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An open call to technology companies: Do More, Know Less
Photo by Tracy Le Blanc from Pexels For over a decade, we’ve been told that participating in a connected digital world requires giving up our personal data, our privacy, and...
Feb. 20, 1995: Videoconferencing gains popularity
“Videoconferencing slowly goes desktop” published in Computerworld Volume 29, Issue 8 on Feb. 20, 1995 Videoconferencing proved to be useful for productivity and collaboration, though high costs limited user adoption....
Foundation awards $4.5M including new Accelerator grants to advance data-driven climate solutions
New grants include the 2022 Accelerator Grant Program recipients who will receive technical support and advanced analytics with the Foundation’s data services team BOSTON – The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation...
Feb. 5, 1990: MIT's Project Athena advances distributed computing
A collaborative project born to advance computing infrastructure at MIT led to important developments in distributed computing. “Petitioning the gods of distributed computing” published in Computerworld Volume 24, Issue 6...
May 3, 1993: Computer users overwhelmed by new "unstructured" information streams
A flood of new information streams led to the birth of “information overload” for computer users. “Grow with the information flow” published in Computerworld Volume 27, Issue 18 on May...
May 3, 1993: Computer industry adopts green policies
In response to concerns about landfill waste from discarded computers and government incentives to be more energy efficient, companies adopted new environmentally friendly standards in the 1990s. “PC makers embrace...