• Posted Sept. 13, 2013, noon - 11 years, 3 months ago

Mark Davis born 1952 – Inventor of Unicode

 

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

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  • Posted Aug. 30, 2013, 10:19 a.m. - 11 years, 3 months ago

Events in Computing History – September

September 2nd


Year:
2008

Event: The first initial release of Google chrome web browser.

Interesting Facts:

  • Although it was …
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  • Posted Aug. 17, 2013, 1:31 p.m. - 11 years, 4 months ago

A Blast From The Past – The Programma 101

Programma 101

Programma 101

 

August, 1868, in the town of Ivrea, Piedmont, a future cyber hero was born by the name of …

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  • Posted Aug. 12, 2013, 3:12 p.m. - 11 years, 4 months ago

The Awesome Language of AWK (happy birthday, Peter Weinberger)

Peter J Weinberger

AWK co-author Peter Weinberger

 

This month we celebrate the birthday of one of the computing coding industry’s most notable …

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  • Posted Aug. 2, 2013, 3:07 p.m. - 11 years, 4 months ago

Events in Computing History – August

August 1st

Year: 1969
Event: “Pioneer of the World Wide Web” Henrik Frystyk Nielson is born in Denmark
Interesting Facts …

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  • Posted Aug. 1, 2013, 2:39 p.m. - 11 years, 4 months ago

Henrik Frystyk Nielsen – Pioneer of the World Wide Web

 

Henrik Frystyk Nielsen is a widely respected computer scientist and engineer. He is renowned for his influential work on the …

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  • Posted June 4, 2013, 9:54 a.m. - 11 years, 6 months ago

Events in Computing History – June

Events in Computing History – June

The month of June also had significant events that changed the world of computing and …

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  • Posted May 21, 2013, 5 p.m. - 11 years, 7 months ago

HP (Hewlett-Packard) Through The Years

On May 20th one hundred years ago, William “Bill” Redington Hewlett was born. In 1935 William (better known as Bill …

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