Pritolearn » Technology http://www.pritolearn.com Learn Something Interesting Everyday Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:05:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Wikipedia Link of the Day – The QWERTY Layout http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-the-qwerty-layout/ http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-the-qwerty-layout/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:27:15 +0000 admin http://www.pritolearn.com/?p=32 The QWERTY keyboard layout is the most commonly used layout on English language electronic keyboards and typewriters. You’re probably using one right now. Did you know that the QWERTY layout was actually designed to minimize typebar collisions  on typewriters. Read about how they came up with the QWERTY layout and why it is the standard today.

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]]> http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-the-qwerty-layout/feed/ 0 Steve Wozniak – How I Invented the Personal Computer http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/steve-wozniak-how-i-invented-the-personal-computer/ http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/steve-wozniak-how-i-invented-the-personal-computer/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:29:00 +0000 admin http://www.pritolearn.com/?p=27 Steve Wozniak, the mastermind behind Apple, casts off his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. His new book, iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way, provides a firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution with the invention of the first true personal computer, the Apple I.

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]]> http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/steve-wozniak-how-i-invented-the-personal-computer/feed/ 0 Wikipedia Link of the Day: USB Flash Drives http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-usb-flash-drives/ http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-usb-flash-drives/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:32:41 +0000 admin http://www.pritolearn.com/?p=24 Over the years, flash drives have become smaller, cheaper, have larger capacity and available in various shapes and sizes. Did you know that flash drives became commercially available back in December 2000? The first commercially available flash drive only had 8 Megabytes of storage space which is tiny now but for something that you can carry in your pocket 8Mb was a lot back then.

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