Microsoft introduced their Office program package on 1 August 1989. The word ?office? was initially intended for marketing purposes to designate a bundled set of office applications.
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Intel Corporation was founded 45 five years ago on 18 July 1968 by Gordon E. Moore, famed for his law, and Robert Noyce. Originally, Intel was an American company that grew to be international with time.
The technology focussed magazine Techradar online put together a fascinating list of ten British scientists who shaped and influenced the development in computing to a significant extent.
Before the advent of computers, special-purpose hardware was used to solve calculating problems even in fields that are rarely mentioned in studies on history.
Bletchley Park, one of Britain’s most important museums to present IT history, now welcomes visitors with a multimedia guide, which is included in the normal admission price.
The inventor and computer pioneer Reynold B. Johnson, nicknamed the “father of the disk drive” in later years, was born on 16 July 1906 in Minnesota.
Between 5-7 July, the Snibston Discovery Museum in Coalville will host a pioneering festival to celebrate the age of micro-chips with a display of vintage computers.
Adobe Acrobat/Reader, the software that can represent and print PDF documents has been used in Apple Macintosh computers since 15th June 1993.
Sir Charles Dunstone, director of leading British telecom companies, the Carphone Warehouse and Talk Talk, opened a new Software Gallery at the National Museum of Computing on 12th June.
On 10th June, the collection of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, received another machine as a temporary exhibit – Watson, a historical milestone, and a vintage piece today.