Douglas Engelbart, who revolutionized computing by inventing the mouse, died in California on Tuesday at the age of 88, the institute bearing his name said Wednesday. Born in Oregon, Engelbart studied electrical engineering and computer sciences in the
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‘Password fatigue’ haunts Internet masses
Looking for a safe password? You can give HQbgbiZVu9AWcqoSZmChwgtMYTrM7HE3ObVWGepMeOsJf4iHMyNXMT1BrySA4d7 a try. Good luck memorizing it. Sixty-three random alpha-numeric characters -- in this case, generated by an online password generator -- are
First Apple computer heads to Sotheby’s auction
There's no screen, it was built in 1976, and the clunky design does not exactly recall today's iPads, but the first Apple computer is expected to fetch up to $180,000 in New York. Sotheby's in New York is auctioning the rare piece of computer history,
