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- Geek Trivia: Mother of invention
- Which original ENIAC programmer helped develop COBOL and Fortran? For all those computer geeks out there who will spend yet another Valentine's Day in the presence of a computer rather than a significant other, it's time to change the game. Toss off the shackles of this ...
- Tags: Jay Garmon, Gender and diversity, PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, Programming languages, ENIAC Eve, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Women, Fortran, Programmer, Programming, Computer, COBOL, Betty Holberton, UNIVAC, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources
- Technical articles 2007-02-13
- Geek Trivia: Federal funning
- WOOHOO !!!I can't get enough Geek Trivia !!! I even like the repeats !!!Thanx Jay...good threadlove geek trivia. Let's get some interesting comments in here, like:What year was the UNIVAC invented?What election year was it intoduced?What was the reaction from the media when it was first use for "predicing the...
- Tags: Univac
- Discussion threads 2004-10-27
- The computer that launched an industry
- Recently, UNIVAC celebrated its 50th anniversary. Before you respond by asking "So what?", read Bob Weinstein's case study in technological evolution.The recent anniversary of UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer shows us just how far the computer industry has come in 50 years. UNIVAC played a starring role in launching the industry...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, industry, Bob Weinstein, Univac, computer, ENIAC
- Technical articles 2001-07-11
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- Video: Meet the ultimate computer--UNIVAC!
- The finest computational system ever devised by man, Remington Rand presents the UNIVAC. Capable of processing a few thousand digits per second, its giant dynamic mercury memory tanks are surely the greatest technical achievement in the history of electronic difference engines. This newsreel explains it all. (Found...
- Tags: Video, Computer, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- 60's style Soviet computer technology
- The Univac and IBM 700's weren't the only mainframe computers around in the late 50's and early 60's. Take a look at this video showing the URAL-2 computer from the Soviet Union, circa 1963. by John Sheesley
- Tags: Soviet Union, Computer, Productivity, Corporate Communications, Marketing, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- UNIX Operating System Porting Experiences
- One of the reasons for the dramatic growth in popularity of the UNIX operating system is the portability of both the operating system and its associated user-level programs. This paper highlights the portability of the UNIX operating system, presents some general porting considerations, and shows how some of the ideas...
- Tags: Operating System, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software
- White papers 2004-07-12
- Worm plays games with victims
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
- Tags: Games, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, game, worm, Sophos Plc.
- Technical articles 2005-01-14
- Technology's growing acquisition appetite
- Oracle's acquisition of Siebel and eBay's purchase of Skype are the most recent of many large mergers completed this year. This acquisition boom is driven in part by the notion that large companies are better able than small ones to maintain profit margins and to withstand pricing pressures--so getting...
- Tags: acquisition, acquisition appetite, it management, mergers, profit margin, Sonja Thompson
- Discussion threads 2005-09-15
- Geek Trivia: Name the time and place
- SequelNot much of a quibble but just to get the ball rolling :)The film version of "Odyssey Two" was actually called "2010: The Year We Make Contact"Slightly off topic . . .A lot of people knew about the HAL plus one equals IBM connection, but if you take VMS (The...
- Tags: Bell, HAL 9000, Marco Polo, POLO, quibble, _Nobby_
- Discussion threads 2005-01-12
- Old tech guys are slowly fading away
- I love visiting computer history sites and watching computer history shows. Why? When I visit these sites I gain a perspective on a part of my life that I did not have at the time I was passing through it. For example, when I first started programming in Applesoft on an...
- Tags: Apple II, Apple Inc., Site, Computer, Tech Guy, Apple Museum, Productivity, Tim Malone
- Blog posts 2008-03-08
- Old Timers Unite!!!
- at 6:00 am PDT Monday October 15 2007 we should all be here to see what trouble we can get going in the discussions ]:)[ gg, that is 1 in the afternoon for you ;) ]Since a lot of us are online at that time anyway, it isn't hard to...
- Tags: Jaqui, old timer, Mae, timer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-11
- Which company has had the best impact on IT?
- Which company has had the best impact on IT?The TechRepublic poll question for the week of 9/26/2005 is "Which company do think has had the best impact on the use of information technology over the past two decades?AppleMicrosoftGoogleCisco SystemsIBM"Let us know which company you chose and why. Or, if...
- Tags: AT&T Bell Laboratories, best impact, home market, information technology, Jason Hiner, off-topic, PC, poll
- Discussion threads 2005-09-23
- Expert: Hold developers liable for flaws
- Expert: Hold developers liable for flawsarticle rootNo, buyer beware rules!1. I can't afford to purchase software that is guaranteed free from security flaws. Even if it would only double the cost of software products, it would make equiping my PC an exorbitant cost that I can't afford.2. If coders were...
- Tags: developer, duncan.sherwin@..., guarantees, liiability, PC, safe, security, security flaw, software
- Discussion threads 2005-10-13
- BEA's growing pains
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest e-newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today! By ...
- Tags: INTERNET, Java, Java development tools, Strategy, BEA Systems Inc.
- Technical articles 2004-05-28
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