Technology
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In 1964, Heineken, one of the world’s most renowned beer companies, ventured into a groundbreaking project that fused sustainability, innovation, and corporate social responsibility. This initiative, led by Heineken’s visionary chairman Alfred “Freddy” Heineken, sought to address two pressing global issues: housing shortages in underprivileged regions and the environmental problem of waste from discarded beer
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This post is a bit of a detour from my usual World War II history blog, but I felt I needed a break from the harrowing stories of the war—especially those surrounding the Holocaust. I spent the longest part of my career working for Philips, between 1987 and 1997. I was part of the FSM
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On this day, 30 years ago, June 27, 1994, Geffen Records and Aerosmith made history when “Head First” became the first major-label song made available for exclusive digital download. An unused cut from the Get a Grip session, it was part of a week-long promotion by CompuServe during which fans could download Aerosmith music from
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We all use the @ symbol multiple times a day, but where does it come from? It is actually older than you think. The modern dat application comes from a man called Raymond Samuel Tomlinson. He was an American computer programmer who implemented the first email program on the ARPANET system, the precursor to the
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Today I will finally show off my gaming knowledge and leave you all in awe and amazement! Ah no, in fact I am clueless when it comes to gaming. I never got into the whole video/computer games universe, Yet the title is Nintendo, the name of one of the biggest gaming publishers. A lot of
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I remember one of my sons , when he was a toddler, asking when the world turned color. I had to laugh at the innocent question, for he thought that prior to color movies and TV, the world had been black and white. To answer his question, well at least from a TV perspective, it
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Computers nowadays come in all shapes and sizes from a smartphone to the super computer Mira. An essential requirement nowadays is that computers are portable. It may be hard to believe but the history of portable computers goes back 38 years, even when I write it ’38 years’ I can’t believe it . i
History of Sorts 
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