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• 1995 New Paradigms for Using Computers: Douglas Engelbart
A talk Engelbart gave at IBM Almaden Research Center; audio excerpt, on-site (IBM) links.
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• A Brief History of Computing
Personal homepage that offers an insight into the history of hardware, the Internet and the Windows operating system.
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• A Brief History of Programming Languages
A special Byte Magazine article published for Byte's 20th anniversary special report
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• A Computer Languages (diagram)
A Computer languages timeline, 1954 to present, printable chart. Includes links to home page for many languages.
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• A History of Computers - Maxmon.com
Offers an array of information arranged by date including microprocessors, keyboards, the first computer bug and the 8008 microprocessor.
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• A Short History of the Computer
The author takes the user through a short tour of computer history including subjects such as advances in the 50's and 60's. Also includes photos of Charles Babbage and Herman Hollerith.
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• About.com: Bill Gates
Annotated collected links to sites about Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft.
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• ACM1: Alan Kay: The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet
Abstract of talk, brief biography, good sized picture.
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• Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, 1815-1852
Links and references.
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• Ada Byron Lovelace
Portrait, biographical facts, and anecdotes.
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• Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace
Brief biography, by Dr. Betty Toole, along with a portrait and links.
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• Ada Lovelace
Portrait and biography.
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• Ada Lovelace: Founder of Scientific Computing
Biography and portrait.
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• Ada: The Enchantress of Numbers
Comments on her, and her work, from a selection of people and publications in the field.
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• Advogato Interview: Donald E. Knuth
Medium long, deep interview, mostly about TeX, fonts, typography; some about Literate Programming, processors: MMIX, Transmeta, Pentium. Gives a good sense of the man.
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• Alan Kay
Biography, photographs, and references for one of the foreground characters of the personal computer revolution.
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• An Interview with Brian Kernighan
By Mihai Budiu when he was a research intern at Ball Labs. Originally published in PC Report Romania, now translated into English.
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• An Ode to Richard Stallman
Or Minutes to the NYSIA/WWWAC Software Summit. Long and very entertaining account of one person's encounter with Stallman and his ideas, in the context of a trade show.
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• Apple - Bios - Steve Jobs
Official biography of the co-founder of Apple and Pixar.
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• Apple Expo Paris - Keynote
Pictures of Steve Jobs' keynote address at Apple Expo Paris 2003
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• Aronsson's Telecom History
A timeline of important events in the history of telecom, computing, and communication. Split into annual sections.
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• ArtMuseum.net: Alan Kay | Interface <1972>
Biography about Kay's views on interfaces, a few references, old PARC picture.
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• Augusta Ada King Countess of Lovelace
Short biography and four portraits.
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• Automatic Totalisator, The
Relating to the invention of the world's first automatic totalisator in 1913. A multi user system in 1913 with 30 terminals.
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• BBC News - Computer Pioneer Dies
Article reporting the death of Roger Needham, aged 68.
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• Berkeley, Edmund C.
Father of the Personal Computer
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• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Grant-making foundation supports initiatives in education, world health and population, and community giving in the Pacific Northwest.
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• Bill Gates
The official biography from Microsoft of its Chairman and Chief Software Architect. Also his speeches and publications.
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• Bill Gates Fan Network Community
Contains links to various member sites of the Bill Gates Fan Network.
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• Biographical Sketch: Doug Engelbart
At Engelbart's headquarters, his Bootstrap Institute.
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• Brain Opera: Marvin Minsky
Some thoughts on applying Minsky's 'The Society of Mind' to creating a music-based artistic experience.
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• Brian W. Kernighan
His Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies page. Co-inventor of C programming language, with Dennis Ritchie, and one of the foreground figures in ancient Unix history.
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• BRL-CAD
Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) 3D modelling system developed by the US Army, distributed as source code. Package includes an interactive geometry editor, ray tracing support for rendering and geometric analysis, network distributed framebuffer support, image-processing and signal-processing tools.
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• BT History: Tommy Flowers (1905-1998) : creating the colossus
Biography and photograph.
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• Bush, Vannevar: As We Are Thinking
Commentary on Bush's classic 1945 article 'As We May Think', which many view as the first clear description of hypermedia; by a class from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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• Business Weekly - No Compromising on the Quality
Tony Quested talks to Professor Roger Needham about the building of Microsoft's research facility in Cambridge.
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• BusinessWeek: The Man Behind the Mouse
Very brief story on Engelbart getting 1997 Lemelson-MIT prize.
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• Butler W. Lampson
His page at Microsoft Research. Many useful papers, links, including a list of all of his projects.
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• Butler W. Lampson Publications
Chronological list, 2000-1967.
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• C++ History
A researched article about the history of the C++ programming language, including information provided by Bjarne Stroustrup. Bibiliography and related links.
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