Monthly Archives: November 2008

Gitte’s first post from IGF, India

Hi Inc’ers, I am writing this while an Indian television station runs stories in loop about the terror actions in Mumbay – in fact all the major news stations here – the Indian (English language) CNN and others have almost … Continue reading

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Students don’t print ,-/

In recent years it has become common that students work on texts on the screen and on the screen only – even with larger chunks of texts such as PhD theses and master theses. This has definite advantages, but also … Continue reading

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Rewriting computer history

At the annual meeting of Society for the History of Technology in Lisbon in October (SHOT 2008), Janet Delve from Portsmount University presented the paper “New Perspectives on ’Jacquard’ Looms and the Development of Punched Cards”. The paper rewrites history … Continue reading

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