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The 10 biggest moments in IT history

Despite its relatively short lifespan, IT has had some huge watershed moments. TechRepublic's Jack Wallen followed the tech timeline to identify the most pivotal events. It’s unlikely that everyone will ever agree on the most important dates in the history of IT. I...

Tags: ARPAnet, Information Technology, Operating System, Dot-com, Apple Inc., Wikipedia, COBOL, Napster Inc., Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Online Communications, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-21

'Internet van' turns 30

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., celebrates a nondescript converted bread truck for its instrumental role in developing the first mobile and wireless Internet connection. News.com's Kara Tsuboi introduces the engineers behind a feat that happened three decades ago this month.

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless, internet, kara tsuboi, van, arpanet, radio, computer, history

Videos 2007-11-09

Internet pioneer Robert Kahn: It was a different world back then

Robert Kahn was one of the industry titans that was awarded one of the Computer History Museums Fellow Awards on Tuesday night earlier this week. Kahns resume places him squarely at ground zero of the innovation on which most of the Internet and the Web is based. According to the...

Tags: Kahn, computer, ARPAnet

Blog posts 2006-10-19

Hackers get into USC database

Hackers get into USC databaseWouldn't it be more informative to have MORE INFO on the details?IE, platforms and what or where the vulnerability was.... Usually it IS MS until proven non-MS ... ;-)-mHow it was donehttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/usc_site_cracked/"The vulnerability in USC's online Web application system is a relatively common and well-known software...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Linux, Operating systems, Storage, Databases, database, worm, Unix, ARPAnet, USC

Discussion threads 2005-07-19

Domain Name Service (DNS)

In the early days of the ARPANET, the forerunner to today's Internet, there were only a small number of computers attached to the network. As the ARPANET continued to grow, it became clear that ARPANET needed a better solution. Several proposals were generated based on the concept of a distributed...

Tags: ARPAnet, DNS, Domain Name, Domain Names, Internet

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40 years ago the Internet was born - now it devalues everything it touches

you are devaluing your proffesionshame on you.internet is one of the greatest invention in human history.Establishing walled islands on the InternetThe Internet is like a huge river, or better yet, sea, that allows users to move from small island to small island web application, to find the things they care...

Tags: Web site development, e-reader software, e-reader, Internet, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Raytheon acquires BBN Technologies, firm that developed Internet, e-mail, VoIP

Waltham, Mass.-based defense contractor Raytheon said on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Cambridge, Mass.-based BBN Technologies, known for having developed ARPANET, forerunner to the Internet, and e-mail. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Internet E-mail, Raytheon Co., VoIP, Massachusetts, BBN Technologies, Internet, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Do they still need us more than we need them?

Do they still need us more than we need them?Geek not NerdYou are mixing your names in your article and thereby invalidating your premise. Nerds are socially inept beings that may or may not be geeks. Geeks are technically gifted beings that may or may not be nerds....

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Nerds

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayer

Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayerYou're missing the pointWe should not permit single point of failure networks to be built. Besides, there's over 80 million miles of fiber in the U.S. alone, and it simply is not possible to monitor all that cable, or...

Tags: Network technology, WikiAnswers, cable, prayer, Internet-infrastructure

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

How much should government commit to open source?

How much should government commit to open source?If open source is as good as you believe......then companies offering open source solutions will win those contracts for medical records etc. So you can say its already been done...if they can actually win that is.Huh?How would that help the economy?How would...

Tags: Obama, open source, government

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

McNealy's back and Obama's got him

McNealy's back and Obama's got himSo government should go into the software business...... in order to reduce the number of jobs in the private sector, by making displacement products for its own use and that of others around the world.Which other large, essential, internationally successful business should the government compete...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, OSS, Obama, government, software

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

Why Install IPv6 Instead Of IPv4?

The original framers of ARPAnet did not foresee the growth of what is now known as the Internet, or that the IPv4 address structure would fall short of the addresses needed, or all the new devices that would need IP addressing. Consequently, the IPv4 addresses are being exhausted. IPv6 satisfies...

Tags: IPv4, IPv6, Networking

White papers 2009-01-16

When bandwidth is free

When bandwidth is freeThe solution is simple:1. Make bandwidth caps illegal. Allow people to use their service for the FULL RATED SPEED 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (366 in leap year).2. Start putting price control on the amounts that can be charged for...

Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, bandwidth, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-12-25

Happy 20th birthday, internet worm!

Happy 20th birthday, internet worm!Thanks for the history...Thanks for the history, but I don't think I'll be drinking in celebration this Nov. 2nd... I'll be drinking that day to ease the pain of removing all that junk off my computer... lol...Ah, the start of the rot began where?[i]"On November 2nd,...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, worm, Internet, Internet worm

Discussion threads 2008-10-31

Did McCain invent the BlackBerry?

Did McCain invent the BlackBerry?Obama's childish attack????Kinda like the one where McCain says Obama wants to teach sex education to kindergartners, when in fact, what he wanted was to teach them how to recognize inappropriate touching to protect them from child predators? Ridiculous, childish attack INDEED!Um ridiculous and childishlike...

Tags: INTERNET, RIM BlackBerry, Obama

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

The tattered history of OOP

This is a guest blog by frequent contributor Mark Miller - a followup on our earlier discussions of the effectiveness and value of the object oriented programming idea. OOP has been a mixed bag, but I say this only because...

Tags: Message, Software, Object-oriented Programming, Smalltalk, Idea, Data, Object-oriented, Unix, Object, Alan Kay, Way Object-orientation, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-06-02

Understand network addressing architecture by studying its evolution

In the early days of the development of networks, major issues with addressing were ignored in favor of simple -- and adequate -- solutions. Unfortunately, addressing architecture hasn't kept pace with network growth. This sample chapter from Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals offers a detailed look...

Tags: Network, Prentice Hall Inc., Networking

Book chapters 2008-04-29

1:1 computing...Can it be justified?

1:1 computing...Can it be justified?The Price of PrivilegeIt's interesting to consider the world in which these prep school students will eventually emerge. They will have had the experience of having a personal computer and personal unlimited access to tech resources and the Internet throughout their formative years. They will take...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, laptop computer, computer

Discussion threads 2007-08-14

Appliance computing

Appliance computingAppliances versus ComputersMy Korg X5 music workstation must have a microprocessor in it but I have no idea what and presumably has an operating system that one never sees or needs to know about, it "boots" instantly and has been working reliably for more than 10 years. I also...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, E-mail, Operating systems, computer, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

What is Intel's mobile Linux game?

What is Intel's mobile Linux game?what you've said is like a dog chasing its tail in circlesInnovators innovate - trueOpen source has provided no innovations. They just copy others innovation. Just another "Me too" or wanna be, not the real deal.So asking for spectrum to be given away for free...

Tags: game, Mobile Linux, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, open source, Intel Corp., innovation, Internet, mobile

Discussion threads 2007-07-17