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| Name: | Computer History Daily Quote |
| Description: | The history of computers, software, and information technology. Each day of the year contains a historical reference to the people, inventions, and events that define the remarkable evolution of computers in our society. Educational and motivational. |
| Site URL: | http://www.printedowl.com/Calendar.aspx?id=computer_history&next_day=9/5/2008 |
| RSS feed URL: | http://www.printedowl.com/ComputerCalendarRSS.aspx |
| Syndic8 ID: | n/a |
| Language: | en |
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25 most recent entries:
Computer History Daily Quote (Sep 05 2008 13:44 GMT)
Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program is released for the Apple Macintosh in September 1985. The program is one of the first to use a graphical user interface with pull down menus and a mouse-pointing device. Many people purchase Macintosh computers just for the Excel spreadsheet program. When Microsoft releases its Windows operating system in 1987, Excel is one of the first products released for it.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 25 2008 19:46 GMT)
Bell Labs engineer Bjarne Stroustrup begins the development of the C++ language in 1980. Stroustrup comes up with the idea of adding class structures to the C language by using elements of the object-oriented language Simula. He calls the newly developed language "C with Classes."
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 24 2008 10:37 GMT)
IBM researchers develop the database management system concept and the SQL standard in the early 1970s. The first commercially available relational database system is developed by Honeywell Information Systems Inc. Their Multics Relational Data Store (MRDS) is released in June 1976 and is based on the database management system concepts developed at IBM.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 23 2008 08:38 GMT)
Digital Equipment Corporation unveils the PDP-8 computer in 1965. The first commercially successful minicomputer is small enough to sit on a desktop and sells for $18,000. The combination of speed, size, and cost puts the PDP-8 in thousands of manufacturing plants, offices, and scientific laboratories. By late 1973, the PDP-8 family is the best selling computer in the world.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 22 2008 07:43 GMT)
Apple announces its Newton Message Pad in August 1993. The product is Apple Computer's first entry into the emerging Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) category. It features an address book, calendar, notes, faxing and email, as well as handwriting recognition. Unfortunately, the initial product has problems with its handwriting recognition.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 21 2008 07:02 GMT)
Research in Motion Ltd. is founded by University of Waterloo engineering student Mike Lazaridis and University of Windsor engineering student Douglas Fregin in 1984. The Canadian company will create many innovative products, most notably, the Blackberry wireless email handheld device introduced in 1998. The award winning email device is a huge commercial success and becomes a "must-have"
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 19 2008 22:20 GMT)
China's version of the Silicon Valley is located in Beijing's Zhongguancun district. The area is home to thousands of high-tech companies ranging from local firms to international companies such as Microsoft, Sun, Siemens and NEC. The region features two esteemed universities, Peking and Tsinghua, and has become the center for engineers and technology entrepreneurs in China.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 18 2008 14:08 GMT)
The term "virtual reality" is coined by computer scientist and philosopher Jaron Lanier in 1980. The phrase is an adaptation of the phrase "Virtual World"
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 17 2008 10:13 GMT)
Bill Atkinson of Apple Computers introduces HyperCard in 1987. Apple bundles the application free with all Macintosh machines and soon Hypercard becomes the most widely used hypertext system. Many believe HyperCard to be the application that contributed the most to the popularization of the hypertext model.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 16 2008 06:06 GMT)
VocalTec develops the first Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone application in 1995. The idea is to compress the voice signal and translate it into IP packets for transmission over the Internet. VocalTec's Internet phone is a remarkable breakthrough. However, delays, disconnections, and incompatibility problems prevent it from becoming a popular product.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 15 2008 04:31 GMT)
Industrial engineer Henry Gantt invents the Gantt chart in 1917. The Gantt chart is an innovative horizontal bar chart used to manage overlapping tasks. Useful for coordinating and scheduling, the Gantt chart is revolutionary in that it is based on time rather than quantity. Gantt is also noted in management history for recognizing the importance of motivation as a psychological phenomenon in the work place.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 14 2008 03:33 GMT)
The sci-fi action thriller film "The Matrix" is released in 1999. A computer hacker discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate virtual world created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence for the purpose of using humans to fuel a campaign of domination in the "real"
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 13 2008 02:14 GMT)
The IBM PC is released on August 12, 1981. Priced at $1,565, the personal computer has a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor and comes with a 160-KB floppy disk drive, an optional color monitor, and IBM's Disk Operating System. The development team at IBM develops and announces the IBM PC in 12 months, at that time, faster than any other hardware product in IBM'
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 12 2008 00:32 GMT)
After 18 years at IBM, Dr. Gene Amdahl partners with Fujitsu to establish the Amdahl Corporation in 1970. The company releases its first computer, the Amdahl 470 V6 in 1975. The highly successful machine allows customers to run IBM S/360 applications without buying higher priced IBM hardware. By 1979, Amdahl Corporation reaches one billion in revenue and has over 6,000 employees worldwide.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 10 2008 22:05 GMT)
Arfa Karim Randhawa is believed to be the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world. Arfa is from Faisalabad, Pakistan and received her certification at the age of nine. Microsoft Certification is earned by taking a series of exams that prove your knowledge of Microsoft products and programming. Achieving this certification also earned Arfa a chance to meet with Microsoft's Bill Gates.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 09 2008 19:17 GMT)
Grace Murray Hopper initiates a project in 1952 that will eventually lead to the development of the COBOL programming language. The initial specifications for Common Business Oriented Language are presented in a report of the executive committee of CODASYL in April 1960. The language is designed to be business oriented, machine independent, and capable of continuous change and development.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 08 2008 14:27 GMT)
IBM contracts the small PC software company Microsoft to develop a new personal computer operating system in October 1980. Microsoft creates MS DOS by purchasing the rights to 86-DOS for $50,000 from Seattle Computer Products. IBM allows Microsoft to market MS DOS to other PC makers and consumers thus providing Microsoft a growing presence in the emerging PC software market.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 07 2008 07:36 GMT)
French mathematician, physicist, and theologian Blaise Pascal begins developing a device to add and subtract numbers. His Arithmetic Machine is introduced in 1642 and is designed to help his father add and subtract sums of money. Cited by many as the first mechanical calculator, the basic design principle is still used today in water meters and modern-day odometers.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 06 2008 04:32 GMT)
The Computer History Museum is established in Mountain View, California in 1996. The mission of the museum is to preserve the artifacts of the information age and celebrate computing history. The Museum is home to one of the largest collection of computing artifacts in the world, comprised of over 4,000 items, 10,000 images, 4,000 feet of cataloged documentation and several gigabytes of software.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 05 2008 01:52 GMT)
The IBM User Group SHARE celebrates its 50th year of existence in August 2005. The SHARE user group holds its first meeting at the Rand Corporation on August 15, 1955 in Santa Monica, Calif. The first meeting is called to help scientific users grapple with the problems of IBM?s first major commercial mainframe, the 704.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 03 2008 23:45 GMT)
On August 3, 2000, Canadian federal prosecutors charge a fifteen-year-old boy with fifty-four counts of illegal access to computers, plus ten counts of mischief to data for his attacks on Amazon.com, eBay, Dell Computer, and Yahoo. During the month of February, the boy carries out several "denial of service" attacks on these websites causing service interruptions and some of the websites to go down.
Computer History Daily Quote (Aug 02 2008 16:44 GMT)
Borland Software opens for business in Ireland with three employees in August 1981. Borland incorporates in California in May 1982 under the leadership of Philip Kahn. Through the 1980s and 1990s, Borland develops and releases highly regarded software products such as SideKick, Paradox, QuatroPro, Turbo Pascal, and Delphi.
Computer History Daily Quote (Jul 31 2008 21:24 GMT)
Russian immigrant Vladimir Zworykin joins Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1920 to work on the development of radio tubes and photocells. By 1923, Zworykin invents and patents a television transmitter (iconoscope) and receiver (kinescope). The first electronic television system produces an image about one inch square. All future CRT systems are based on Zworykin's 1923 patent.
Computer History Daily Quote (Jul 30 2008 17:14 GMT)
Eighteen-year-old Shawn Fanning changes the music industry forever in 1999 with his file-sharing program he calls Napster. His idea is to create software that allows computer users to share and swap music files. His program combines a music-search function with file sharing and instant messaging. Napster is eventually shut down by a lawsuit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Computer History Daily Quote (Jul 29 2008 15:18 GMT)
The Data General corporation is formed in 1966 by former engineers of Digital Equipment Corporation and Fairchild Semiconductor. Edson De Castro leads the new company in the development and release of its 16-bit minicomputer called the Nova. Released in 1969, the $8,000 Nova quickly gains a large following. Data General is eventually purchased by EMC Corporation in 1999.
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