computer history in news
Computing museum at risk of being thing of the past
News The UK's first museum dedicated to the history of the computer is facing homelessness after receiving no firm offers to save it. We have a very significant collection and the history of computing is so vitally important as, today, computers are in... [01 Apr 2008]
$100 laptop: 'Fundamentally flawed'
News The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) scheme is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the history of the IT industry, according to Tony Roberts, chief executive and founder of UK charity Computer Aid International. [21 Jun 2006]
Google squares up to Microsoft
News Google on Thursday unveiled its first-generation desktop application for searching through personal files on the PC and through a person's web history, a move that could shake up the landscape of internet search and raise privacy hackles. [14 Oct 2004]
Bill Gates turns his back on tech Mecca
News Large said the overall plan is to turn Bletchley into a communications heritage park, building on its innovative history, which includes being the site of mathematical genius Alan Turing's development of a series of machines to automate the... [11 Aug 2003]
Computer Associates ties $4bn knot with Sterling
News Computer Associates (CA) has bought Sterling Software in a deal valued at more than $4bn stock-for-stock deal which it claims is the largest in the history of the software industry. By the purchase of Sterling software, Computer Associates is... [14 Feb 2000]
Major computer crash hits HSBC customers
News The bank has admitted that the outage was the worst in its history but a HSBC spokeswoman told silicon.com services were restored late in the evening and are fully operational again today. HSBC has admitted that hardware failure was the cause of a... [04 Jan 2005]
My first computer: The Commodore 64
News Still, the history of Commodore is incredible. Although it took the Amiga for Commodore to create the world's first multimedia home computer, the C64 was heading in the right direction. This makes it the most popular 8-bit home computer in the... [03 Feb 2005]
The Woz takes a trip down memory lane
News Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak took part in a panel discussion on Saturday called 'Apple in the Garage', at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, celebrating the Mac maker's 30th anniversary. [06 Nov 2006]
Intel celebrates 25 years of x86 chips
News Gelsinger said "the Intel Architecture [otherwise known as x86] has brought the benefits of digital intelligence to people around the world, making it the most successful computer architecture in the history of computing. [11 Jun 2003]
In his own words: Bill Gates' best quotes
News Speech at the Computer History Museum, InfoWorld magazine (2001). A 1989 speech on the history of the microcomputer industry. Here's silicon.com's pick of the best: The early days… There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of. [26 Jun 2008]
Fighting fraud: silicon.com says stamp on cybercrime
News Poor reporting of crime has bedevilled the computer and high-tech industry throughout its history, whether it be hacking or computer crime. Internet fraud is one area where consumers and businesses cannot only be supported, they can also be... [18 Apr 2001]
Robots - the more human the better, study finds
News The history of personal computing is filled with attempts to make daunting interfaces more likeable through the use of human-like avatars or characters such as Microsoft's Office paperclip Clippy or its Bob operating system. [02 Jun 2003]
Google adds new frills to Desktop search
News Once the Search Across Computers function is enabled, text copies of documents and web history are automatically transferred to the other computer that has Google Desktop installed, said Sundar Pichai, director of product management at Google. [09 Feb 2006]
'Protect your kids': Symantec tells parents to wise-up
News This will help you to be aware of what your kids are doing, as will monitoring the history file on your computer, which lists all recently visited websites. Chapman added: "We appreciate that it's not always possible to supervise children all the... [07 Jan 2003]
Virtual supercomputing falls over
News As well as making their mark in supercomputing history, the students had hoped to boost the acceptance of the technology. It was hoped that the on-the-fly computer would make it into the top 500 fastest machines of all time but its top speed was... [06 Apr 2004]
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