http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/posts/tags/computer+history/page/1/ en Vox Thu, 15 May 2008 17:30:01 -0500 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss computer history http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-54.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-54.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-54.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 May 2008 17:30:01 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00fa9675bfe20003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00fa9675bfe20003-50si" alt="Worms" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The term "worm" is derived from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Brunner entitled "The Shockwave Rider." The book describes programs known as "tapeworms" which spread through a network for the purpose of deleting data. The term is first used... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-54.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00fae8b9b02d000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> computer history northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-53.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-53.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-53.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 10 May 2008 16:03:05 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf6c22a0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf6c22a0002-50si" alt="Bluetooth" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Swedish company Ericsson initiates the Bluetooth Technology movement in 1994. Bluetooth is a wireless radio standard designed for low power, short-wave device communication. In February 1998, five major companies found the Bluetooth Special Inter... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-53.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f8560c0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> computer history northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-52.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-52.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-52.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 May 2008 20:27:18 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00f48d1499020001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00f48d1499020001-50si" alt="Sony Logo" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita establish Sony on May 7, 1946. The company begins modestly as a maker of a rice boiler. The Sony name is derived as a mix of the Latin word sonus, the English word "sunny," and from the word "Sonny-boys" which is Japan... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-52.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00f48d1499120001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> computer history northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-51.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-51.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-51.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 May 2008 10:52:50 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00f48d13d2330001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00f48d13d2330001-50si" alt="I-love-you-virus" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The "I Love You" computer virus is released in spring of 2000 and affects millions of computers. Users are infected via e-mail, Internet chat systems, and through shared file systems. The virus is a program attached to an e-mail with the subject ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-51.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf525640003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> computer history northerngeek i love you virus http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-50.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-50.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-50.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 May 2008 11:49:19 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f5ca620005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f5ca620005-50si" alt="Jobs" /></a> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00f48d12e06b0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00f48d12e06b0001-50si" alt="You&#39;re Fired" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is stripped of his duties by the board of directors and resigns from Apple in May 1985. This event climaxes an internal power struggle between Jobs and CEO John Sculley. Ironically, Sculley joined the company in 1983 ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-50.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf4276e0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> apple steve jobs computer history northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-49.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-49.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-49.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 01 May 2008 11:13:54 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f5718f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f5718f0005-50si" alt="Crazy Frog" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> he mobile phone ring tone "Crazy Frog Axel F" tops Britain's singles music charts in May 2005. Jamster's ring tone song, inspired by the 1980s movie theme from "Beverly Hills Cop," is the first song created specifically for mobile phones to cross... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-49.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf3cff60002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> computer history northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-48.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-48.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-48.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:02:26 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf22bd80003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf22bd80003-50si" alt="Robert Noyce" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Robert N. Noyce of Intel Corp receives the National Medal of Technology in 1987. He is credited for his semiconductor inventions and for his leadership in the research and development of the microprocessor, which has led to wider use of more powe... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-48.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00f48d10d9fb0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> computer history northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-47.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-47.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:37:09 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f320bd0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f320bd0004-50si" alt="Huffman-coding-example" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> MIT student David Huffman conceptualizes the idea of using a frequency-sorted binary tree algorithm for lossless data compression in 1951. Huffman comes up w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-47.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f320df0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> computer history northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-46.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-46.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-46.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:57:43 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf05db40003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf05db40003-50si" alt="Bauer" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Computer scientist Friedrich Ludwig Bauer coins the term "software engineering" during a presentation at the 1968 NATO Software Conference. "The whole trouble comes from the fact that there is so much tinkering with software. It is not made in a ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-46.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf04fb70002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> computer history northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-45.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-45.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-45.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:14:11 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf00afa0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf00afa0002-50si" alt="Solitaire" /></a> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f1af7c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f1af7c0005-50si" alt="Wes at work" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Microsoft adds the Solitaire game to Microsoft Windows in 1990. The Klondike Solitaire game is developed by Wes Cherry, an intern for Microsoft, as a means to help users learn Windows. Shipped with millions of Windows installations, the computer ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-45.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf00b290002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> computer history northerngeek