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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg The Nostalgic, Dangerous Appeal of Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps May 15, 2013 Article source: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/intel-ceo-paul-otellini-draws-the-history-of-the-computer-industry-in-1-chart/275919/
A grandmother is expressing outrage, saying the state missed an alarming red flag for a family allowed to adopt three children. The family adopting the children failed to admit to a sexual assault inside their home and Channel 2 Action News has learned a background investigation also missed the crime. The adopting family’s home was [...]
sjohnson@mercurynews.com Clusters of corporate techies hunched over their laptops one recent evening in Mountain View, feverishly trying to figure out how RK Industries hacked into and stole critical information from its rival, EntraDyn. It’s a common occurrence, but in this case the firms were fictitious, and the event — a simulated exercise put on by [...]
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Since the 18th century, people have been fascinated by the idea of machines that could play chess against humans. With the advent of the digital electronic computer in the mid-20th century, that dream finally became feasible. What followed was six decades of intense development in the field of computer chess, from research projects to commercial [...]
An online action to be held later this month has a veritable treasure trove of computing history. The 20th century is well represented with an Apple 1, an Apple Lisa, an Altair, and more, but for me the star item is a 17th century Pascaline. German auction house Breker accepts online realtime bids for its [...]
Born a tiny mewling arcade cabinet manufacturer in 1979, Japan Capsule Computers wasn’t to become the Capcom we know and love until the arrival of Kenzo Tsujimoto (he of Irem fame) in 1983. It’s a well known fact that he merged together the Cap and Com of its old name to form Capcom. Less known [...]
Michael B. Johnson Computer History Museum President John Hollar presents Harry Huskey with the Mountain View, Califorinia museum’s Fellow Award on April 27, 2013 On Saturday evening, I was a very happy attendee of the Computer History Museum’s Fellow Awards, an inspiring annual event which celebrates the contributions of individuals whose work has changed the [...]
Cambridge Computing, the book The University of Cambridge’s Computer Lab has celebrated its first 75 years with, among other things, a readable coffee-table book by Professor Haroon Ahmed. Although packed with historical information, it’s more of a souvenir than an academic work, and the numerous photographs will certainly remind the thousands of staff and former [...]
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