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Wanted: List of Bloggers, Journalists, and Analysts Whom Microsoft Bribed at PDC 2008

http://techrights.org/o/2008/11/07/microsoft-bribe-watch/

currently stand Quantum Computers Are "All the Rage" (35 Years Ago, What IBM Promises This Year is What People Promised When the CEO Was in His 20s) "Quantum" hype is high on the
Request for names of influential people who received gifts from Microsoft (as expensive as $2000)

"I Contribute to the Windows Kernel. We Are Slower Than Other Operating Systems. Here Is Why."

http://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-we-are-slower-than-other-oper/

about by technology and computers will benefit the business exclusively, with none of their benefits being shared with the employee. If productivity doubles, profit doubles, workl
I was explaining on Hacker News why Windows fell behind Linux in terms of operating system kernel performance and innovation. And out of nowhere an anonymous...

RFC 8700: Fifty Years of RFCs

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8700.html

community. All of the computers have changed, as have all of the transmission lines, but the RFCs march on. Maybe I'll write a few words for RFC 10,000. ¶ Quite obviously, the cir

Techrights — Microsoft To Sack Another 22,000 Workers?

http://techrights.org/n/2024/01/30/Microsoft_To_Sack_Another_22_000_Workers.shtml

currently stand Quantum Computers Are "All the Rage" (35 Years Ago, What IBM Promises This Year is What People Promised When the CEO Was in His 20s) "Quantum" hype is high on the
Unless this is fake or a hoax, today is going to get rather interesting

Wang 720C Advanced Programming Calculator

https://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/wang720.html

behemoths, and microcomputers had begun to advance to the point where they were easier to use and program than a programmable calculator like the Wang 720C. The Elektronika D3-28
Wang 720C Programmable Calculator

Adventureland: Amiga

http://adventure.if-legends.org/machines/Amiga.html

way of all the other computers (exept the IBM clones and some Macs), from the Spectrum, C-64 to the Atari ST. Only the future will tell. There are 266 games listed for Amiga in th

Download MS Basic versions

http://www.ojodepez-fanzine.net/network/qbdl/history_of_visual_basic.html

the PS/2 personal computers. Newer IBM and compatible PCS stopped including ROM BASIC with the hardware. Other factors, including the rapid development of applications software an

Vintage Computing and Gaming | The Retrogaming and Retrocomputing Blogazine

http://www.vintagecomputing.com/

embrace and integrate computers into their lives, changing the way we live, work, and play forever. So it will be important in the future to be able to look back and see how we go
Adventures in vintage computers and retrogaming. Includes articles on classic games and obsolete computers.

Steven Pemberton

https://homepages.cwi.nl/~steven/

between people and computers. Now famous because Python was strongly influenced by it. Lambert Meertens has written an article on its origins. ABC for the Raspberry Pi : There is

https://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/amdahl-bio-core-1-4.html

https://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/amdahl-bio-core-1-4.html

he began designing computers on his own time. When the Electrical Engineering department heard about this "other" work, Amdahl was encouraged to build a computer that could be use

Open Voices Podcast with Linus Torvalds - WackoWiki

https://wackowiki.org/doc/Org/Articles/LinusTorvalds

completely new uses of computers and that might just happen because computers get pushed down and become cheaper and that might change the whole picture of operating systems. But

VC&G | » My memories of what life was like before the Internet

http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/3132/my-memories-of-what-life-was-like-before-the-internet

cars, video games, computers, crafts, etc. These publications arrived once a month in your mailbox, and you felt like you were up-to-date with current events in that field. Resear
Adventures in vintage computers and retrogaming. Includes articles on classic games and obsolete computers.


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