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Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester, New York, as the Haloid Photographic Company. [11] It manufactured photographic paper and equipment. In 1938, Chester Carlson, a physicist working independently, invented a process for printing images using an electrically charged photoconductor-coated metal plate [12] and dry powder "toner".
It was the first search engine that used hyperlinks to measure the quality of websites it was indexing, [27] predating the very similar algorithm patent filed by Google two years later in 1998. [28] Larry Page referenced Li's work as a citation in some of his U.S. patents for PageRank. [29] Li later used his Rankdex technology for the Baidu ...
Joseph Chamberlain Wilson (December 13, 1909 [1] – November 22, 1971) was the founder of the Xerox Corporation, a graduate of the University of Rochester and Harvard Business School [2] and a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Beta Phi chapter). He helped to develop xerography pioneered by Chester Carlson.
Xerox Celebrates the Creation of Xerography - and 75 Years of Simplifying How Work Gets Done NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Written in a bold hand on a glass slide was the date and location: 10 ...
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.
He founded Affiliated Computer Services in 1988, and sold it to Xerox for $6.4 billion in 2010, eventually becoming Xerox's largest individual shareholder (c.12%, as of 2023). [ 1 ] Career
Zilog is founded by ex-Intel employees. 1 Apr 1976: US Apple Computer, Inc. founded, to market the Apple I single-board computer designed by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. It uses the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor. 1976: US First laser printer introduced by IBM – the IBM 3800. The first colour versions came onto the market in 1988. 1976: US
The cost of gas was just $1.12 — less than half of today's prices. Today, a gallon of milk will set you back $3.52, but in 1985, you could pick up that same gallon for $2.26.