Computers

Top 10 Digital Transformation Trends For 2021 https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnewman/2020/09/21/top-10-digital-transformation-trends-for-2021/ Predictions 2021: Technology diversity drives IoT growth Enterprises, consumers, and different stakeholders will continue to drive demand for new internet-of-things (IoT) applications, technologies, and solutions in 2021 across verticals and geographies. Here are Forrester’s five major IoT predictions for 2021. https://www.zdnet.com/article/predictions-2021-technology-diversity-drives-iot-growth/ →

FTP is 50 years old article tells: The 16th of April 1971 is not only the date when the Rolling Stone first released Brown Sugar, it is also marked with the publication of RFC 114 marking the birthday of FTP. Back in those days, the Vietnam war is at the forefront of the news, TCP/IP →

I have long time used GIMP as my main image manipulation tool when making images for ePanorama.net. It can do all the normal image manipulation needed well. GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its →

ARM processors touch 70% of the global population. From the edge to the cloud, Arm is on track to touch 100 percent of the world’s shared data. Arm has announced Armv9, its first new ARM architecture in a decade. Arm’s solution to the future needs of AI, security and specialized computing is v9 released at →

WOW, this one is amazing! Rockstar developer presentation!! Join Dylan Beattie – programmer, musician, and creator of the Rockstar programming language – for an entertaining look at the art of code. We’ll look at the origins of programming as an art form, from Conway’s Game of Life to the 1970s demoscene and the earliest Obfuscated →

Windows 10 has a hidden video editor as part of part of the Photos app. How to Use Windows 10’s Hidden Video Editor article gives instructions how to use this simple but useful for many simple tasks video editor. While this isn’t the most powerful video editor you can get on Windows, it’s surprisingly capable. →

Python pioneer assesses the 30-year-old programming language https://venturebeat.com/2021/02/19/python-pioneer-assesses-the-30-year-old-programming-language/ The Python programming language, which has never been more popular, arguably thanks to the rise of data science and AI projects in the enterprise, officially turned 30 years old. There are inherent challenges of enabling a language to grow and evolve without sacrificing backward compatibility. Python is →

Hard to believe it’s 50 years. Suppose C will be hitting the big 50 soon too. 50 Years of Pascal https://m-cacm.acm.org/magazines/2021/3/250705-50-years-of-pascal/fulltext In the early 1960s, the languages Fortran (John Backus, IBM) for scientific, and Cobol (Jean Sammet, IBM, and DoD) for commercial applications dominated. Programs were written on paper, then punched on cards, and one →

VideoLAN (VLC) is a free, open source multi-platform media player and environment that plays most media files and DVD-VCDs as well as Audio CDs and various streaming protocols. VLC media player (previously the VideoLAN Client and commonly known as simply VLC) is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software, and streaming media server →

50 years ago: The WORLD’s first computer music player was completed in Finland 21 January 1971. The machine was developed by inventor Erkki Kurrenniemi with the help of a Sitra grant. Historia|HS 50 vuotta sitten 21.1.1971 Suomalainen teki sävellystietokoneen article says: The music machine Dimi is a leading invention in its field, it will also →