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What’s the story behind QWERTY keyboard layout?

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Stefano

Ever wondered why we’re using such a strange computer keyboard layout as the common QWERTY? Look at this CNN Money video to get some clue: More info on QWERTY here on Wikipedia; look here for more detailed info on QWERTY … Continue reading →

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May 26th 1995: Bill Gates writes about the “Internet Tidal Wave”

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Stefano

20 years have gone since this internal memo, aimed at Microsoft Executives, in which Bill Gates himself talked about the “Internet Tidal Wave” and provided a strategic point of view for a MS-dominated ‘Net; the memo surfaced during the prolonged … Continue reading →

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Computers History bit by bit helps us understand how we got here

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Stefano

TechKing released a pretty good infographic that spans almost 70 years of computing evolution and helps us understand where we came from (and somehow where we’re heading). It’s cool to see what brought us from vacuum tubes up to the … Continue reading →

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