Apr 23
A soft docking was accomplished. However, the crew could not achieve a secure enough docking to allow entry into the station.
Learn more at http://historicspacecraft.com/soyuz.html
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/geek-fact-for-april-23rd/
Apr 22
At $400, the 486SX chip was designed to stimulate demand in the whole spectrum of computers, from palmtop PCs to supercomputers.
Read more about the history of microprocessors at http://oz.plymouth.edu/~harding/historymicro.html
Photo: Steven White
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/geek-fact-for-april-22nd/
Apr 21
It looks like a multiple-device data plan is coming to Verizon later this year.
At Verizon’s quarterly earnings call on April 19th, Fran Shammo, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Verizon Communications, stated:
…we will be launching our data share plan in midsummer this year. We believe that plan, the way we have …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/verizon-to-offer-multi-device-data-plans/
Apr 21
In an attempt to make them more phonetic, Webster changed the spelling of many words. Many of the differences that exist today between American English and other English variants originated this way.
Learn more at http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/noah-webster.html
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/geek-fact-for-april-21st/
Apr 20
Well, I got prompted by Apple to set up some security questions when I tried to download an app to my iPhone today. I had heard that this was coming and I guess today was my day. It doesn’t seem to be across the board so I’m not sure what the magical formula is for …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/apple-continues-security-rollout/
Apr 20
Of all the interesting terminology which has passed into the language following the emergence of newer technology, don’t you think that ‘the cloud’ is among the most inventive. I do, yet it is both appropriate and somewhat misleading at the same time. The term itself is a metaphor for the internet and, although it conjures …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/polkast-the-cloud-you-have-when-youre-not-having-the-cloud/
Apr 20
Vladimir Zworykin demonstrated the electron microscope at RCA in Philadelphia, PA. Zworykin is better known as a co-inventor of television. He came to the US in 1919 and worked for Westinghouse before moving to RCA.
Learn more at http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/04/dayintech_0420
Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/geek-fact-for-april-20th/
Apr 19
Goodbye Ultimate/Home/Starter/Basic/Premium/Professional/Blah/Yackety/Yack/etc – YESSS!!
It appears Microsoft has has now relented on the number of Windows 8 editions planned for final release. An April 16th announcement confirms that Redmond has decided to follow the XP model and introduce just two versions for home consumers and OEMs – Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro.
It’s …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/windows-8-now-to-be-released-in-just-2-primary-editions/
Apr 19
Fred Brooks worked at IBM during the early supercomputer era. He coined the term “computer architecture”, and later oversaw development of the IBM System/360 and managed the software team that designed the OS/360 operating system. He is well known for what is now called Brooks’ Law: …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/geek-fact-for-april-19th/
Apr 18
Nova Development is once again offering a Mac SuperBundle. Their latest software bundle will launch on April 18th and will only be available for 14 days. It includes the award-winning digital media manager Roxio Toast 11 Titanium plus 8 additional Mac applications. The Spring 2012 Mac SuperBundle is offering $453 worth of Mac software for …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/wow-another-mac-superbundle/
Apr 18
A few months ago, I wrote a post about my impressions with the Android version of the wonderful cross-platform productivity suite SpringPad. The App and corresponding website have gone through many changes since then, both in design and function. The new SpringPad still aims to do what it has always done best—giving you the tools …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/springpad-goes-social-makes-major-changes-gets-all-clean-and-fresh-for-spring/
Apr 18
John Ambrose Fleming was an electronics pioneer. His invention would help make radios, televisions, telephones and even early electronic computers possible. Fleming patented the vacuum tube in 1904. This is often considered to be the birth of electronics.
Learn more at http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/pioneers/fleming.html
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/geek-fact-for-april-18th/
Apr 17
Mozilla has announced that, after April 24th, there will be no further updates for Firefox 3.6. With the exception of any last minute security patches, Firefox 3.6.28 released last month, will be the final update.
Firefox 3.6 was the last of the legacy versions before Mozilla embarked on its ‘rapid release’ program in 2011 with …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/firefox-3-6-r-i-p/
Apr 17
Microsoft has ended full support for its ill-fated operating system as of 10th April with an extended support period through to April 2017.
This means that Microsoft will no longer be offering free technical support for Vista users nor will they continue honoring any warranty claims, and the only updates available to Vista users will …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/vista-end-of-support-announced/
Apr 17
A megachip is a memory chip capable of storing 1 million bits of information.
Read more about IBM’s history of chipmaking at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power/library/pa-powerppl/
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/geek-fact-for-april-17th/
