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World IPv6 Day: Time to packet in?

World IPv6 Day: Time to packet in?

...the mid-1970s had a couple of surprises, such as 1975's Altair, the first personal computer to catch the public imagination, and a small... Read more

8 June, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
<endeca_term>Altair</endeca_term> 2.0

Altair 2.0

Altair is an astronomy calculator for Windows. Altair calculates Local Sidereal Time, Julian... Read more

29 March, 2012
Light of <endeca_term>Altair</endeca_term> 1.0

Light of Altair 1.0

Light of Altair is a sci-fi colony building game with a deep plot. Grow... Read more

22 November, 2010
A tour of the UK's Vintage Computer Festival

A tour of the UK's Vintage Computer Festival

Four years after the Altair 8800 arrived, the keen computer hobbyist would probably be seen hunched over... Read more

22 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Is HealthVault missing the self quantification point?

If Microsoft wants HealthVault to take over from Google Health, plumbing in APIs for the tracking devices people already... Read more

19 July, 2011

Hackers - 25th Anniversary Edition

Twenty-five years ago the term 'hacker' didn't mean a cybercriminal, and the few who used it meant it as high praise.... Read more

7 September, 2010
Puzzle Story - Slither Link 1.2

Puzzle Story - Slither Link 1.2

...vertex or vertices per polygon. These patterns include snowflake, Penrose, Laves and Altair tilings. These add complexity by varying the number of possible paths from... Read more

19 May, 2012
Visual Basic Programming Language 1.8

Visual Basic Programming Language 1.8

...instead of (or in addition to) a compiler.In 1975, MITS released Altair Basic, developed by Bill Gates and Paul Allen as the company Micro... Read more

26 March, 2012
iAltair 1.3

iAltair 1.3

iAltair pretends to be a MITS Altair 8800 computer. It allows you to get the feeling of really old... Read more

22 October, 2011
iAltairHD 1.1

iAltairHD 1.1

iAltairHD pretends to be a MITS Altair 8800 computer and gives you a glimpse how old operating systems like... Read more

22 October, 2011
Rome MVR 1.0.0

Rome MVR 1.0.0

...currently available. Its original contents have been designed on purpose by the Altair 4 Multimedia team, with its architects, archaeologists and artists who have thirty... Read more

20 July, 2011
swift Bills 1.3.1

swift Bills 1.3.1

...www.altairinnovative.comBecome a fan on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Altair-Innovative/166435800043578Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/altairappsThanks,Altair Innovative Read more

24 March, 2011
Swift Goals 1.3.1

Swift Goals 1.3.1

...www.altairinnovative.comBecome a fan on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Altair-Innovative/166435800043578Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/altairappsThanks,Altair Innovative Read more

19 March, 2011
Swift Bills Free 1.3.1

Swift Bills Free 1.3.1

...www.altairinnovative.comBecome a fan on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Altair-Innovative/166435800043578Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/altairappsThanks,Altair Innovative Read more

4 March, 2011
Swift Goals Free 1.3.1

Swift Goals Free 1.3.1

...www.altairinnovative.comBecome a fan on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Altair-Innovative/166435800043578Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/altairappsThanks,Altair Innovative Read more

5 February, 2011

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

7 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

8 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

9 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

13 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

13 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

13 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

16 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

16 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

17 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

20 hours ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

22 hours ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

2 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

3 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

3 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street