Steve Ballmer- Worked as a key person in microsoft, which became an extremely successful company. -He influenced microsoft's computers and products. -I use many microsoft created devices daily.
Eric Shmidt- Early on, he worked with various different IT companies, including Sun Microsystems. He was one of the key creators of Google, a hugely used internet website, as well as working with Apple. I use google multiple times daily.
Monster- Monster is the most widely used and visited job finding site, allowing people to submit and review job resumes. It dominates its own market. I know people who have used monster to find a job.
CNET- CNET is a media news website. It is widely used by anyone curious about new technology news. I have used CNET in the past.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Trailblazers Nine
1. Grace Hopper was a navy captiain who created a language called COBOL.
2. James Gosling was a cmoputer programmer who created the programming language Java. Java has a huge impact because it is the most widely used language of its kind used to run many applications on the internet, I use webpages with java daily.
3. Electronic Arts is a video game manufacturing copmany taht rets mahny different games. It is one of the lartgerst companies of its kind so it affected the video game market and anyone who uses them.
4. Sun Microsystems is a large copmany that manufactures and creates many different computer parts. It is also one of the largest companies of its kind, so it affects anyone how uses computer, like me.
2. James Gosling was a cmoputer programmer who created the programming language Java. Java has a huge impact because it is the most widely used language of its kind used to run many applications on the internet, I use webpages with java daily.
3. Electronic Arts is a video game manufacturing copmany taht rets mahny different games. It is one of the lartgerst companies of its kind so it affected the video game market and anyone who uses them.
4. Sun Microsystems is a large copmany that manufactures and creates many different computer parts. It is also one of the largest companies of its kind, so it affects anyone how uses computer, like me.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Mark Dean and Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
1. Meg Whitman was the CEO of Ebay and an executive at various other large companies including Disney and Deramworks.
2. Ebay allowed people to buy and sell items from across the country.
3. I used ebay occasionaly to buy things.
Mark Dean
1. Invented the ISA bus and one of the first computer chips.
2. Allowed people to create and invent products that required a comptuer chip for them to operate like a computers.
3. I use computers which use a computer chip like one designed by Mark Dean's team.
1. Meg Whitman was the CEO of Ebay and an executive at various other large companies including Disney and Deramworks.
2. Ebay allowed people to buy and sell items from across the country.
3. I used ebay occasionaly to buy things.
Mark Dean
1. Invented the ISA bus and one of the first computer chips.
2. Allowed people to create and invent products that required a comptuer chip for them to operate like a computers.
3. I use computers which use a computer chip like one designed by Mark Dean's team.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tech Terms - Jack kilby
Jack Kilby
1.Jack Kilby's success is due to his invention of the circuit board and handheld calculator. Calcultors are extremely useful and are used all the time in math classes.
2. Before the handheld calcultor, all calculations were done on room-sized monster computers. Now complicated math problems could be done in your hand.
3. He created devices we use everday. Without him use of computers and calculators may be very different.
Gordon Moore
1. Gordon Moore is the cofounder of Intel.
2. Intel softoware is used in our home computers.
3. He has an impact on my life because Intel is a huge technology power, creating many technologies we use daily. My cousin is an intel employee, and some of the technology they produce is incredible.
1.Jack Kilby's success is due to his invention of the circuit board and handheld calculator. Calcultors are extremely useful and are used all the time in math classes.
2. Before the handheld calcultor, all calculations were done on room-sized monster computers. Now complicated math problems could be done in your hand.
3. He created devices we use everday. Without him use of computers and calculators may be very different.
Gordon Moore
1. Gordon Moore is the cofounder of Intel.
2. Intel softoware is used in our home computers.
3. He has an impact on my life because Intel is a huge technology power, creating many technologies we use daily. My cousin is an intel employee, and some of the technology they produce is incredible.
Monday, January 31, 2011
1. Steve Wozniak.
Steve Wozniak, along with Steve Jobs pioneered apple and the macintosh computer. Steve Jobs was the main designer and programmer of the original apple computers. He created a huge impact on technology, without him, it is unlikely that the Macintosh computer would be released- the first computer to have graphics and mouse, which all personal computers now use. The personal connection is clear- I use mac computers, and computer that use a mouse and graphic interface everyday.
2. Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds is a developer and hacker who created the Linux kernel
Steve Wozniak, along with Steve Jobs pioneered apple and the macintosh computer. Steve Jobs was the main designer and programmer of the original apple computers. He created a huge impact on technology, without him, it is unlikely that the Macintosh computer would be released- the first computer to have graphics and mouse, which all personal computers now use. The personal connection is clear- I use mac computers, and computer that use a mouse and graphic interface everyday.
2. Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds is a developer and hacker who created the Linux kernel
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Bill Gates
- His success is due to his cofounding of microsoft, a multi-billion dollar company that has control over and creates a variet of products mainly relating to computing.
- His affect on technology spawned from his creation of microsoft, and the immense number of computers and other related devices they created, notabley the microsoft windows computer.
- He made the basic computer operating system that we use today.
Mark Zuckerberg
- Mark Zuckerbergs success comes from his founding of facebook- currently the worlds most popular social networking site. In his childhood, he was extremely interested in software design, and even had a private tutor. He built games and software as a middle school student.
- Mark Zuckerberg had a huge effect on the social networking area of technology, especially in consideration of other social networking sites like myspace, which was previously the most popular social networking site- was overshadowed by facebook.
- I can make a personal connection in that I am a user of facebook.
- His success is due to his cofounding of microsoft, a multi-billion dollar company that has control over and creates a variet of products mainly relating to computing.
- His affect on technology spawned from his creation of microsoft, and the immense number of computers and other related devices they created, notabley the microsoft windows computer.
- He made the basic computer operating system that we use today.
Mark Zuckerberg
- Mark Zuckerbergs success comes from his founding of facebook- currently the worlds most popular social networking site. In his childhood, he was extremely interested in software design, and even had a private tutor. He built games and software as a middle school student.
- Mark Zuckerberg had a huge effect on the social networking area of technology, especially in consideration of other social networking sites like myspace, which was previously the most popular social networking site- was overshadowed by facebook.
- I can make a personal connection in that I am a user of facebook.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Internet2- Has over 4 million users, a work-in-progress to create a much faster and more effective version of the internet. It has been in development for 15 years.
Kiosk- A sort of computer, often used by airlines. It is situated on a stand. Another example of a kiosk is an ATM.
Vaporware- Refers to a hardware device or software that had an announced release date, but was not released until much later.
MAC Address- stands for Media Access Control Address. It is a number that uniquely identifies all computers.
Dual-Core- A processor with wto cores. The more cores, the more efficiently a computer can run.
Vhost- Stands for Virtual host. Simply enough, a place where you can host your website.
Motherboard- The main circuit board of a computer. It contains things like the processor, memory, ports, etc.
Meebo- A social networking system that combines, fabook, AIM, and other.
OEM- Stands for original equipment manufacturer. A company that assembles complete pieces of equipment from parts.
Open Source Software- Software that has its source code published so other people can add their contributions. Typically it is free, and some examples include Linux, Open Office, and more.
Kiosk- A sort of computer, often used by airlines. It is situated on a stand. Another example of a kiosk is an ATM.
Vaporware- Refers to a hardware device or software that had an announced release date, but was not released until much later.
MAC Address- stands for Media Access Control Address. It is a number that uniquely identifies all computers.
Dual-Core- A processor with wto cores. The more cores, the more efficiently a computer can run.
Vhost- Stands for Virtual host. Simply enough, a place where you can host your website.
Motherboard- The main circuit board of a computer. It contains things like the processor, memory, ports, etc.
Meebo- A social networking system that combines, fabook, AIM, and other.
OEM- Stands for original equipment manufacturer. A company that assembles complete pieces of equipment from parts.
Open Source Software- Software that has its source code published so other people can add their contributions. Typically it is free, and some examples include Linux, Open Office, and more.
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