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- PARC
- (Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA, www.parc.com) Founded in 1970, PARC is a Xerox subsidiary involved in high-tech research and development. Although Xerox's headquarters are in...
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- 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
- Old DEC code open sourced by HP
- Old DEC code open sourced by HPMove on... why botherWow, and if IBM open sources OS/2, we'd have two museum pieces to admire. AdvFS was DOA five years ago, the last thing we need is another retrieval from the grave.DEC started search enginesFew people remember that DEC started search engines....
- Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, Desktops, Olsen, Hewlett-Packard Co., Digital Equipment Corp., AdvFS, VAX, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- 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
- 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
- What's cooking at Xerox's PARC labs?
- What's cooking at Xerox's PARC labs?PARC InventionsThere's no controversy about who invented the mouse. It was Doug Englebart, in the early 60's. I saw one on his desk in 1968. PARC was founded in 1970.There's also no controversy about PARC inventing the inkjet printer; they didn't. It may have...
- Tags: Printers, Xerox PARC
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- What's cooking at Xerox's PARC labs
- The Palo Alto Research Center, a spinoff lab from Xerox, recently opened its doors to show off paper with disappearing ink, solar concentrators, and a way to purify water that was inspired by toner cartridges. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos took a tour and has the latest on the lab's current...
- Tags: Lab, Xerox PARC
- Videos 2008-04-30
- (Photos: PARC prints green tech)
- (Photos: PARC prints green tech)PARC Exaggerations[i]PARC is like the Stonehenge of Silicon Valley. The mouse, the PC, Ethernet, and a lot of printer technology came out of its labs.[/i]The mouse was invented by Doug Englebart at Stanford Research Institute. The laser printer was invented by Xerox in NY, before...
- Tags: Ethernet, Mice, Printers, photograph, Edison, Xerox PARC, green technology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- News to know: Ubuntu; Firefox 3; RIM; CTIA
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Ubuntu becoming the generic Linux distro? Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 Beta 5 released, RC1 Freezes April 8 Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 - Fastest browser yet! Release notes Larry...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Research In Motion Ltd., Mozilla Firefox, Mobile, Network, SAP AG, CTIA, Data Centers, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Photos: PARC prints green tech
- Xerox spinoff company is using technology from its printer business to make better solar cells and to purify water. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Green Technology, Xerox PARC, Photograph, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-04-02
- Parc De Vilgenis College Selects Allied Telesis to Build a Powerful Network Connecting 3000 People and 11 Remote Buildings
- Parc de Vilgenis College's network was a single non-segmented Layer 2 network. They wanted to implement a new scalable network architecture that would meet their needs, both in terms of functionality and security. The challenge was to improve the reliability and security of their applications by segmenting their network -...
- Tags: Network, VLAN, Allied Telesis, Parc De Vilgenis College, Networking, LANs
- Case studies 2008-03-12
- Microsoft architect compares Volta and Google's GWT
- Microsoft architect compares Volta and Google's GWTWow!Thanks so much for taking the time to post this. What a great description and comparison of Volta to GWT!I am so excited about Volta and it's possibilities!-Brandonhttp://dynamics-ax.blogspot.comRE: Microsoft architect compares Volta and Google's GWTNice idea, but slow as hell. Try the demos at...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Scripting languages, Volta, Microsoft Corp., GWT, Google Inc., GWT JSIO
- Discussion threads 2007-12-07
- 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
- Negroponte's laptop finally in production
- Those $100 $200 laptops from Nick Negroponte are finally rolling off the production line at Quanta, the Taiwanese manufacturer of One Laptop Per Child's breakthrough XO laptops. OLPC says Quanta is currently producing 15,000 per month but that those numbers will rise. ...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Negroponte, XO, Wayan Vota, G1G1, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-07
- (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
- Microsoft claims it is not party to patent claims against Linux
- Microsoft claims it is not party to patent claims against LinuxTime will tell whether MS are telling the truthThough it strikes me that if they are behind the current lawsuit, they did a very bad job of covering their tracks.Operation has been initiated...The pitiful band of Open Source volunteers will...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., ACACIA, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- Images: On the move with 'Magitti'
- PARC has come up with mobile software that suggests activities based on where you are, the time of day, your personal preferences and past behaviors. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Xerox PARC, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-09-28
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