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[Dec 9, 1983] By WILLIAM J. BROAD. Balky computers have nagged the space shuttle from its first test landing in 1977, to the countdown for its maiden flight in 1981, to its most recent mission. But yesterday’s failure of two of the shuttle Columbia’s five main, general- purpose computers, a failure which …

From SHUTTLE PROGRAM COMPUTER FAILURES BEGAN ON FIRST… - New York Times ($$)

[Jan 1984] Apple Computer introduced a computer with music-making technology in January, 1984, when it came out with the original Macintosh. The computer contained chips that allowed it to convert electronic impulses into sound. Later improvements to both the Macintosh and the Apple II product lines vastly …

From Apple Records Sues Apple Computer for Making Music - Los Angeles Times ($$)

[Jun 11, 1985] [Home Edition]. Irwin Rubin, chairman of Chatsworth-based Computer Memories Inc., comes across as a tough, self-assured businessman, an image bolstered by his husky frame and gravelly voice. When Rubin discusses his disk drive company’s heavy dependence on orders from computer giant IBM, …

From Computer Memories’ Link to IBM a Mixed… - Los Angeles Times ($$)

[Nov 5, 1988] [Home Edition]. Authorities investigating the runaway “computer virus” that crippled a nationwide network of government and research computers this week focused their suspicions late Friday on a 23-year-old Cornell University graduate student who is the son of a top government security …

From Computer Virus Probe Turns to Grad Student… - Los Angeles Times ($$)

[Feb 14, 1996] PHILADELPHIA (CNN) — Fifty years ago, engineers hit a switch and powered up the world’s first electronic, general purpose computer. Vice President Al Gore did the same Wednesday to honor the legacy of the massive machine known as ENIAC. In a speech at the University of Pennsylvania, …

From CNN - First computer turns 50 - Feb. 14, 1996 - CNN

[May 20, 1997] In the “High Noon” shootout on the chess board between man and machine, IBM’s computer Deep Blue trounced international chess champion Kasparov. Today it’s just a game of chess. Tomorrow will it be the world of medicine? The computer is already reshaping the medical landscape, mostly as a tool …

From The Computer Will See You Now - Washington Post ($$)

[Feb 18, 1998] By SAUL HANSELL. Computer Associates International Inc. intensified its unwelcome pursuit of the Computer Sciences Corporation yesterday, filing a formal tender offer to buy its stock for $108 a share in cash. Last Wednesday, Computer Associates, a software company in Islandia, NY, announced its …

From Hostile Offer For Computer Services Unit - New York Times

[Apr 28, 1999] A computer virus named for the Chernobyl nuclear disaster erupted across the globe Tuesday, disrupting home, office and government computers from Norway to China. The virus struck more than 600000 computers, with particularly severe impact in South Korea and Turkey, and caused damage estimated …

From Virus Infects Computers Worldwide; Damage… - Washington Post ($$)

[May 5, 2000] [Orange County Edition]. One of the most disruptive computer viruses in history, dubbed “ILoveYou” and the “Love Bug” and reportedly launched from the Philippines, raced across the Internet on Wednesday and Thursday. It affected millions of computers in about two dozen countries and caused …

From Fast-Moving Virus Hits Computers Worldwide;… - Los Angeles Times ($$)