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The Room Where the Internet Was Born

The Room Where the Internet Was Born | Tech History | Scoop.it
An epic American road trip—to see “The Cloud” in all its strange manifestations—begins in an old lab at UCLA.
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‘The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution’, by David Wootton

‘The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution’, by David Wootton | Tech History | Scoop.it
A landmark history captures the excitement of the scientific revolution and makes a point of celebrating the advances it ushered in
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The 20 Most Infamous Cyberattacks of the 21st Century (Part I) | MIT Technology Review

The 20 Most Infamous Cyberattacks of the 21st Century (Part I) | MIT Technology Review | Tech History | Scoop.it
Cyberattacks are on the increase, and one cybersecurity researcher is on a mission to document them all.
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In 1975, this Kodak employee invented the digital camera. His bosses made him hide it.

In 1975, this Kodak employee invented the digital camera. His bosses made him hide it. | Tech History | Scoop.it
In 1975, 26-year old Kodak engineer Steve Sasson presented his prototype digital camera to the company’s technical, marketing and business development departments. The latter two hated it.
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How textiles revolutionised technology – Virginia Postrel – Aeon

How textiles revolutionised technology – Virginia Postrel – Aeon | Tech History | Scoop.it
Older than bronze and as new as nanowires, textiles are technology — and they have remade our world time and again
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The Two Longest-Lasting Computer Programs Are Mortal Enemies

The Two Longest-Lasting Computer Programs Are Mortal Enemies | Tech History | Scoop.it
In a world where both software and hardware frequently become obsolete right on release, two rival programs can stake a claim to being among the longest-lived applications of all time. Both programs are about to enter their fifth decades. Both programs are text editors, for inputting and editing code, data...
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Auctioning the Relics of Technology Pioneers

Auctioning the Relics of Technology Pioneers | Tech History | Scoop.it
An Alan Turing manuscript sells for $1 million as interest in artifacts grows.
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Hacking For Defense In Silicon Valley

Hacking For Defense In Silicon Valley | Tech History | Scoop.it
Lead, follow or get the heck out of the way In peacetime the U.S. military is an immovable and inflexible bureaucracy. In wartime it can adapt and adopt organizational change with startling speed. ...
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The Genius and Faith of Faraday and Maxwell

The Genius and Faith of Faraday and Maxwell | Tech History | Scoop.it
The religious commitments of the great scientists are often dismissed as vestiges of more superstitious times. Ian H. Hutchinson offers a window into the intellectual and religious lives of the two greatest nineteenth-century electricians and shows how their religious beliefs facilitated their scientific accomplishments.
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A Brief History Of User Experience Design

A Brief History Of User Experience Design | Tech History | Scoop.it
Look to the past, whether 1430 or 1930, for clues as to where user experiences are heading.
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How Alessandro Volta invented the battery and won over Napoleon

Volta was behind batteries and a pretty amazing methane gun. Learn how he did it.
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Happy 46th Birthday, Internet!

Happy 46th Birthday, Internet! | Tech History | Scoop.it
Happy birthday, Internet! You may be turning 45 today, but we swear you don’t look a day over 30. And not to embarrass you, but we thought we’d celebrate by sharing some of your baby photos. Or, more accurately, perhaps some of your sonograms.
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Gold Rush California Was Much More Expensive Than Today’s Tech-Boom California

Gold Rush California Was Much More Expensive Than Today’s Tech-Boom California | Tech History | Scoop.it
Back in 1849, a dozen eggs would cost you the equivalent of $90
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The 20 Most Infamous Cyberattacks of the 21st Century (Part II) | MIT Technology Review

The 20 Most Infamous Cyberattacks of the 21st Century (Part II) | MIT Technology Review | Tech History | Scoop.it
The number of cyberattacks are on the increase. Here is the second part of a list of the the most egregious attacks this millennium.
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How Linux was born, as told by Linus Torvalds himself

How Linux was born, as told by Linus Torvalds himself | Tech History | Scoop.it
Linux is 24 years old today. In 1996, he told me how it all started.
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The Internet of Things: An oral history

The Internet of Things: An oral history | Tech History | Scoop.it
It all started with the bar code. Or the coffee machine. Or maybe it was a PowerPoint presentation in Scotland.
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‘Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond’ Review

‘Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond’ Review | Tech History | Scoop.it
‘Glorious Technicolor’ at the Museum of Modern Art looks at the technology that transformed cinema, making possible an intoxicating dream world.
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Moore’s Law Turns 50

Moore’s Law Turns 50 | Tech History | Scoop.it
At 86, the man himself looks back at some of the predictions he made and how they have held up.
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Good-bye Shockley Labs

Good-bye Shockley Labs | Tech History | Scoop.it
In 1956 William Shockley moved to Mountain View, CA to start Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory. Shockley was a physicist and researcher at Bell Labs in New York where he co-developed the first tran...
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The 12 members of the 1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The 12 members of the 1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average | Tech History | Scoop.it
Only one of the original companies remains in the Dow today.
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A History of Hacking - IEEE - The Institute

A History of Hacking - IEEE - The Institute | Tech History | Scoop.it
People have been breaking into systems electronically for more than a century
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The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old - Issue 21: Information - Nautilus

The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old - Issue 21: Information - Nautilus | Tech History | Scoop.it
The Earth may not be flat, but the web certainly is. “There is no ‘top’ to the World-Wide Web,” declared a 1992 foundational…
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