In 1925, Seymour Cray, “the Father of Supercomputing”, was born. Seymour Cray designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades. He also founded the company, Cray Research. Seymour Cray died on October 5, 1996. Read more
*UPDATE (2nd October, 2012): After further consideration it has been decided to continue notifying winners by email. However, instead of sending out individual emails to each winner we shall be sending just one generic notification email to all winners. Winners Read more
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In 1930, Alan Shugart, an important developer of disk drive technology, was born. The floppy disk drive was invented by IBM engineers led by Alan Shugart. In addition, in 1979, he cofounded Seagate Technology, the first company to make 5.25-inch Read more
Backup Your Browser Profiles These days it is important to back up your browser profiles and settings. Internet browsers are becoming the go-to programs these days for accomplishing most everything. We use them to access our bank accounts, create and Read more
In 1983, Cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Gennady Strekalov were saved from an exploding Soyuz T-10 launch. Fuel spilled around the base of the rocket and caught fire at T-90 seconds. The control cables for the escape system had already burned Read more
Last week I let you know about a variety of sites which I considered might be useful for the grown-ups, so this week I thought it might be a good idea to follow up with a selection of similar sites Read more
In 1956, TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, was inaugurated. Before TAT-1, voice was carried across the Atlantic on unreliable and expensive radio channels. TAT-1 operated until 1978. Learn more at http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:The_First_Submarine_Transatlantic_Telephone_Cable_System_(TAT-1),_1956.
Digiarty is currently offering two of its MacX products free for everyone. MacX iPhone DVD Ripper for Mac users, and MacX Video Converter Pro for Windows users. MacX iPhone DVD Ripper for Mac: HOME PAGE MacX iPhone DVD Ripper, all-in-one Read more
Windows Defender Offline We all know by now that the Internet is a dangerous place. You may be set up with all the latest security software on your computer and still get infected by rootkits, malware, viruses, and other possibly Read more
In 1970, the Soviet robotic space probe, Luna 16, made the first automated return of lunar samples. This was the first unmanned round-trip mission to the Moon. It represented the first lunar sample return mission by the Soviet Union and Read more
When I wrote about upgrading to iOS 6 a few days ago, I wrote that one of the new features that I was looking forward to was Apple’s new Maps app. OK, occasionally I’m wrong and this is apparently one Read more
