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Computers/Information Technology

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Links
  • Personal
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.technocapitalism.com/

Author: 
Prof. L. Suarez-Villa
Excerpt: 

Technocapitalism is a new form of market capitalism that is rooted in technological invention and innovation.  It can be considered an emerging era, now in its early stage, that is supported by such intangibles as creativity and knowledge.

The WWW Virtual Library

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Ancient (BCE-40 CE)
  • Aviation/Space Exploration
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Life Sciences
  • Links
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Middle Ages (5th-15th Century)
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Personal
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Physical Sciences
  • Primary Source
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://vlib.org/

Excerpt: 

The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the biggest index of the web, the VL pages are widely recognised as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web.

Business Plan Archive

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Business and Industry
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Primary Source
  • University
URL: 

http://businessplanarchive.org/

Author: 
David Kirsch
Excerpt: 

The Internet boom and bust of 1996 to 2002 was the most important business phenomenon of the past several decades. In the wake of this historic period, we have an unprecedented opportunity to learn from our past mistakes and successes.

To help us learn from history, we are creating the Business Plan Archive (BPA) to collect business plans and related documents from the dot com era. These plans – the “blueprints” that lay out the assumptions and strategies of Internet entrepreneurs – will enable entrepreneurs and researchers to conduct both qualitative and quantitative research.

Annotation: 

The Business Plan Archive, a project of Prof. David Kirsch at the University of Maryland, collects business plans and related documents from the dot com era to preserve and provide them for study of the Internet boom and bust of the last decade. The communication and records of these companies were all created electronically, and in the Archive are the Word documents, Power Point presentations, and emails of more than 2,000 failed businesses. “Top Ten Lessons from the Dot Com Meltdown” and “A Statistical Summary of the Dot Com Shakeout” provide context for the documents, which include funding requests, memos, draft press releases, anecdotal descriptions or images, and contract and investment-related information. For some companies there is a collection overview as well. The Archive can be searched by company name, alphabetical listing, market sector, market audience, or type of available information, making it easy to find companies of interest. Visitors are able to add more information to the Archive about any company’s events, files, or background, or just add a comment. A thorough Question and Answer Section accompanies the materials, along with links to the numerous articles and news coverage of the Archive.

IP at the National Academies

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Government
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://ip.nationalacademies.org/

Author: 
National Academies
Excerpt: 

Welcome to the National Academies' Intellectual Property website. From Internet content protection to human gene patenting, Intellectual Property (IP) in many forms have emerged from legal obscurity to public debate. This website serves as a guide to the Academies' extensive work on Intellectual Property and a forum to discuss ongoing work

A Mathematical Theory of Communication by Claude E. Shannon

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Corporation
  • Mathematics
  • Primary Source
URL: 

http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/paper.html

Author: 
Claude E. Shannon
Excerpt: 

Here you can find a PostScript (460 Kbytes), gzipped PostScript (146 Kbytes) and pdf (358 Kbytes) version of Shannon's paper. PDF files can be viewed by Adobe's acrobat reader. Tarred and gzipped contents of the directory (63 Kbytes) that contain the LaTeX code for the paper is also available.

Before the Web

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Personal
  • Primary Source
URL: 

http://www.beforetheweb.org/

Author: 
Taylor Walsh
Excerpt: 

"Before the Web" is an online research project designed for the practitioners of the online services industry and its era. It is an interactive, digital variation of the oral history, the most common traditional technique used to collect the first-hand accounts from people who witnessed or took part in important events and eras.

Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Government
  • Mathematics
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.nist.gov/dads/

Author: 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Paul Black
Excerpt: 

This is a dictionary of algorithms, algorithmic techniques, data structures, archetypical problems, and related definitions. Algorithms include common functions, such as Ackermann's function. Problems include traveling salesman and Byzantine generals. Some entries have links to implementations and more information. Index pages list entries by area and by type. The two-level index has a total download 1/20 as big as this page.

Annotation: 

The National Institue of Standards and Technology hosts this dictionary of algorithms, algorithmic techniques, data structures, archetypical problems, and related definitions. Entries are listed by area or type, and there is a search function as well. Each term has provides a definition and related terms, and many have information about implementation from NIST and other sites. This is a very useful resource for anyone working with, or studying, algorithms or data structures.

Doug Engelbart's INVISIBLE REVOLUTION

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Links
  • Personal
  • Primary Source
  • Secondary Source
  • Video
URL: 

http://www.invisiblerevolution.net/

Excerpt: 

Welcome to the Invisible Revolution, the story of Doug Engelbart, the man who invented much of the computer environment we live in today - and still few know his name. This is his story, and the story of his fellow dreamers, thinkers, doers - revolutionaries - who changed our lives forever.

Annotation: 

This site represents a documentary film project produced by Frode Hegland, Fleur Klijnsma and others. The vision for the documentary is to present the story of how Doug Engelbart invented the mouse and began a revolution in information processing by popularizing the graphical and interactive, nonlinear
format that dominates computer technology today. The materials here include "a casual, rough and ready series of interviews, links to his seminal papers, and a cheat-sheet-like timeline." Although the site is essentially a companion to a film, the sections on Engelbart's life, vision, papers, and timeline can be very useful to historians. The site also has a list of the interviewees who contributed to the documentary's story with short bios that could link important personalities and establish new leads for researchers. The film clips might also be helpful or interesting to historians who want to explore documentary film or other visual modes of recording and conveying history.

History of Engineering

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Ancient (BCE-40 CE)
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Engineering
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Middle Ages (5th-15th Century)
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Personal
URL: 

http://www.creatingtechnology.org/history.htm

Author: 
Sunny Y. Auyang
Excerpt: 

The history of engineering can be roughly divided into four overlapping phases, each marked by a revolution:

Pre-scientific revolution: The prehistory of modern engineering features ancient master builders and Renaissance engineers such as Leonardo da Vinci.

Industrial revolution: From the eighteenth through early nineteenth century, civil and mechanical engineers changed from practical artists to scientific professionals.

Second industrial revolution: In the century before World War II, chemical, electrical, and other science-based engineering branches developed electricity, telecommunications, cars, airplanes, and mass production.

Information revolution: As engineering science matured after the war, microelectronics, computers, and telecommunications jointly produced information technology.

History of Science in the United States

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Aviation/Space Exploration
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Earth Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Life Sciences
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Personal
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Physical Sciences
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://home.earthlink.net/~claelliott/

Author: 
Clark A. Elliot
Excerpt: 

Research Aids for the Nineteenth Century

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