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Review: The Tyranny of E-Mail (The 4,000 Year Journey to Your Mailbox)

Posted in Internet, MIT, Social Networking, e-mail on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“The Tyranny of E-Mail” is a wonderful book that looks at the history of e-mail as a communication tool and the affects that it’s having on our lives – for better or worse.

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Reunion of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (S.A.I.L.)

Posted in Apple, Bell, DEC, Gaming, High Tech History, Internet, MIT, Microsoft, Stanford on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The Artificial Intelligence Pioneers Reunited at Stanford University.

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Leo Beranek, Founder of BBN, Gets Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted in High Tech History, Internet, MIT on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Mass TLC honored scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, musician, television executive, philanthropist, and author Leo Beranek with a Lifetime Achievement Award on November 4, 2009.

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George Boole, Inventor of Boolean Logic, Was Born on November 2nd

Posted in High Tech History, MIT on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

On November 2, 1815, George Boole, creator of Boolean Logic was born.

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Digital Co-Founder Writes Autobiography

Posted in DEC, MIT, tagged on October 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Digital Equipment Corporation co-founder, Harlan E. Anderson, has written his autobiography which will be released in November, 2009. The title is “Learn, Earn, and Return: My Life as a Computer Pioneer. “

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Sherry Turkle and the Social Science of Computers

Posted in MIT on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Computers and humans are more intertwined than you might think.

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One of the very first video games: “Space Wars”

Posted in DEC, MIT, tagged , , on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One of the very first video games “Space Wars” was built on a DEC computer.

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