Tuesday, 12 February 2008

big day in computer history



Big day in computer history

Here is a 50 years look back from Wired's online blog:

Feb 6, 1958: Jack Kilby, an engineer with Texas Instruments, files the

first patent for a solid integrated circuit, ancestor of the modern

silicon chip.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/02/dayintech_0206

And you are most likely aware that Netscape is no longer being updated

as of yesterday.

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/02/05/netscape

Those were the days. Remember...

- when you were supposed to go to the closest physical location for

info on the Internet?

- books published with website addresses?

- the CueCat that the DMN tried in 2000?


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