Stories about: VisiCalc

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    10 questions for Entrust CFO David Wagner 10/05/2011 00:47:08

    Name: David Wagner
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    Mobile battles take PC founding father back to early wars 31/03/2011 08:30:11

    One of the founding fathers of the original IBM PC, Mark Dean, says competition in the smartphone and tablet markets today is as wild as the early microcomputer battles between Apple, Commodore and IBM almost three decades ago.
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    DEC founder Kenneth Olsen mourned by computer industry 08/02/2011 13:23:00

    Kenneth Olsen, the computer industry pioneer who co-founded and led minicomputer king Digital Equipment Corp. for 35 years, died at the age of 84 on Sunday in Indianapolis.
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    Four questions for Dan Bricklin, VisiCalc inventor 20/01/2011 07:06:00

    Dan Bricklin first came up with the idea of an electronic spreadsheet while he was at Harvard Business School in 1978. He later joined forces with Bob Frankston and Dan Fylstra to publish the now-legendary VisiCalc in 1979. Bricklin, currently president of software developer Software Garden Inc., recently spoke with Computerworld about the intent of VisiCalc and how the spreadsheet has evolved.
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    How useful are tablets for business? 11/01/2011 07:50:00

    Last week's CES brought forward a huge number of tablets. It doesn't take a genius to realize we're entering the era of tablet computing. Either that or there will soon be a lot of red-faced manufacturers. (Don't laugh; it happens regularly in the world of IT.)
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    Programmers who defined the tech industry: Where are they now? 04/11/2010 10:45:00

    Some early programmer names are familiar to even the most novice of software developers. You may never have seen a line of code written by Bill Gates, or written any application in BASIC (much less for the Altair). But you know Gates' name, and the names of a few others.
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    Programmers who defined the technology industry: Where are they now? 26/10/2010 02:34:00

    Some early programmer names are familiar to even the most novice of software developers. You may never have seen a line of code written by Bill Gates, or written any application in BASIC (much less for the Altair). But you know Gates' name, and the names of a few others.
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    32 vs. 64: What bit Windows? 19/10/2010 03:47:00

    Ericuse165 asked the Windows forum which is better: the 32- or 64-bit version of Windows 7.
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    Microsoft turns 35: Best, worst, most notable moments 25/03/2010 11:15:00

    The year is 1975. Gerald Ford is in the White House, South Vietnam falls, Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in the "Thrilla in Manila" world championship boxing match, the late-night comedy show NBC's Saturday Night (later called Saturday Night Live) debuts, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest sweeps the Oscars, and Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" and Glenn Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" top the music charts.
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    Jive, SAP partner on 'social BI' 24/06/2009 05:46:00

    SAP and enterprise social-networking vendor Jive said Tuesday they have formed an agreement that will see SAP's BusinessObjects BI OnDemand software integrated with Jive's community and collaboration platform.
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    25 computer products that refuse to die 02/04/2009 02:01:00

    Old computer products, like old soldiers, never die. They stay on the market--even though they haven't been updated in eons. Or their names get slapped on new products that are available only outside the U.S. Or obsessive fans refuse to accept that they're obsolete--long after the rest of the world has moved on.
 
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