In 1825, the first engineering college in the United States, Rensselaer School, opened in Troy, New York. The school opened on Monday, January 3, 1825 at the Old Bank Place. It is now known as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Learn more about Rensselaer at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute In […]
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Recently I received an e-mail query from one of my readers. Apparently I had referenced the Table Tool tab in an article and he could not find it. I could see where he might be confused and responded letting him know that it is not
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In 1839, the first photo of the Moon was taken by French photographer Louis Daguerre. This is the earliest known photograph of the Moon, a daguerrotype photograph taken in 1851 by John Adams Whipple. Daguerre’s photograph was destroyed in 1839 when a fire burned his
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In 1992, computer scientist Admiral Grace Murray Hopper died. Born December 9th, 1906, perhaps her best-known contribution to computing was the invention of the compiler, the intermediate program that translates English language instructions into the language of the target computer. Learn more about Admiral Hopper
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In 1744, James Bradley announced the discovery of Earth’s motion of nutation, or wobble. James Bradley discovered nutation, the oscillation of the earth’s axis, caused by the changing direction of the gravitational pull of the moon on the equatorial bulge. Learn more at http://www.answers.com/topic/james-bradley
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In 1938, the electronic television system was patented by Vladimir K. Zworykin. Throughout the 1920s, RCA’s Vladimir Zworykin was busy developing the Iconoscope camera tube that would become the foundation for the all-electronic systems that would follow. Zworykin’s work was based on a CRT receiver
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***DCT Exclusive*** Idoo Software has very generously donated 10 licenses for its excellent Idoo File Encryption Pro software. Idoo File Encryption Pro would normally sell for $99.95usd but DCT readers now have a chance of winning a license absolutely free – Thank you Idoo Software!!
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Avast has recently released its free security app for use on Android devices, such as T-Mobile new cell phones. Simply named ‘Avast Mobile Security’, the app includes an extensive set of Android specific security features, including real time protection, malicious app scanning, premium SMS blocking,
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In 1800, Charles Goodyear was born in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1843, Charles Goodyear discovered that if you removed the sulphur from rubber then heated it, it would retain its elasticity. This process called vulcanization made rubber waterproof and winter-proof and opened the door for
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Beware, iTunes users! There is a new phishing campaign aimed at you! As described in Intego’s Mac Security Blog, the email tries to direct you to a bogus website to confirm your billing information. The email is from applied@id.apple.com. Delete it!!!! For more information, see
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GreenCloud Printer comes to us courtesy of a French software developer called ‘Obvious Idea’ – is that not a brilliant name! And, in the case of GreenCloud Printer at least, very appropriate. GreenCloud is a virtual printer driver which provides the flexibility missing from traditional
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In 1877, John Stevens applied for a patent for flour rolling mill. Theodore R. Hazen had this to say about the flour rolling mill: Milling was founded on sound information and tradition passed on from one generation to another. This is the way it was
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I recently took the plunge and moved from MobileMe to iCloud. My move to iCloud was not urgent since MobileMe will still be available to subscribers until June 30th but I felt it was time to make the move. iCloud was announced by Steve Jobs
