“For Sony, owning a studio is a gamble and probably a pretty good one, now that in the broadband era having content is a great advantage when you sell devices that in a ubiquitous world of distribution can actually show programs, movies, content directly to the consumer. So that you actually create, in a digital world, real synergy.” WorldRealShowsAdvantageProgramSellsStudiosErasConsumersDigitalDevicesDistributionGambleSynergySonyDigital WorldBroadband Author:Howard Stringer
“Professor Wilkes is best known as the builder and designer of the EDSAC, the first computer with an internally stored program. Built in 1949, the EDSAC used a mercury delay line memory. He is also known as the author, with Wheeler and Gill, of a volume on "Preparation of Programs for Electronic Digital Computers" in 1951, in which program libraries were effectively introduced.” FirstsUsedLinesMemoriesKnownComputerBuiltProgramLibraryPreparationDesignerDigitalProfessorsVolumeDelayBuilderMercury Author:Maurice Wilkes
“When developers of digital technologies design a program that requires you to interact with a computer as if it were a person, they ask you to accept in some corner of your brain that you might also be conceived of as a program.” IfsPersonsMightAsksBrainAcceptingTechnologyDesignComputerProgramCornersDigitalArtificial IntelligenceDevelopersDigital Technology Book:You Are Not a Gadget Source: You Are Not a Gadget
“Some people record onto tape, and then they pay for the tape, and download those onto a hard drive. Initially in a Pro Tools program. Other people go straight into digital, and use no tape at all.” PeopleHardUsePayRecordsProgramToolsDigitalTapeDownloads Author:Dave Grohl
“When people are talking about cyber weapons, digital weapons, what they really mean is a malicious program that's used for a military purpose. A cyber weapon could be something as simple as an old virus from 1995 that just happens to still be effective if you use it for that purpose.” PeopleIfsMeanStillsUseHappensUsedPurposeSimpleTalkingMilitaryWeaponsProgramDigitalReally MeanVirusesMaliciousCyber Author:Edward Snowden
“The stored-program digital computer has three major attributes: it is fast, it is accurate, and it is stupid. The first two attributes are often used to disguise the third.” FirstsTwoUsedThreeStupidComputerMajorsProgramThirdsDigitalAttributesAccurateDisguise Author:P. J. Plauger
“If you're into writing and making people laugh, or just want to video blog something, you should get a simple digital video camera. And all computers now come with an easy video editing software program. Just mess around with that for a little bit, try to figure it out, then just put stuff online and have fun. Never give up!” PeopleIfsWantGivingShouldWritingTryingLittlesFunEasyStuffBitsSimpleLaughingFiguresGiving UpComputerLittle BitProgramCamerasVideoMessHaving FunDigitalOnlineSoftwareEditingNever Giving UpBlogsMaking People LaughVideo CamerasEditing SoftwareVideo Editing Author:Lucas Cruikshank
“There is a hunger in this digital age to hear authors together, to participate in programs, to just be in a place, a community space.” AgeTogetherCommunitySpaceProgramHungerDigitalDigital Age Author:Carla Hayden