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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

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We live in media as fish live in water

The other day I was looking for a quote by Ted Nelson, a computer pioneer and maverick thinker. I found it: "We live in media as fish live in water." This is very descriptive of our daily lives, imho. As I searched, I was reminded of...

Tags: Media, Video Game, Video, Computer, WWW, Macintosh Interaction, Productivity, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-02-05

Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and Mac

Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and MacAnd so then I guessthat Papermaster [i][b]was[/b][/i] hired just to run the "iPod division"Apple would never think of having him lend a hand in their server products developement.This Apple TV case may just prove how "true" the above mentioned statement is... ;)It...

Tags: TVs, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Apple TV, Apple AirPort Express, TV

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

Microsoft launches online store: Is there deeper meaning here?

Microsoft launches online store: Is there deeper meaning here?How many years have Apple had online stores?You have to stand in awe at Microsoft's ability to innovate. Apple opened an online store on November 10th, 1997 - 11 years later, Microsoft finally get round to doing the same.RE: Microsoft launches online...

Tags: Microsoft launches online store, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Launches, online store, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

From the vault: Lisa demo

From my forthcoming book, Corporations that Changed the World: Apple Inc. After a tour of the Xerox PARC Palo Alto Research Center laboratories in December 1979 and a demonstration of their Alto computer, Steve Jobs decided that the Graphical User Interface GUI was the future of computing. Apple traded...

Tags: Apple Inc., Xerox PARC, Lisa, Productivity, Podcasts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Blackberry steals iPhone's virtual keyboard

Blackberry steals iPhone's virtual keyboardCopying Apple???By stating that RIM is "stealing" iPhone's virtual keyboard, you are assuming that Apple were first to market with said on screen keyboard.Back in the real world, where Apple are lagging behind "big time"... they are one of the last mobile phone manufacturers to use...

Tags: Keyboards, Well Let, Touchscreen tech, keyboard, virtual keyboard, Apple iPhone, touch screen, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, phone

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week?

Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week?Could be for Pocket PC sized UMPCsThese features are probably being implemented for the Ultra Mobile PC type devices and will be useful in pocket-sized Windows enabled mobile phones as speculated here: http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=5390I love my tx2000z Tablet PC especially for the Wacom enabled...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Tablets, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Powerset shows semantic search solution

Beating the rush of press releases likely to flood inboxes during next week's Semantic Technology Conference, Powerset today announced the public availability of a service that adds a whole new dimension to searching for information from Wikipedia. Whilst much of the functionality unveiled today has been visible...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Team, Xerox PARC, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-12

A phone that tells you what to do

Researchers from the Palo Alto Research Center PARC have developed a software code-named Magitti for the Japanese company Dai Nippon Printing DNP. When this software is installed on your GPS-enabled mobile phone, Magitti starts to suggest you what to do in your area. You don't need to start a Web...

Tags: Deployment, Software, Phone, Xerox PARC, Magitti, Tools & Techniques, GPS, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-14

(Photos: Vintage Computer Festival)

(Photos: Vintage Computer Festival)Vintage ComputersWhatever happened to Tandy's Color Computer. I know more people who learned how to use a computer with the CoCo than any other machine.I still have one each of the first models.RE: (Photos: Vintage Computer Festival)Regarding the Canon Cat, I bought one and remember it...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Vintage Computer Festival, photograph, Adam Osborne, Apple Inc., computer, Canon Cat

Discussion threads 2007-11-05

Acacia denies patent claim is an attack on open source, denies any Microsoft role

Acacia Research Corp. on Friday released a statement to ZDNet's Open source Blog writers regarding the patent infringement case it filed against Red Hat and Novell on October 9. In the statement, which appears below in its entirety, Acacia insists that its patent claim is not...

Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, Red Hat Inc., IP, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Acacia, Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-10-19

IP firm sued, settled with Novell on different patent in August

The IP firm that filed patent litigation against Red Hat and Novell mounted legal threats against many other U.S. software companies in 2007 including Oracle, SAP, Computer Associates, EMC, Adobe, Autodesk, Apple, SPSS -- and Novell. That’s right. In late August, the Newport Beach, Calif....

Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, IP, Acacia Technology Licensing, Network Technology, Networking, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Super Techies: Larry Tesler--the trail from Xerox PARC to Yahoo

We've started a new video program, Super Techies, where I interview some of the people who are major impact on the past and future of computing. First up is Larry Tesler, currently Yahoo's vice president of user experience and design.Tesler's career is a roadmap of innovation in user interface design,...

Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Personal Technology, General, Apple, Amazon

Blog posts 2007-07-16

Larry Tesler: From Xerox PARC to Yahoo

In a Super Techies interview, ZDNet Editor-in-chief Dan Farber talks with Larry Tesler, Yahoo's vice president of user experience and design, about the history of human/computer interaction. Tesler also discusses his early work at Xerox PARC and Apple and his current role: redesigning the interface for the Yahoo front door.

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Xerox PARC, PRODUCTIVITY, Super Techies

Videos 2007-07-13

Super Techies: Interface design, past and present

From Apple to Yahoo, meet one of the fathers of human computerIn a Super Techies interview, ZDNet Editor-in-chief, Dan Farber talkswith Larry Tessler, Yahoo's vice president of user experience and designat Yahoo, about the history of human computer interaction. Tessler alsodiscusses his early work at Xerox PARC and Apple and...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Yahoo! Inc.

Whiteboards 2007-07-13

Are Linux vendors predatory?

Are Linux vendors predatory?Oops..."You can release code you wrote and seek to control it, through some version of a BSD license"One does not use a BSD style license to control code. A good license to control code is the MPL - witness all of the companies that use the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Red Hat Inc., Covalent Technologies, predatory behavior, MPL, OpenOffice, StarOffice, software

Discussion threads 2007-05-30

Is Lance right? Are palmtop PCs a bad idea?

Is Lance right? Are palmtop PCs a bad idea?It's all about the screen size you want to carryIf Lance believes he can experience the full internet in all it's glory on a 2.5" diagonal screen, knock yourself out. I believe this category will happen. Cost aside, I will much prefer...

Tags: Media players, Handhelds, Digital music, Digital media, price argument, palmtop, PC, Lance

Discussion threads 2007-03-08

Q&A with Mik Kersten, Mylar project lead

This week, the Mylar project reached its 1.0 production milestone. Variously described by its users as "addictive", "revolutionary", "innovative", and "a killer app", Mylar represents a fundamental shift in the way IDEs work. I caught up with Mik Kersten, project leader for Mylar, and asked him to explain what Mylar...

Tags: E-mail, Development tools, Mylar, Mik Kersten, task context

Blog posts 2006-12-13

The Apple phone flop

The Apple phone flopAll Cell Phones Built to AnnoyHave you heard anyone use the walkie talkie type at restaurants? Or flashing their picture phones in Disneyland rides? Or talk incessantly while walking, driving or in motion picture theaters? For these reasons or more, makes me want to want to go...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-12-07

Development and organisational issues

Development and organisational issuesundoable, not unworkableNo problem making this stuff work - even at company F - just no way to make it happen. Why? because people know it won't work...Catch 44 anyone?I was...Haven't done much in the past couple years. But I've worked with tens-of-thousands of lines of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Development tools, Programming languages, Toyota Motor Corp., Unix, programming

Discussion threads 2006-10-09