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• Posted Nov. 20, 2013, 1:18 p.m. - 10 years, 11 months ago

Happy Anniversary Microsoft Windows 1.0

November 20th 1985 marks the 28th Anniversary of the release of Windows 1.0, Microsoft’s first version of an …

• Posted Nov. 5, 2013, 1 p.m. - 10 years, 12 months ago

Events in Computing History – November

November 1^st

Year: 1979

Event: Seagate Technology (then known as Shugart Technology) incorporated

Interesting Facts:

• Seagate may have its …

• Posted Nov. 2, 2013, 1:11 p.m. - 10 years, 12 months ago

The Life & Times of George Boole

With November proving a significant month for events in computing history, we reflect on the life of George Boole, a …

• Posted Oct. 28, 2013, 10:29 a.m. - 11 years ago

Bill Gates – 58 Years of Success

With Bill Gates celebrating his 58th birthday this month, we’ve taken the opportunity to reflect on some of the …

• Posted Oct. 23, 2013, 1:30 p.m. - 11 years ago

Allen Coombs – Project Leader Colossus Mark 2

Allen William Mark Coombs was born on 23^rd October 1911, in Bristol. Coombs obtained both a BSc and PhD …

• Posted Oct. 1, 2013, 2:40 p.m. - 11 years, 1 month ago

Events in Computing History – October

1^st October

Year: 1847

Event: Siemens, the multinational engineering and electronics corporation, was founded in Berlin

Interesting Facts:

• Werner …

• Posted Sept. 28, 2013, 9 a.m. - 11 years, 1 month ago

Seymour Cray – Pioneer of the Supercomputer

The CDC 6600 Supercomputer

Known as the father of supercomputing, Seymour Cray was born in Wisconsin, USA on 28^{th …}

• Posted Sept. 25, 2013, 1:30 p.m. - 11 years, 1 month ago

One Hit Wonders

one time Inventors in Computing Technology

Today is “One Hit Wonder Day”, although we at Iceni don’t work in …

• Posted Sept. 13, 2013, noon - 11 years, 1 month ago

Mark Davis born 1952 – Inventor of Unicode

Mark Davis was born on the 13^th of September 1952, and is the president of the Unicode Consortium (non-profit …

• Posted Sept. 9, 2013, 1:36 p.m. - 11 years, 1 month ago

Dennis Richie, the man behind the UNIX Mask

Today, September 9th, marks 72nd birthday of Dennis Richie, the man behind not only UNIX, but also the C programming …