In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever. Niklaus Wirth computecorrectlyforever Change image and share on social
With our work at Kazaa, we began seeing growing broadband connections and more powerful computers and more streaming multimedia, and we saw that the traditional way of communicating by phone no longer made a lot of sense. Niklas Zennstrom beginbroadbandcommunicate share on social
Before computers, you'd start designing using shapes of cubes. Now I can start with something like a handkerchief, an object that doesn't have strong inside and outside boundaries or much closed volume. Greg Lynn boundaryclosecomputer share on social
A wide variety of devices beyond personal computers are arriving, many of which will be used to browse the Web... The Flash engineering team has taken this on with a major overhaul of the mainstream Flash Player for a variety of devices. Kevin Lynch arrivebrowsecomputer share on social
When I left Apple, it had $2 billion of cash. It was the most profitable computer company in the world - not just personal computers - and Apple was the number one selling computer. John Sculley applebillioncash Change image and share on social
Computers have proved to be formidable chess players. In fact, they've beaten our top human chess champions. Neil deGrasse Tyson beatchampionchess Change image and share on social
When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment. Frank Press computerdigitalizeequipment Change image and share on social
I got into computers back in the early '80s, so it was a natural progression of learning about e-mail in the mid-'80s and getting into the Internet when it opened up in the early '90s. Roger McGuinn 80s90sback Change image and share on social
The Internet is a powerful way to make lots of money... But we are not going to buy Yahoo! Sumner Redstone buyinternetlot Change image and share on social
Fungible goods in economics can be extended and traded. So, half as much grain is half as much useful, but half a baby or half a computer is less useful than a whole baby or a whole computer, and we've been trying to make computers that work that way. Neil Gershenfeld babycomputereconomics share on social