Tue, Dec 9, 2008 -- 9:00 AM
Forty Years of the PC
Forty years ago today, the personal computer was unveiled. Concepts such as the mouse, the ability to cut and paste, hypertext
and saving a file were introduced to the public in what is remembered as the 'mother of all demonstrations.' We look back
on the event that introduced the public to modern personal and interactive computing, and discuss the evolution and future
of the personal computer.
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Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Brian Cooley, editor at large for CNET.com
- Christina Engelbart, executive director of the Doug Engelbart Institute
- Jeff Rulifson, director of the VLSI Research Group, Sun Microsystems
- Paul Saffo, Silicon Valley technology forecaster and a consulting associate professor in the engineering department at Stanford University
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