• Posted Aug. 30, 2013, 10:19 a.m. - 11 years, 2 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. 25, 2013, 11:07 a.m. - 11 years, 2 months ago

Retro Memories: Windows XP

Windows XP

 

Believe it or not, August 25th marks 12 years since Microsoft released Windows XP to worldwide sale, not knowing at …

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  • Posted Aug. 17, 2013, 1:31 p.m. - 11 years, 2 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, 2 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. 3, 2013, 2:31 p.m. - 11 years, 3 months ago

Happy Anniversary, MoCo

The famous Mozilla dino head logo

 

Today, August 3rd, marks the 8th anniversary of the Mozilla Corporation’s (MoCo) founding …

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  • Posted Aug. 2, 2013, 3:07 p.m. - 11 years, 3 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 July 17, 2013, 12:48 p.m. - 11 years, 3 months ago

7 Fun Uses for an Obsolete Floppy Disc Drive

Yesterday, July 16th, marked the 107th birthday of Reynold B. Johnson, known worldwide in most circles as “the Father of …

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  • Posted July 6, 2013, 9 a.m. - 11 years, 3 months ago

Happy Birthday, Marc Andreessen!

 

Today 9th July marks the 42nd birthday of Marc Andreessen, co-author of the Mosaic browser. Born in Cedar …

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  • Posted June 28, 2013, 12:18 p.m. - 11 years, 4 months ago

Events in Computing History – July

Another month, another set of significant events in the history of computing and web browsing.

July 2nd

Year: 1950
Event …

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  • Posted June 4, 2013, 9:54 a.m. - 11 years, 5 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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