Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Have Been Rescued From the River Thames May 9, 2024alancookieLeave a comment https://news.artnet.com/art-world/doves-typeface-2454807
The BASIC programming language turns 60 May 5, 2024alancookieLeave a comment https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/
A quick look back at Windows 3.1 which hit the RTM stage 32 years ago this week April 7, 2024alancookieLeave a comment https://www.neowin.net/news/a-quick-look-back-at-windows-31-which-hit-the-rtm-stage-32-years-ago-this-week/
100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born February 13, 2024alancookieLeave a comment https://spectrum.ieee.org/ibm-history
Oldest known version of DOS demoed — recently unearthed 86-DOS taken for a spin by retrocomputing ar chaeologist January 8, 2024alancookieLeave a comment https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/oldest-known-version-of-dos-demoed-recently-unearthed-86-dos-taken-for-a-spin-by-retrocomputing-archaeologist
Pat Gelsinger’s initials are etched into every 386 processor ever made — Intel CEO literally made hi s mark as a key CPU designer December 18, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/pat-gelsingers-initials-are-etched-into-every-386-processor-ever-made-intel-ceo-literally-made-his-mark-as-a-key-cpu-designer
On this day in history, October 24, 1861, transcontinental telegraph completed, connects coasts for first time October 24, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-oct-24-1861-transcontinental-telegraph-completed-connecting-us-coasts-first-time
Retrotechtacular: The $175,000 Laser Printer October 24, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/retrotechtacular-the-175000-laser-printer/
On this day, the Ethernet spec was published October 1, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://www.xda-developers.com/on-this-day-the-ethernet-spec-was-published/
Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I. October 1, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/rethinking-the-luddites-in-the-age-of-ai
How Chips Came to Be: The Semiconductor Creation Story Is Near-Divine September 10, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/10/chips-semiconductor-created-silicon-us-china-taiwan/
Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf September 6, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://spectrum.ieee.org/vint-cerf
Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story September 6, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://spectrum.ieee.org/apple-macintosh
The IBM PC came out 42 years ago today August 12, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://www.xda-developers.com/ibm-pc-42-year-anniversary/
The buttons on Zenith’s original ‘clicker’ TV remote were a mechanical marvel July 30, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://www.theverge.com/23810061/zenith-space-command-remote-control-button-of-the-month
Kevin Mitnick, formerly the world’s ‘most-wanted’ hacker, has passed away July 20, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://www.engadget.com/kevin-mitnick-formerly-the-worlds-most-wanted-hacker-has-passed-away-084912966.html
How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented July 5, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://spectrum.ieee.org/graphical-user-interface
Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story July 4, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://spectrum.ieee.org/apple-macintosh
How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah June 29, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://spectrum.ieee.org/history-of-computer-graphics-industry
50th Anniversary of Ethernet – A Look Back June 29, 2023alancookieLeave a comment https://standards.ieee.org/featured/ieee-802/