On this day in 1956 Chinese-American computer engineer and inventor An Wang sold his patent for magnetic core memory to IBM. The core memory is considered one of …
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On this day in 1956 Chinese-American computer engineer and inventor An Wang sold his patent for magnetic core memory to IBM. The core memory is considered one of …
On this day in 1980 Microsoft formally signed a contract with IBM to create an operating system for the then in-development IBM PC. The operating system was based …
On this day in 1944 the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator or ASCC was formally presented to Harvard University by then IBM president Thomas J. Watson Sr. The …
On this day in 1943 American programmer, software publisher, author and philanthropist Peter Norton was born. Norton is best known for the many computer books and programs that …
On this day in 1922 American computer scientist Werner Buchholz was born. Buchholz was born in Detmold, Germany, grew up in Europe and moved to Canada before finally …