• 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. 13, 2013, 10:34 a.m. - 11 years, 2 months ago

Celebrating the Lefties

Today is officially Left Handers Day – all Lefties stand up and be counted! The majority of us are right handed …

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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. 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 Aug. 1, 2013, 2:39 p.m. - 11 years, 3 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 July 27, 2013, 9 a.m. - 11 years, 3 months ago

10 Years today since the release of Windows NT

 

 

On 27th July 1993 Microsoft unveiled their brand new operating system, WindowsNT. This was the most advanced and powerful …

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