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Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...
The New York Times

Daniel C. Lynch, Founder of Major Computer Exhibition, Dies at 82

After working on the earliest version of the internet, he saw its potential and founded a conference on computer networking equipment. By Katie Hafner Daniel C. Lynch, a computer network engineer ...
The Telegraph

Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology

This 1975 photo provided by Gates Ventures shows Microsoft founder Bill Gates holding a printout of the computer coding that launched the software maker. (Ian Allen/Gates Ventures via AP) Even as he ...
insider.si.edu

The computer book : from the abacus to artificial intelligence, 250 milestones in the history of computer science / Simson L. Garfinkel and Rachel H. Grunspan

C. 2500 BCE: Sumerian abacus -- c. 700 BC: Scytale -- c. 150: Antikythera mechanism -- c. 60: Programmable robot -- c. 850: "On Deciphering Cryptographic Messages ...
PBS

Bridging the Gap in Computer Access and Media Literacy

Steve Adubato talks with Dylan Zajac, Founder of Computer 4 People, about bridging the gap in computer access, media literacy, and internet accessibility in New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts.