Virtual synthesisers have been around longer than you think
In case you don’t already know: virtual synthesisers have been around longer than you think. If you already knew this, you may not have known that they have been around since the 1990s. Who came up with this technique of Virtual Studio Technology (VST)?
240 million PCs?
According to calculations by Canalys, 240 million PCs would disappear into landfills after 2025. Microsoft’s support for Windows 10 ends after October 2025. 240 million PCs? Is that a realistic number?
Singing cats
The song Magic Fly by Space is a good time to take a look at what has been done with this song. That eventually leads you to, yes, singing cats.
Prove you’re human
There is a big chance that you are familiar with CAPTCHA. This is a way to prove you’re human and your intentions are good. The most used version of CAPTCHA is Google’s ReCaptcha. Did you know there’s another option to use?
Wang Laboratories: once frontrunner
Wang Laboratories: once a leader in office automation. In particular, then, in the field of word processors. Not the word processors you might expect. The terminals that were attached to (large) mainframe computers. Without bankruptcy in the 1990s, might Wang Laboratories have become IBM’s number one competitor, as one would have liked?
