The Babbage Engine | Babbage Engine | Computer History Museum
Charles Babbage (1791-1871), computer pioneer, designed the first automatic computing engines. He invented computers but failed to build them. The first complete Babbage Engine was completed in London in 2002, 153 years after it was designed. Difference Engine No. 2, built faithfully to the original drawings, consists of 8,000 parts, weighs five tons, and measures 11 feet long. We invite you to le
When Stars Twitter, a Ghost May Be Lurking (Published 2009)
The rapper 50 Cent is among the legion of stars who have recently embraced Twitter to reach fans who crave near-continuous access to their lives and thoughts. On March 1, he shared this insight with the more than 200,000 people who follow him: “My ambition leads me through a tunnel that never ends.” Those were 50 Cent’s words, but it was not exactly him tweeting. Rather, it was Chris Romero, known
The Obsession With Twitter's Business Model
By Claire Cain Miller March 26, 2009 11:23 am March 26, 2009 11:23 am Twitter’s venture capitalists say they are not worried about when the microblogging start-up will start making money. And why should they be? The techies in the blogosphere are taking care of that for them. Twitter watchers are so obsessed with how the company will make a buck that they jump on every hint of a business plan and
The Celebrity Twitter Ecosystem (Published 2009)
HONESTLY, does anyone care that Martha Stewart has a blog supposedly written by her French bulldogs, Francesca and Sharkey? Snoop Dogg might, perhaps, because Ms. Stewart recently sent him a Twitter message urging him to visit “The Daily Wag.” “Yo Snoop,” she wrote, “check out MY doggies’ new doggie blog.” Tha Doggfather received this dubious shout-out because Ms. Stewart follows him on Twitter �
Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries (Published 2009)
TORONTO � A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers have concluded. In a report to be issued this weekend, the researchers said that the system was being controlled from computers based almost exclusively in China, but that they could
asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：イタリア地震、死者２０人・不明３０人に 教会など崩壊 - 国際
イタリア中部で地震が発生した６日、ラクイラでは消防士が倒壊した家屋から女性を運び出していた＝ＡＰ救助された女性＝ＡＰ地震で破壊されたがれきの間で親類の姿を探す男性＝ロイター崩壊した家の下にいる生存者を捜索する救助隊＝ロイターけが人女性を自宅から搬送する救助隊＝ロイター自宅から逃げ出し、道を歩く人々＝ロイター 【ローマ＝南島信也】イタリア中部で６日午前３時半（日本時間同１０時半）ごろ、強い地震があった。米地質研究所によると、震源はローマの北東８６キロ付近で、震源の深さは３３キロ、地震の規模を示すマグニチュードは６．３。 震源に近いラクイラでは、教会やアパートなど多数の建物が崩壊。地元警察や消防によって、生き埋めになった住民らの救出活動が始まっている。ＡＮＳＡ通信によると死者は２０人、行方不明者は３０人に上っている。 ラクイラはローマのあるラツィオ州に隣接するアブルッツォ州の州都で、人口
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