Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom for computing advances

computer science, computing history, Gadgets, Government, grace hopper, Margaret Hamilton, military, NASA, presidential medal of freedom, Science, Space, TC November 18, 2016 November 18, 2016 Techsarathy

President Obama awarded the country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to a batch of 21 deserving recipients, among them computing pioneers Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton. Read

Living Computer Museum restores Xerox Alto and debuts new emulator

computing history, Gadgets, Hardware, living computer museum, paul allen, retro, TC, Xerox, xerox alto August 3, 2016 August 3, 2016 Techsarathy

Anyone interested in the history of personal computing will surely have heard of the Alto, but when’s the last time you got to play with one? It’s been a while