In 1969 , at UCLA Network Measurement Center, the first Interface Message Processor (IMP) was connected to its SDS Sigma-7 mainframe. This established the first node of what became the ARPANET, the first wide-area packet switching network. Acoustics consulting firm Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) designed […]
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In 1977, the first TRS-80 Model I computer was sold. Much to Tandy’s surprise, the TRS-80 sold 10,000 units in the first month alone. The TRS-80 Model 1 had no numeric keypad and Level I BASIC with 4K RAM. Learn more at http://oldcomputers.net/trs80i.html. In 1979 ,
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On August 15th, Windows 8 was made available to both TechNet and MSDN members and as I said in a previous article, “I, for one, look forward to new Operating Systems like a child looks forward to an amusement park visit, but I approach Windows
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If you work with PDF documents at all you will no doubt be aware of the sterling reputation Tracker Software has achieved through its excellent range of PDF related applications. Tracker Software is currently offering the latest version of PDF-XChange Lite free to everyone for
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In 1897 , Thomas Edison received a patent for the Kinetoscope, a device for producing moving pictures. The kinetoscope could only be viewed by one person at a time. It was soon replaced by screen projectors, which showed the movie to a whole room of people
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Of all the programs installed on all the computers across the world, I’d hazard a guess that the humble word processor would likely be among the most common and most often utilized applications. A word processor is, of course, an integral part of any full
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In 1983, NASA Astronaut Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first African American to go into space. Bluford’s first mission was as a Mission Specialist on STS-8. This was the first mission with a night launch and night landing. Bluford flew on four Shuttle missions
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Things change quickly in social media, and it’s easy for several generations of changes to happen even between logins. Back at the beginning of the summer, I told you how to setup a safe and secure Facebook profile, and in that post, I talked
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It appears that Mozilla’s leak-management project, code-named ‘MemShrink’, might finally have achieved the results all dedicated Firefox users have been waiting for. Mozilla is confident that the new Firefox 15 for PCs will put an end to the multitude of memory-management issues which have plagued
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In 1831, English chemist Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction using his induction ring. Faraday succeeded in the “induction” or generation of electricity in a wire by means of the electromagnetic effect of a current in another wire. The induction ring was the first electric transformer.
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How To Always Open IE Links On the Desktop All us old-timers are resistant to change and we would like to always open our IE links on the desktop – even in Windows 8. For the purposes of this article I am going to call
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Attackers have seized upon a security hole in Oracle’s ubiquitous Java software to break into vulnerable systems. Within days of its discovery it appears that the new zero day flaw could soon become widespread. The original report from FireEye indicates that initial attacks exploiting this
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In 1789, Sir William Herschel discovered Saturn’s moon, Enceladus. Enceladus is the eighth of Saturn’s moons and is its sixth largest. It was named after a Greek Titan who rebelled against the gods and who was later defeated in battle by Aphrodite and buried under
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The Windows Reliability Monitor A seemingly forgotten but very useful tool that is bundled with the Windows 7 Operating System is the Reliability Monitor. Have you noticed that your computer has been failing lately in the ‘Snappy and Responsive’ Department? Let’s face it, Windows has
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