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Computer History Museum: (The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA, www.computerhistory.org) The home of the largest collection of computer artifacts in the world, which includes more than 4,000 hardware components and 10,000...; Full Computer History Museum Definition >>

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Intel Research Day: At Intel's Research Day, more than 70 booths filled up the exhibition hall at Mountain View's Computer History Museum. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi profiles some of her favorites, including the Mood Phone and robotic fingers.; Tags: Intel Corp., Productivity, News, kara tsuboi, intel, computer history museum, mood phone, pittsburgh robotics, robot hand, robot arm, research; Videos 2008-06-12
Difference Engine No. 2: Considered one of the most startling achievements of the 19th century, Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 has come to life 150 years later. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi visits the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., to see the machine in action and meet the men who turned Babbage's...; Tags: News, charles babbage engine no. 2, kara tsuboi, jared kohler, computer history museum, victorian, invention, mathematics, Productivity; Videos 2008-05-02
It's your move: Even if you just checkmated your new friend in India or took your Russian opponent's rook, new chess Web sites like Chess.com are encouraging niche social networking. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi sat down with the site's founder to find out what has attracted more than 100,000 members in less than...; Tags: chess, online, deep blue, ibm, computer history museum, kara tsuboi, networking, tournement; Videos 2008-02-28
Photos: Iconic computer innards as art: Computer History Museum launches a visual study of how the computer has evolved from its humble punch card origins.; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, Computer History Museum, photograph; Image galleries 2007-07-03
Photos: Computer History Museum rings in Apple's 30th: Apple fans and company veterans who helped develop the Apple I celebrate 30 years of personal computing at the Computer History Museum.; Tags: veteran, Apple Computer Inc., computing, computer, Computer History Museum; Image galleries 2006-11-06

Mashup University underway in Silicon Valley: Mashup University got off to good start this morning here at the Computer History Museum in the heart of Silicon Valley. After breakfast, the day opened with an Introduction to Mashup Programming 101 taught by Brian Hamlin. We've got about 100 people here and room for more...; Tags: Mashup University, Brian Hamlin, Computer History Museum; Blog posts 2006-07-10
Wiki wizard looks to future: Ward Cunningham speaks at Computer History MuseumJohn Gage, chief researcher and vice president of the Science Office at Sun, interviews wiki inventor Ward Cunningham in Mountain View, Calif., on April 24, 2006. The program took place at the Computer History Museum.; Tags: Computer History Museum, Ward Cunningham; Videos 2006-04-25
Old-timers celebrate the birth of Silicon Valley: The Computer History Museum hosts some of modern technology's foThe Computer History Museum hosts some of modern technology's founding fathers.Several Silicon Valley pioneers spoke at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of Shockley Laboratories in Mountain View, Calif. Starting in the 1950s, physicist Hans Queisser worked in...; Tags: Computer History Museum; Videos 2006-02-28
Taking a Firetide Instant Network Where None Has Gone Before: The Computer History Museum collects artifacts from the information age, preserving items such as the Cray-1 supercomputer and the original Apple I computer, together with a comprehensive collection of culturally-defining related advertising, marketing, and documentation materials. However, when the Museum moved into a recently vacated Silicon Valley office building, the...; Tags: Network, Computer, Computer History Museum, Ethernet, Productivity, Networking, Network Technology; Case studies

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Cloudworks shows the green side of managed services: Here's a refreshing twist: An executive with an ostensibly "green" technology who really isn't willing to pitch it that way. I'm talking about Cloudworks founder and CEO Mike Eaton, who really cares more instead about the "overall convenience and efficiency" of his company's services. He's playing the economy card, rather...; Tags: Managed Services, IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Small Business, Cloudworks, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-26
Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux: Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...; Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched: Gaping holes in RealPlayer patchedReal is feeling threatened by AppleReal doesn't want to lose its title of "Least Secure Media Platform Ever Released" to QuickTime. How anyone can allow either of these programs on their computer is beyond me. You are practically [b]begging[/b] to get pwned.People still use that piece...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Apple QuickTime; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP: 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XPMy takeI don't count security patches, but I regularly have to clean malware from our XP machines but have yet to find anything on our Vista systems.RE: 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XPFile this in the "no...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista, secure, Microsoft Windows XP, VISTA IS; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
Foxconn snubs Linux users: Foxconn snubs Linux usersWho needs Foxconn anyway.There are plenty of good MB makers that do support Linux.It's a good idea to look at hardware compatibility at the distro's website anyway. I use Asus. But I have had to update the BIOS on every Asus MB I've bought to get...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Foxconn, Linux, BIOS, ASUS, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet: Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTabletI WANT ONE!!Dang, I'd buy it in a heart beat. I already have an iPod Touch love it and getting ready to buy an iPhone.RE: Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTabletMay sound very nice, but unfortunately, like all Apple things, it will probably...; Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Apple Inc., tablet, Mystery Solved, iTablet; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
Britain moves against illegal file sharing: Britain moves against illegal file sharingWould like to know how they will determine this.I think they are going to have significant problems with this.Briton can do what they want, the people there seem to be unwilling to stop their government from making so many laws they are in "freedom chains"....I...; Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, file-sharing, File Sharing Program; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated): Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...; Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users: Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...; Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Gateway stops selling PCs direct: Gateway stops selling PCs directHow does this save money?I mean won't part of the sale have to go to the outlet? While a direct sale Gateway gets it all? Also can we stop this name game thing. Gateway is not longer Gateway it's Acer. I remember...; Tags: Desktops, PC, Gateway Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
A Friday Active Directory puzzler: A Friday Active Directory puzzlerSuggestions...Have you installed the required hotfixes and patches in the 2000 environment? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331161similar problemupgraded a larger AD domain from 2000 to 2003 by adding a 2003 server.Depending on the error, it could be a lot of things.I got a similar error.it came down to using the...; Tags: Friday Active Directory puzzler, Friday Active Directory, puzzler; Discussion threads 2008-07-25