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DSTN Station at Perth, Australia (IBM and UNIVAC in the Apollo Program)

DSTN Station at Perth, Australia IBM and UNIVAC in the Apollo ProgramRadio Telescope... is at Parkes not Perth

Tags: Perth, Univac, Apollo, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

To the Moon: The Integrators

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Spacecraft, NASA, Mission, Computer, IBM Corp., UNIVAC, Productivity, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-13

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News to know: Office 2010; Dell; Moon tech; Apple; Software buyer's bill of rights

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Office 2010 makes splashy debut Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to deliver tech preview build of Office 2010...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Digital Camera, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital Cameras, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-14

IBM and UNIVAC in the Apollo Program

IBM and UNIVAC were the key system integrators for the Apollo program. IBM provided broad computer support on a number of fronts including guidance systems on the Saturn V vehicle itself, whereas UNIVAC's computers were critical to the Deep Space Tracking Network DSTN required for upstream and downstream telemetry to...

Tags: IBM Corp., Productivity, IBM. UNIVAC, NASA, Apollo, Jason Perlow

Image galleries 2009-07-13

To the Moon: Boeing, the Rocket Foundry

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Foundry Networks Inc., Boeing Co., S-IC, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-10

To the Moon: How we built the technologies

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further...

Tags: Radio, Satellite, Exploration, John F. Kennedy, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Marketing, Networking, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Is the world now an open source society?

Is the world now an open source society?The world of computing started as open sourceClosed source only came around when companies started earning money and wanted to guard secrets. Of course profit is what drives capitalism but there are places where open source is of a greater benefit to...

Tags: open source, open source society

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Unisys has looming debt, credit pickle

Unisys has looming debt, credit pickleUnisysI went to work at Univac in 1968 and retired from Unisys in 2007. Looking back, the corporation seemed to be in some sort of trouble the whole of my employment and never quite figured out it's proper place in the world. I survived mergers,...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Unisys Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

BIt: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe This is the 4th excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: BIT: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Note that the section this is taken from, on the evolution of...

Tags: IBM Mainframe, Environment, Mainframe, Data-processing, Computer, COBOL, IBM Corp., Flowmatic, Data Division, Identification Division, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Of course you realize, this means war.

Fanboys exist for every favored computing platform. When you’ve been writing about computing for any number of years, such as I have, you are eventually going become the target of kooks â€" people who post completely random stuff on your blogs, send you crazy and inflamed emails, or write...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Macalope, Jason Perlow, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-04-23

The Open Source Commandments

Next Sunday, the Passover again falls upon us. For those of us Jews that celebrate the holiday, it is most associated with a ceremonial meal spent with family, where we recite the story passed down to us over hundreds of generations from Maxwell House haggadahs chronicling the exodus from Egypt...

Tags: Jason Perlow, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Operating Systems, Pharaoh Rameses, Software, UNIX

Blog posts 2008-04-09

More EDS issues over botched IT project in UK

More EDS issues over botched IT project in UKMore EDS issues over botched IT project in UKThis is not the first catastrophe we've had in UK. The list of late and failed Government projects is very long indeed. There's also the small(!) matter of cost overruns, equipment failures and incompatibility...

Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., information technology

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

Sun, MySQL and the return of integrated solutions

I just read the announcement that Sun has acquired MySQL for $1 Billion. Rather than just citing the facts and wishing that I was one of the founders of MySQL so that I could purchase that dream home in Florida, I'd like to consider what's really going on rather than...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-01-17

FCC sets cable requirement for digital switchover

FCC sets cable requirement for digital switchoverGov TV mandateThis seems sureal. Doesn't the government have better things to worry about besides the quality of Inside Edition broadcasts?RE: FCC sets cable requirement for digital switchoverMaybe they should also think about all of the people on disablity that don't have funds...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, TV, switchover, cable, digital switchover, cable requirement, converter box, FCC

Discussion threads 2007-09-12

Uptime Institute: Long live the datacenter (thanks to an unethical Salesforce.com)

Earlier this week, I attended a panel discussion that was primarily hosted by AMD but included panelists from HP, EMC, and APC and was moderated by Uptime Institute's chief analyst Bruce Taylor. The Uptime Institute earns its keep by playing host to the community of people and technologists with an...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Data Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., Service Provider, Uptime, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-08-17

Dell still trying to figure out what customers want

Dell still trying to figure out what customers wantIncurring the wrath of RedmondThere are very complex legal relationships between Microsoft and OEMs which allow hardware manufacturers to ship pre-installed Windows.Try to buy a PC WITHOUT Windows from HP, Dell, Gateway etc. I think there is a small print in...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Dell Computer Corp., Linux, hardware, PC, computer

Discussion threads 2007-03-13

Does the planet need only five computers?

Does the planet need only five computers?take a holiday....these people need to get more time off. They're living in dreamland already. I wouldn't trust IBM with my projects and data now, never mind anyone ''larger''.Refactoring...Before anyone goes crazy about the lack of IT jobs this could mean...I've worked at a...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, INTERNET, Desktops, computer, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-12-08

How Windows XP wasted $25 billion of energy - but will Vista be "eco-friendly"?

How Windows XP wasted $25 billion of energy - but will Vista be "eco-friendly"?M$ should be held accountable for global warmingpolluting the world and increasing the national debt!The Government should fine them billions for their negligence.I don't care if my pc belches black smokeAs long as it's fast.It will take...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Monitors & displays, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, hibernation, Microsoft Windows, computer

Discussion threads 2006-11-27

Freescale goes to market with magnetic memory

Freescale goes to market with magnetic memoryDaja Vu.. its the 1960's and 70's all over again !!!Big deal. I was using magnetic core in the 70'sI guess nobody remembers magnetic core memory. The good old days when 4K of memory was the size of a refrigerator, LOL.That is a...

Tags: Freescale, memory, core memory

Discussion threads 2006-07-10

Internal fraud coupled with IT savvy is a killer combination

As any auditor knows internal fraud is as old as business. The classic case involves the secretary who is responsible for accounts payable as well as procurement. He generates bogus invoices and pays them to bogus companies. I have a friend in Chicago whose business was ruined this way. ...

Tags: fraud

Blog posts 2006-06-14