Before becoming a security giant, Symantec offered a variety of software products. Its story emphasizes the importance of venture capitalists in the success and... Read More »
Since its birth 50 years ago, the fork has remained a central element of modern computing. This article looks back on its history.
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In 1966-1967, two early networking experiments were influenced by J.C.R. Licklider's interest in resource sharing and included experiments with the interactive ... Read More »
Junior Achievement’s use of computers in Applied Economics reveals how a nonprofit group engaged students, adapted its methods to the classroom, and bolstered a... Read More »
Developers and users around the world continue to push and use derived and expanded technology originating with Amiga, an example of consumer-led development.
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The adoption of computers at HSBC in the 1960-70s is compared with the Octopus micropayment system, developed in the 1990s, by computer professionals and manage... Read More »
The 1972 US Supreme Court case, Gottschalk v. Benson, helped formulate software patent law and revealed the philosophical underpinning of what constitutes a com... Read More »
The Advanced Computer Systems (ACS) project was one of two major IBM supercomputer efforts in the late 1960s, which pioneered high-speed integrated circuitry an... Read More »
From the analytical engine to the supercomputer, from Pascal to von Neumann, from punched cards to CD-ROMs — the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing covers the breadth of computer history. Featuring scholarly articles by leading computer scientists and historians, as well as firsthand accounts by computer pioneers, the Annals is the primary publication for recording, analyzing, and debating the history of computing. The Annals also serves as a focal point for people interested in uncovering and preserving the records of this exciting field. The quarterly publication is an active center for the collection and dissemination of information on historical projects and organizations, oral history activities, and international conferences.
