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About GilPress

I launched the Big Data conversation; writing, research, marketing services; http://whatsthebigdata.com/ & https://infostory.com/

DARPA alters the speed of light

Posted on September 8, 2010 by GilPress

could lead to smaller, faster computers, sensors and communications systems that can overcome the limitations of current electronics

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This day in information: Television

Posted on September 7, 2010 by GilPress

Today in 1927, Philo T. Farnsworth, 21, succeeded in transmitting through purely electronic means an image of a line with a device he called an “image dissector.” Today in 1957, the original version of the animated NBC peacock logo, used … Continue reading →

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InfoStory Quote: Useless/Useful Information

Posted on September 6, 2010 by GilPress

“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.” —Oscar Wilde Is Data the future of information?

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Nicholas Carr, June 2010

Posted on September 3, 2010 by GilPress

Nicholas Carr has a problem. “Over the past few years,” he says in his new book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, “I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something has been tinkering with my … Continue reading →

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Bob Metcalfe, October 2009

Posted on September 3, 2010 by GilPress

Bob Metcalfe has been involved—as a direct catalyst or a prominent observer—in a number of key milestones spanning the evolution of the IT industry: the birth of the Internet, the invention of Ethernet and local area networks, and the rapid … Continue reading →

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Tim Berners-Lee, September 2009

Posted on September 2, 2010 by GilPress

In 1989, while a fellow at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Today he is 3Com Founders Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he serves … Continue reading →

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Tom Davenport and Andy McAfee, June 2008

Posted on September 2, 2010 by GilPress

On June 18, 2007, at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston, Andrew McAfee, who coined the term in 2006, debated the merits of Enterprise 2.0 with Tom Davenport. Jason Rubin and Gil Press revisited the debate with them a year … Continue reading →

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Jim Champy, March 2009

Posted on September 1, 2010 by GilPress

In Outsmart!, consultant and best-selling author Jim Champy profiles nine high-growth companies that are leveraging the global IT infrastructure and new business models to redefine existing markets and create new ones. Gil Press and Chris Kane spoke with Champy in … Continue reading →

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