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- Xerox PARC
- A common reference to Xerox's famous PARC research and development center before it became a separate subsidiary of Xerox in 2002. See PARC.
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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
- The future of... Dressing rooms
- Need to update your business wardrobe, but don't have the time to scrutinize yourself in the fitting room mirror? Researchers at PARC are working on putting an end to dressing room indecision. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das meets up with the brains behind the "responsive mirror" and tries the...
- Tags: Xerox PARC, Responsive Mirror, Palo Alto Research Center, Dressing Room, Bo Begole, Sumi Das
- Videos 2009-07-06
- (Photos: Inside the Palo Alto Research Center)
- (Photos: Inside the Palo Alto Research Center)Not just Ethernet, laser printing, etc.A little-known fact: Google's fundamental search and relevance algorithms were also developed at Xerox PARC. They bought the rights to the IP in 2000 with the Outride acquisition. Outride was spun out of Xerox PARC.
- Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Xerox PARC, photograph
- Discussion threads 2009-02-11
- Photos: Inside the Palo Alto Research Center
- A tour through the halls and labs of this center of research and development where laser printing and Ethernet networking got their start. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Xerox PARC, Photograph, Printing, Document Management, Ethernet, Research & Development, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-02-10
- The Green Enterprise: PARC VP: Lowering costs with clean tech
- Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, says that lowering costs is key in clean tech. By looking at their ink jet technology and applying it to solar cells, the company was able to come up with a lower price per wattâ€"making solar an even more cost-effective...
- Tags: Inkjet Printer, VP, Xerox PARC, Clean Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Short clip: PARC on how to hire innovators
- Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, explains how the company really got into clean tech. By hiring curious and passionate people, management doesn't even need to hand down directivesâ€"employees get together and start these things all on their own.
- Tags: Xerox PARC, Hardware, Scott Elrod, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Videos 2008-12-02
- Short clip: PARC on detecting cancer with laser printing tech
- Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, explains how the company applied its history of laser printing technology to the bio-medical field and came up with the fastest method for scanning slides for cancer cells available today.
- Tags: Xerox PARC, Laser, Printing, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Scott Elrod
- Videos 2008-12-02
- Short clip: PARC on lowering costs with clean tech
- Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, says that lowering costs is key in clean tech. By looking at their ink jet technology and applying it to solar cells, the company was able to come up with a lower price per wattâ€"making solar an even more cost-effective...
- Tags: Inkjet Printer, Xerox PARC, Clean Technology, Scott Elrod
- Videos 2008-12-02
- PARC VP, hardware systems laboratory: Scott Elrod
- Scott Elrod, vice president of the hardware systems laboratory at the Palo Alto Research Center, talks to CNET’s Dan Farber about researching and supporting innovation at one of Silicon Valley’s most storied tech institutions. He discusses new advancements in erasable ink, clean tech and what it takes to stay...
- Tags: Innovation, Xerox PARC, Hardware, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- PARC VP, hardware systems laboratory: Scott Elrod
- Scott Elrod, vice president of the hardware systems laboratory at the Palo Alto Research Center, talks to CNET's Dan Farber about researching and supporting innovation at one of Silicon Valley's most storied tech institutions. He discusses new advancements in erasable ink, clean tech and what it takes to stay...
- Tags: Innovation, Xerox PARC, Hardware, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Scott Elrod
- Videos 2008-12-02
- PARC VP: Lowering costs with clean tech
- Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, says that lowering costs is key in clean tech. By looking at their ink jet technology and applying it to solar cells, the company was able to come up with a lower price per watt—making solar an even more cost-effective...
- Tags: Inkjet Printer, VP, Xerox PARC, Clean Technology, clean tech, solar, PARC
- Videos 2008-12-02
- The future of... Paper
- It's a possible fix for the reams and reams of paper that are printed, used briefly, and then tossed everyday. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes us inside the Palo Alto Research Center where scientists are developing a way to print an image that disappears, allowing the paper to be used...
- Tags: Xerox PARC, Ream, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- The future of... Paper
- It's a possible fix for the reams and reams of paper that are printed, used briefly, and then tossed everyday. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes us inside the Palo Alto Research Center where scientists are developing a way to print an image that disappears, allowing the paper to be...
- Tags: Xerox PARC, Ream, Future of, paper, green, parc, xerox, office, print, printer
- Videos 2008-11-19
- 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
- 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
- Breaking Out of the Browser to Defend Against Phishing Attacks
- Current approaches to phishing prevention are focused on the web browser and the user's interaction with it. The paper presents a new approach to allowing users to interact reliably and securely with high-value and sensitive web sites, using protected links - a user-customizable set of secure bookmarks that not only...
- Tags: Xerox PARC, Web Browser, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2008-04-11
- (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
- 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
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