History & Culture
epub |eng | 2011-09-27 | Author:Bowden, Mark [Bowden, Mark]

Within a week, Rick’s efforts pointed them to a distinct source. Most of the hits, 391 domain names corresponding with Conficker’s random lists, were “clearly coincidental,” Phil wrote an excited ...
( Category: History March 6,2015 )
mobi, azw3, epub, pdf |eng | 2015-03-02 | Author:Bruce Schneier

allowed academics to mine their data: Here are two examples. Lars Backstrom et al. (5 Jan 2012), “Four degrees of separation,” arXiv:1111.4570 [cs.SI], http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.4570. Russell B. Clayton (Jul 2014), “The ...
( Category: Computer & Internet Law March 5,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-03-09 | Author:wallace, Erickson [wallace, Erickson]

20,000 lines of code, compared to about 4,000 lines for the first version of the operating system. The PC/XT was officially announced by IBM in New York City in March ...
( Category: Company Profiles March 3,2015 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-06-06 | Author:Nathan Yau

Note Online visualization has slowly been shifting away from Flash toward JavaScript and HTML5, but not all browsers support the latter, namely Internet Explorer. Also, because Flash has been around ...
( Category: History March 3,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-02-21 | Author:Amy Mulcreevy

A description of the process by which the operator notifies consumers of material changes to the operator's privacy policy; and The effective date of the privacy policy. 3.1. How to ...
( Category: History & Culture January 6,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-13 | Author:James Essinger [Essinger, James]

By the end of 1834, the Analytical Engine was not the only thing on Ada’s mind. She had turned nineteen on December 10. Lady Byron was determined that the time ...
( Category: Scientists October 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2009-10-13 | Author:Jonathan Gatlin [Gatlin, Jonathan]

* * * The other day someone asked me, “Can’t Microsoft work with people so that they can be successful too?” That night I looked at a chart comparing Intel’s ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics October 13,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-08-10 | Author:Bob Luther [Luther, Bob]

At this point, I mentioned that Joe Copson had purchased his Apple-1 from the Byte Shop and it had been shipped to him. Paul - An interesting sideline to that, ...
( Category: History & Culture October 13,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2001-01-01 | Author:Ken Auletta [Auletta, Ken]

CHAPTER 12 Nerds in the Bunker BEFORE THEY PRESENTED their witnesses, Microsoft was certain that they would incontrovertibly prove their facts. Afterward, the company’s leadership was furiously mad—mad at Boies, ...
( Category: Industries October 13,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2005-07-08 | Author:Leander Kahney [Kahney, Leander]

( Category: Operating Systems October 13,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-06-02 | Author:John Alderman [Alderman, John]

NAME KENBAK-1 YEAR CREATED 1971 CREATOR KENBAK CORPORATION COST $750 MEMORY 256 BYTES SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSOR TTL (TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC) The first personal computer was sold as a kit, but unfortunately, not ...
( Category: History October 13,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2005-01-02 | Author:John Markoff [Markoff, John]

5| DEALING LIGHTNING Doug Engelbart sat under a twenty-two-foot-high video screen, “dealing lightning with both hands.” At least that’s the way it seemed to Chuck Thacker, a young Xerox PARC ...
( Category: Engineering October 13,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-14 | Author:Stephen Toulouse [Toulouse, Stephen]

Its most common effect on individuals is to cause them to make design decisions based on the way customers should use products as opposed to how they actually use them, ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics October 13,2014 )
epub |eng | 1988-11-15 | Author:Jeffrey Young [Young, Jeffrey]

He also annoyed Smith and Tribble by handing them their notification of raises even though he was not their manager at the time. 6. He interrupts and doesn't listen. This ...
( Category: Mathematics October 13,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-08 | Author:Tom Merritt [Merritt, Tom]

April 12, 1961 - Yuri Gagarin of the USSR made a 108-minute orbital flight in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, becoming the first human in space. April 25, 1961 - Robert ...
( Category: History & Culture October 13,2014 )