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Mouse inventor sighted at Macworld Expo

Mouse inventor sighted at Macworld ExpoWhen??When does the Mac Book Pro get the multi-touch? I'd like to see that.RE: Mouse inventor sighted at Macworld ExpoThanks David,Besides Steve stopping for a few minutes to talk to Doug and inviting us to get together for lunch, this has been on of the...

Tags: Mice, Mouse inventor, Macworld Expo, inventor, mouse

Discussion threads 2008-01-18

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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

Seesmic launches threadable embedded player: sparks row

  Seesmic, the 'video conversation' service now includes threaded conversations in its embeddable player. When a person grabs the embed code of a Seesmic video for inclusion on another site, it automatically includes all the 'replies' to that video. You see those replies when you mouse over...

Tags: Video, Seesmic, Kosso, Phreadz, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-20

A visit to the Microsoft Newseum

A visit to the Microsoft NewseumI AgreeWe all remember the Mac story!MS is all about packaging and marketing.Come on Paul...Microsoft has completely changed the landscape of IT FOREVER. I am in a constant upgrade cycle here. I have MCSEs and MCSDs working 365 days a year on upgrades. Our CFO...

Tags: Operating systems, ROI/TCO, Microsoft Corp., Unix, Microsoft Newseum

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

Of telescopes, patents and the death of discovery

Of telescopes, patents and the death of discoveryPatents are the greatest threat to the software industryIt should be written in our constitution, that no idea should be able to be patented or receive some kind of legal protection - only the [b]implementation[/b] of the ideas. Virtually every software developer is...

Tags: patent

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

Has Microsoft lost its way on desktop computing?

Has Microsoft lost its way on desktop computing?No, seriouslyStrategies and visions are for those who need to get somewhere. Microsoft doesn't want to go somewhere with the desktop, they are [i]there[/i], now. They own the desktop, just as they own the browser and messaging spaces.The only effort required...

Tags: Desktops, desktop, MSFT, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

Virtual reality used for stroke rehabilitation

There are about 15 million people affected by a stroke each year in the world. About 5 million die and 5 million are left with a permanent disability. For the survivors, it is very difficult to return to a normal activity, such as controlling their movements and becoming again completely...

Tags: Patient, Computer, VR, Virtual Reality, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-17

News to know: Microsoft flaw; AMD; IBM; Cloud computing

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Don't dawdle on Microsoft latest batch of patches AMD loses $1.77 billion in December quarter Bits: IBM: A separate reality Dan Farber: Salesforce.com ascends to the cloud. Phil Wainewright: Enterprise SaaS and the cloud...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Computing, IBM Corp., Flaw, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Notebooks, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-01-18

Mouse inventor sighted at Macworld Expo

One of the legends of Silicon Valley and a hero to many early Macintosh users is the inventor and techno-philosopher Douglas Engelbart. He invented the computer mouse back in 1967 and this year, attended the Macworld Expo. (In case you're wondering, that's him on the left.) The...

Tags: Mouse, Apple MacBook, Control Panel, Machine, Mice, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-01-17

Menu Inventor 1.1 (Windows)

This menu manager is an alternative to Windows Start button. Fast, organized, with a KDE look-and-feel, and packed with features that will delight every Start-hater. Features: graphically very similar to Linux KDE menu, fully configurable menu structure, menu nesting supported, comfortable access editing to any file, quick batch adding, mouse...

Tags: Micron Technology Inc., KDE, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-10-19

Woz magic of electronics and computers

Woz magic of electronics and computersThe 2 Steves were Thought Leaderseven before Thought Leadership had been identified.Woz is a breakthrough guy. He pioneered a tool that changed our lives forever. He didn't do an incremental change, he really made a change that has opened up immense possibilities and...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, computer, wOz, Congressional Medal, electronics

Discussion threads 2007-05-20

Apple behind new patent reform bill

Apple behind new patent reform billApples cares about you, MS hates youI knew Apple was wonderful and good and kind and caring, otherwise why would they support something that was so wonderful? Apple's support of this will absolutely [b]kill[/b] MS!! HAHAHAHA!!!! m1cR0$$$lop must be so made about this bill and...

Tags: patent, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-19

iPod podcast menus, navigation depicted in new Apple patent app

iPod podcast menus, navigation depicted in new Apple patent appSo what is new about the process?This type of patent application brings the whole patent process into disrepute. There is nothing new or unique about the process, except that it happens to be for selecting podcasts. The process could, and has...

Tags: Podcasts, podcast, patent, Apple Inc., Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2006-11-30

Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patents

Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patentsThis might help, but patents will still stifle inovation.The best thing we could do is through copyright and trade secret.So will this effect McDonaldsWith there patent on making the sandwich, and Microsoft on the double click mouse which was just passed last year, or the...

Tags: patent, obviousness

Discussion threads 2006-11-28

Leading Silicon Valley thinker warns of problems

It was a very dull 60th anniversary celebration for SRI International, one of the worlds largest contract research institutes. Spun out of Stanford University, it lives in the heart of Silicon Valley and started a long time before there was a Silicon Valley. It has contributed a massive amount of...

Tags: Silicon Valley

Blog posts 2006-11-07

What about Bill Gates?

In his recent post (Who shapes IT? ), my colleague David Grober presents a list of those who have shaped the IT industry. Each name was contributed by other bloggers within the ZDNet family. What I want to know is why Bill Gates' name does not appear on...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., IBM Corp., Bill Gates

Blog posts 2006-07-25

TechCrunch leads Silicon Valley Web renaissance

I went to the TechCrunch event Friday night, celebrating the publication of Naked Conversations by Shel Israel and Robert Scoble. Many friends, acquaintances and new faces pictures here. The party atmosphere reminded me of the good old Internet days, overflowing with new ideas, optimism, and enthusiasm. However, this time around...

Tags: Edgeio

Blog posts 2006-02-18

Bricklin cleans up wikiCalc with AJAX

Two months ago, I wrote about the newest innovation to come out of electronic spreadsheet co-inventor Dan Bricklin's garage: wikiCalc. Back then, I wrote: To the extent that Wikis make collaboration on Web-based documents simple but are sorely lacking in their ability to easily...

Tags: wikiCalc, cell

Blog posts 2006-01-05

More on Microsoft and invention

More on Microsoft and inventionIsn't that backwardsIsn't innovation taking what has been invented already and using it some new way?Again I would say that......invention and innovation are too easily confused. Invention to me is something that radically changes how something is done. Radical change requires discovery. Perhaps...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., tablet, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2005-10-04

Patent reform: Who's on first?

Patent reform: Who's on first?Closed source just as exposed.The only advantage they have is that people can't see all the patents they are violating. They face the same risk of "violating patents they didn't even know existed" with each line of code.---It can't be that long before some enterprising...

Tags: patent, prior art

Discussion threads 2005-09-13