. The new braking system was to replace the standard manual braking system, which was often faulty. He incorporated the Westinghouse Air Brake Company that same year. The 1893 Railroad Safety Appliance Act made air brakes compulsory
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Microsoft has a tough challenge ahead, as do most tech companies. Mobile technologies are growing at an alarming rate as people learn they can do more while on the go. No longer are we tied to a computer to accomplish basic tasks such as email,
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In 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth. Yuri Gagarin made a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space less than a month later. The Space Race was in
