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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10 The PC revolution started off life 35 years ago this week. Microsoft launched its first version of Windows on November 20th, 1985, to succeed MS-DOS. It was a huge milestone that paved the way for the modern versions of Windows we use today. At the time, many complained that Windows 1.0

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Rescheduling the Playdate: Portland startup sets 2021 release for unique handheld game device

GeekWire

Panic has announced new plans for the debut of its retro-styled, Pacific Northwest-developed portable gaming device, the Playdate, after COVID-related shutdowns forced the company to abandon its original 2020 release date. — Playdate (@playdate) October 30, 2020. in May of last year. Read: [link].

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Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising to speed up the process and reduce the cost of making software for Apple’s computers and devices. Dave Brown, Amazon EC2 vice president, announces the new Mac Instances on Monday night.

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Manny Vellon, 1960-2020: Towering figure in Seattle tech was an engineer at heart

GeekWire

As a development manager, he worked on early versions of technologies including the Windows 1.0 software development kit and the C++ programming language. He was instrumental in the creation of the TIFF image file format, developed by Aldus and Microsoft, and co-founded the Redmond company’s Virtual Worlds Group.

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Tech Moves: Sea.citi adds board members; another Microsoft vet joins Magic Leap; and more

GeekWire

At Microsoft, Trewin worked on new business and consumer products and helped scale products such as Windows and Xbox. Trigg is currently CEO of Outset Medical, which went public in 2020. She previously helped develop vaccines at Merck and prior to working in the pharmaceutical industry, researched influenza.

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Rosetta 2 is Apple’s key to making the ARM transition less painful

The Verge

The first Mac with Apple silicon is coming by the end of 2020, but Apple expects the full transition process to take two years. But it also means that apps that were developed for Intel’s architecture originally won’t run natively on Apple’s upcoming hardware. You also won’t be able to run Windows in Boot Camp mode on ARM Macs.

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Technology Short Take 129

Scott Lowe

Servers/Hardware. Since Apple’s announcement at WWDC 2020 about the transition to ARM-based CPUs, there’s been a lot of analysis and discussion of what this means. Kevin Campusano discusses Linux development in Windows 10 with Docker and WSL 2. ” Great quote! Operating Systems/Applications. Programming.

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