Oct. 26, 1992: Software Glitch Cripples Ambulance Service
Computerized systems can help, or hurt. In the case of the London Ambulance Service, it definitely hurt. The post Oct. 26, 1992: Software Glitch Cripples Ambulance Service appeared first on This Day In...
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June 23, 1912: Computer Pioneer Alan Turing Born
1912: Alan Turing, who will go on to become one of the 20th century’s greatest mathematicians, computer scientists and philosophers, is born. Turing is probably best known to Wired readers as the...
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Oct. 7, 1954: IBM Gets Transistorized
1954: IBM builds the first calculating machine to use solid-state transistors instead of vacuum tubes. IBM already had a business selling calculating machines, and it was humming along quite nicely....
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Dec. 19, 1974: Build Your Own Computer at Home!
1974: The Altair 8800 microcomputer goes on sale. It doesn't offer much, but it's the small start of a big trend toward small things. At its heart was the Intel 8080 microprocessor, with the remarkable...
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