Has anyone noticed about the new “cloud” operating system from Microsoft? It’s called “Azure” according to the echosphere.
Azure = Blue
Blue = Clear sky
Clear sky = no clouds
So, instead of computing in the clouds, what? Maybe there’s a pie in the sky.
I think I’ll stick with Unix on my hard drive.
Thanks.
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The new MacBook doesn’t have FireWire. […]

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The very first device that bore the form we now know as the personal computer was the Apple I. It was designed by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in a garage in California. It had a wooden body and required a television set. Sort of like Jennifer Aniston.
 
It should be noted that the Apple I […]

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As I recall we already discussed the seventies up to about 1975. The personal computer in 1975 looked like this:

That’s it. No keyboard. No monitor. No mouse. No printer. In fact, there was no way to hook those things up even if they existed. $400. Note the weird typeface on the front of the case. […]

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First of all, let’s put it all in perspective. In 1970 there was no such thing as a Compact Disc, or a floppy disc, or a microprocessor. Gas was thirty-six cents a gallon. You could buy a house for $5000. The Beatles broke up. It was not legal to make your own beer. M*A*S*H was […]

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Once upon a time there was a reader – Paul, I think – who suggested that I apply my own unique (read: twisted) version of the history of personal computing to the innertubes.
Over the weeks since that suggestion, I’ve thought deeply (consumed beer) about how to properly address (make fun of) such an overwhelming task. […]

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