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Computer Chronicles (1983 - 2002) Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996) Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet (1998) Halt and Catch Fire (2014 - 2017) Commodore 64; Macintosh 128K; NeXT Computer; Silicon Valley (2014 - 2019) Valley of the Boom (2019) The IT Crowd (2006-2013)
The software was mainly a database of films, in a similar fashion to the Internet Movie Database, and gave descriptions of the films and who starred in them. Most of this information was not readily accessible before broadband internet. Cinemania contained professional material by: Leonard Maltin: 19,000 reviews from his Movie and Video Guide
A pivotal moment in computing history was the publication in the 1980s of the specifications for the IBM Personal Computer published by IBM employee Philip Don Estridge, which quickly led to the dominance of the PC in the worldwide desktop and later laptop markets – a dominance which continues to this day.
R2E CCMC Portal laptop. The portable microcomputer "Portal", of the French company R2E Micral CCMC, officially appeared in September 1980 at the Sicob show in Paris.The Portal was a portable microcomputer designed and marketed by the studies and developments department of the French firm R2E Micral in 1980 at the request of the company CCMC specializing in payroll and accounting.
The history of social casework is closely tied to the advent of social work as a general professional discipline. In the late nineteenth century, the formation of the Charity Organization Society , and the Settlement movement represented the beginning of efforts towards alleviating industrial poverty. [ 2 ]
First CGI feature-length movie made using off-the-shelf hardware and software. Shrek: First CGI-animated movie to win an Academy Award for the Best Animated Feature Film. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: First use of AI for digital actors (using the Massive software developed by Weta Digital). The Lord of the Rings: The Two ...
Apple Computer's offerings had a large software library of their own and with aftermarket cards, could run CP/M as well. IBM's PC was faster, more advanced, and offered a rapidly growing software library, and Osborne's efforts to raise $20 million in capital to rush an IBM-compatible computer to market were unsuccessful.
Revolution OS is a 2001 documentary film that traces the twenty-year history of GNU, Linux, open source, and the free software movement.. Directed by J. T. S. Moore, the film features interviews with prominent hackers and entrepreneurs including Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens, Frank Hecker and Brian Behlendorf.