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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

BlackBerry Patent app boosts ability to simultaneously work with voice and data applications

A newly published BlackBerry Patent application entitled Advanced Voice and Data Operations in a Mobile Communications Device describes a technology that greatly eases these related processes. The Patent Abstract provides at least some insight into what is being proposed here: ...

Tags: Method, Application, Phone, Step, Mobile, Network, Telephone Call, Voice, Data, Information, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile Device, Computer, Wireless, Patent Abstract, Data Item, Invention, Voice Component, Phone Number, Caller Identification Information, Wireless Connector, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Images: Birth of the first computer

J. Presper Eckert and John Mauch designed ENIAC to calculate the trajectory of artillery shells. Fortunately, we've found other uses for their invention.

Tags: trajectory, computer

Image galleries 2006-02-13

Photos: March of the Demo products

Entrepreneurs tout their latest inventions at Demo '06 in Phoenix.

Tags: entrepreneur, invention, Phoenix Technologies, Demo

Image galleries 2006-02-08

Images: 60 years of IBM innovation

You name it, and there's a good chance Big Blue invented it. Here's a look at some of those inventions.

Tags: IBM Corp., innovation

Image galleries 2005-10-11

Images: Patenting the obvious

Big money can be made if you're the first to claim a new invention. Sometimes the routine even slips through.

Tags: slip

Image galleries 2005-09-13

Additional Resources

The perfect computer?

Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...

Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-02

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

Inventions Calendar for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

With Inventions Calendar for iPhone is a very intuitive and easy to use interface that shows you a 1 a day calendar with a fun and interesting fact about inventions for the day. This is a very fun application and is great for general knowledge and trivia. It features daily...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Calendar, Deep Powder Software, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-29

The Clockwork Man 1.0 (Mac)

Join Miranda Calomy on a journey through a world of wondrous science in the Victorian era. At the turn of the century, in an alternate timeline where steam-powered technology has become dominant in almost all walks of life, the Clockwork Man, a fantastic Hidden Object Adventure game, will take you...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Macgamestore, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-29

The best protection for software assets

Support and development."You have to reveal your invention. The rights don?t last that long."They do last too long, frankly. Software technology changes very fast. Most products are well beyond the end of their life cycle by the time a patent expires. Pretty much all of our IP stuff is way...

Tags: asset, patent, Fight Club, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Digital camera sensor inventors win the Nobel Prize in physics

Forty years after they first sketched out the idea for a digital image sensor, two former Bell Labs research scientists have been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit â€" the CCD sensor." by Janice Chen

Tags: Imaging, Sensor, Digital Camera, Digital Image, Camera, Document Management, Semiconductors, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Nineball Solitaire 1.0 (Windows)

Nineball Solitaire is a solitaire game of my own invention. It is a more strategic version of solitaire with a billiards theme. You must think ahead in order to not get stuck and clear each 'rack' of cards. How many racks can you run? That will depend on a little...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows, Strategic Thinking, Fast Eddie, Nineball Solitaire, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-06

Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcuts

At least get the right patent document!The issued patent is Number 7,596,609. You linked us to the pre-grant publication of the divisional which was filed late last year and won't be issued for probably a few more.RE: Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcutslol, good luck enforcing it..RE: Israeli...

Tags: patent, URL shortcut

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Pay to play: The vendor / analyst mating dance

Analyst Liability?Could you imagine if a customer held an analyst liable if their review/recommendation was markedly different than the customer's experience? I know your Devil's Triangle theory would make it near impossible to "pin" it on the analyst review, but it is an intriguing idea given the "mating dance" you...

Tags: Pay-to-play

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Secret Legacy of Nikola Tesla 1.0 (Mac)

Young Laura Jones picks up a mysterious box left to her grandmother by scholar and inventor Nikola Tesla, with whom her grandmother worked with during her youth. The box contains clues to the locations of the part needed to start Tesla's greatest invention, the location of which is also unknown,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Grandmother, Macgamestore, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-24

i4i vs. Microsoft appeal heard; Trash talk ensues

I4i, the company that was awarded $290 million and an injunction in a patent infringement suit against Microsoft, talked a little trash as three judges heard the software giant's appeal. Microsoft fired back. Not-so-surprisingly both sides think the case will go their way. If you recall, i4i...

Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., I4i, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

The 10 biggest moments in IT history

Missing: Tim Berners-Lee?The Mouse, and the GUI ...... without the invention of the mouse or the GUI/WYSIWYG there would not be as many users as there are today, and I would hazard a guess that it would be restricted to business applications like accounting, and Data Analysis.LudoRE: The 10...

Tags: Mice, Strategy, Operating systems, GUI, PARC User Interface, mouse, Microsoft Corp., IT History, Xerox PARC, operating system, IBM Corp., information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

ARM targets Intel with 2GHz multicore chips

Great platform for next-gen OS developmentThis sounds like it would be a great platform for somebody to develop the next generation OS we so badly need as a replacement for all of the existing 20th century OSes we're currently using.Still primitive - OS has a long way to goI use...

Tags: Operating systems, Keyboards, multi-core processor, Intel Corp., chip, operating system, keyboard, ARM

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

How Intel turned failure into success

Thank youThat was a very interesting read esp for those of us that are younger and were just getting into the PC game back in 2000. It seems like Intel managed to luck out after all with this platform to me - total returns aren't measured over a few years,...

Tags: Games, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-15