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• Thompson, Ken
The father of the Unix operating system
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• Tim's Bill Gates Report
Biography written by Tim Willms as a student paper in 1997. Includes work history and personal beliefs.
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• TIME: Apple's New Core
Cover story on the flat-screen iMac from Apple, along with a timeline of Steve Jobs' machines.
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• Timeline of computer history - Software and Languages
Has many links to important events in programming language history.
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• Times magazines "Persons of 2005"
The richest man in the world, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, along with Bono were named Time magazine's "persons of 2005".
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• Tommy Flowers
Various comments and quotes about Flowers and his work.
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• Tools For Thought
by Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of computing; includes Babbage, Turing, von Neumann, Engelbart, PARC, Kay, and Atari.
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• Tools For Thought: Ex-Prodigies and Antiaircraft Guns
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
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• Tools For Thought: Johnny Builds Bombs and Johnny Builds Brains
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on John von Neumann, nuclear bombs, early computers. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
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• Tools For Thought: Machines to Think With
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter discusses Ivan Sutherland, graphics, Sketchpad. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
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• Tools For Thought: The Birth of the Fantasy Amplifier
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on PARC, Alan Kay, Dynabook, Smalltalk, Atari. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
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• Tools For Thought: The First Programmer Was a Lady
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on Lady Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, Difference and Analytical Engines. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
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• Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology
New updated edition from MIT Press, with new interviews of historic characters.
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• Tools For Thought: The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Thinker
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on SRI, Engelbart, oN Line System (NLS, Augment), augmentation. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
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• Tools For Thought: Xanadu, Network Culture, and Beyond
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on Ted Nelson, Computer Lib, hypertext, Xanadu. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
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• Triumph of the Nerds
Bios, an interactive game, and a Q&A forum trace the birth of the personal computer at this PBS companion site.
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• Uncle Sinclair
Brief page on Sir Clive focusing on his calculators, though he also invented the digital watch, and was father of the British home computer revolution.
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• Urban Legends: Bill Gates Is Sharing His Fortune
Debunks a persistent email hoax alleging that Microsoft is giving away money to people who forward chain letters.
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• USA Today: Computer mouse creator wins invention prize
Brief, easily read story, a few good quotes.
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• Visual Programming Languages: A Survey
This paper by Marat Boshernitsan includes an historical overview of some of the pioneering efforts in the field.
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• Von Neumann
Brief biography.
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• Watson, Thomas J. Jr. (1914-1993)
Long-time chairman of IBM (very brief bio)
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• Web Programming Languages
Characteristics, alternatives and history of programming languages for the Web - insight into the context in which each language is used.
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• Weiser, Mark (1952-1999): In Memoriam
Memorial site for the creator of "calm computing" / "ubiquitous computing"
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• What Bill Gates And You Have Going
Have your relationship with Bill Gates analyzed in mathematical terms and emailed to you. Also contains Bill Gates resource links.
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• Wheeler, David
Wikipedia biography of one of the pioneers of the Edsac computer at Cambridge, who helped to develop programming language. Includes links to obituaries.
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• Wikipedia: PL/I
An encyclopedia description of PL/I history with many links to programming terms.
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• William H. Gates: Before Microsoft
An illustrated biography with bibliography by John Mirick.
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• Winograd, Terry
Terry Winograd is one of the foreground figures in research into human/computer interaction and natural language systems
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• Wired Archive: Charles Babbage
Stories involving Babbage.
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• Wired Archive: Marvin Minsky
Stories involving Minsky.
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• Wired Archive: Norbert Wiener
Stories involving Wiener.
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• Wired Archive: Richard Stallman
Stories involving Stallman.
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• Wired Archives
Interviews and stories.
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• Wired Magazine Archive: People
A collection of interviews with notable IT people, including computing and Internet pioneers.
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• Wired News: Hypertext Guru Has New Spin on Old Plans
Story on Ted Nelson announcing ZigZag, getting Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Web Award for his contribution to hypertext.
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• Wired News: Programmer Reaches His Xanadu
Story on Ted Nelson releasing source code of legendary Xanadu.
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• Wired News: Upgrading the Human OS
Story on Stanford University seminar: Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution.
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• Wired: The Curse of Xanadu
A dismissive article by Gary Wolf on Ted Nelson and the history of Xanadu project.
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• Women in Mathematics (Ada Lovelace)
Biography by Marni Mishna.
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