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Photos: 23 milestones in the history of the web
TechRepublic - Brandon Vigliarolo
30 years of the world wide web: What are we celebrating? Saying March 2019 is the 30th anniversary of the internet can sound arbitrary. After all, …
March 13
Photos: 20 most important tech inventions of the past 100 years
TechRepublic - Brandon Vigliarolo
Picture life in 1918: World War I was in its closing months, a Ford Model T cost $500, and home radio units were just coming into being. Now just 100 …
Nov 20, 2018
50 years of business computing: 1978-2028
TechRepublic - Evan Koblentz
A magical look back at IT news in 1978, 1988, 1998, 2008, and 2018, as well as ahead to 2028. Another year in computing is drawing to a close, and …
Nov 20, 2018
Photos: The 20 most influential programmers of all time
TechRepublic - Macy Bayern
Computer programs are constantly evolving. Here are 20 of the most influential figures that have shaped the computer programming world. Alan Turing …
Jul 19, 2018
Photos: The women who created the technology industry
TechRepublic - Lyndsey Gilpin
Here, Secretary of the Navy, John Lehman, promotes Capt. Grace Hopper commodore with President Ronald Reagan present. The USS Hopper Navy destroyer …
Jul 19, 2018
Photos: Atari, homebrews, robots, and more at Vintage Computer Festival East XIII
TechRepublic - Evan Koblentz
Altair, Apple, Atari, Commodore, SGI, Tandy, and more at Vintage Computer Festival East XIII Vintage Computer Festival East XIII, held May 18-20, 2018 …
Jul 19, 2018
Photos: Frogs, Enigma machines, Tandy, and more at Vintage Computer Festival East XII
TechRepublic - Evan Koblentz
Vintage Computer Festival East XII, held March 31-April 2, 2017 in Wall, NJ, featured 40 hands-on exhibitions of historic computers, peripherals, and …
Jul 19, 2018
Photos: Tandy, Symbolics, Atari, Sun, and more at Vintage Computer Festival Pacific-Northwest
TechRepublic - Evan Koblentz
Vintage Computer Festival Pacific-Northwest took place February 10-11, 2018 at Living Computers: Museum+Labs and featured 20 hands-on exhibits, along …
Jul 19, 2018
Dinosaur Sightings: Computers from the 1970s - Page 28
TechRepublic - Bill Detwiler
Built by IMS Associates, Inc. of San Leandro, California, the IMSAI 8080 is one of the first consumer computers available. Following the success of …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sightings: Computers from 1980-1983
TechRepublic - Bill Detwiler
Similar in appearance to the IBM 5100 from five years earlier in 1975, the Hewlett-Packard HP-85 is an all-in-one portable computer system with a …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sightings: Computers from 1984-1989
TechRepublic - Bill Detwiler
• Improvements include: 4Mhz CPU instead of 1HMz • internal 3-1/2 inch drive instead of the 5-1/4 inch • internal power supply instead of the external …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sighting: Microsoft Windows 3.1 Resource Kit Utilities
TechRepublic - Greg Shultz
When Microsoft released Windows 3.1 in 1992, the included manual was quite slim. In order to get all the technical details you had to purchase the …
Oct 29, 2018
Gallery: The amazing women behind Hidden Figures who made the US space program possible
TechRepublic - Brandon Vigliarolo
The movie Hidden Figures, due for limited theatrical release on Christmas Day this year with wider release January 7th, tells the story of a team of …
Jul 19, 2018
Dinosaur Sightings: Norton Utilities 3.0 for Windows 95
TechRepublic - Greg Shultz
In November of 1997, Symantec released the Norton Utilities 3.0 for Windows 95 and it was the definitely the top of the line in Symantec’s procession …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sighting: The Norton Utilities 8.0 for Windows/DOS
TechRepublic - Greg Shultz
As you may remember, in 1990, Peter Norton sold his company and its award winning DOS-based products to Symantec. In 1994, after a couple of years of …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sightings: DOS File Managers
TechRepublic - Greg Shultz
Back in the early DOS days you actually performed all of your file management operations by typing cryptic commands on a prompt line. Fortunately, it …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sighting: Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 95
TechRepublic - Greg Shultz
In October of 1995, just a few short months after Microsoft launched Windows 95, a company called Vermeer Technologies launched what it called a …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sighting: The Norton Utilities - Advanced Edition - Version 4.5
TechRepublic - Greg Shultz
Back in 1989, Peter Norton Computing released Norton Utilities Advanced Edition Version 4.5, which crammed a whole host of disk saving features in …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sighting: Take a look back at After Dark 3.0
TechRepublic - Greg Shultz
Back in April of last year, I took you on a trip down memory lane in the gallery titled Flying Toasters - A look back at After Dark for Windows 1.0. …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sightings: IBM 5251, 4000 Series VAX, Timex Sinclair and more - Page 3
TechRepublic - Bill Detwiler
"This was one of my first "computers" back around 1984," Ken wrote, "My first was just a plain ole' Commodore 64. I bought a $200 5 inch floppy drive …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sightings: Atari ST
TechRepublic - Bill Detwiler
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sightings: Microsoft Arcade for Windows 3.1
TechRepublic - Greg Shultz
Oct 29, 2018
News, Tips, and Advice for Technology Professionals - TechRepublic
TechRepublic - Mark Kaelin
Microsoft Flight Simulator was one of the first "killer" game applications for what was then the nascent personal computer gaming market. Mark Kaelin …
Oct 29, 2018
News, Tips, and Advice for Technology Professionals - TechRepublic
TechRepublic - Mark Kaelin
The Apple Mac Classic is one of the most famous and easily recognizable personal computers ever manufactured. The Apple Mac Classic is one of the most …
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur sightings: The Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 huggable luggables
TechRepublic - Mark Kaelin
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur sightings: The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)
TechRepublic - Mark Kaelin
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur sightings: The Commodore 64
TechRepublic - Mark Kaelin
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sightings: Lotus Symphony 3.0
TechRepublic - Greg Shultz
Oct 29, 2018
Dinosaur Sightings: SPARCstation Collection
TechRepublic - Bill Detwiler
Oct 29, 2018