Thursday, March 23, 2006

UK thinks UMPC is OK/not OK

Pen-based computers could still get the thumbs down
Jack Schofield
Thursday March 23, 2006
The Guardian

"One of the great events in the history of computing came in 1963, when Ivan Sutherland, an MIT student, presented his PhD thesis on Sketchpad: A Man-machine Graphical Communications System. Sutherland showed how you could interact with a computer using its monitor and a light-pen."

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Sent to me by Richard Bassett of the UK - an M200 carrying, Dr. Neil convert!
Welcome to the Blogosphere mate :-)



  • What do we think? Is all the hype surrounding UMPC distracting us from the arduous task of breathing and eating - the English Journalists seem to think so!

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