Erasing browser history clears the record of what web sites the user visited over a period of time. This can help to protect privacy by preventing others from monitoring what web sites the user has been visiting. Erasing Internet Explorer’s Browser History By default, Internet Explorer keeps browser history for 20 days. To erase browser history in Internet Explorer, follow these steps: Open the Tools menu from the toolbar. Select Internet Options from the Tools Menu. Click the Clear History button. Click the Yes button on confirmation.   Erasing Firefox’s Read More

Alexander Graham Bell is commonly credited with the invention of the telephone. Bell filed a patent application for a working telephone on Feb. 14, 1876. Bell’s patent of the telephone has been successfully defended in five hundred and eighty-seven lawsuits, including five that reached the United States Supreme Court. Indeed, Alexander Graham Bell did invent the first working telephone, but many other inventors developed similar systems at various times and with various degrees of success. Charles Bourseul published an article on the transmission of sound using electricity in 1854. Bourseul Read More

The computer dates back to the early days of Babylon, circa 300 BC. The Babylonians used the first computing device, the abacus, for simple counting. With the increase in human needs and modernization, the computer (especially its power and speed) has advanced significantly. The computer’s evolution is not the accomplishment of any one person. It is rather the result of numerous inventors’ contributions over an extended time period. Abacus was the first computer used for counting. Papyrus assisted people to document language and numbers. Earlier computers did not have the Read More

Despite Al Gore’s claims to the contrary, the Internet was not originally invented by or created by a single person. The Internet as we know it today is a combination of a number of concepts that have ultimately been merged together to provide the service. Tim Berners-Lee (or Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee as officially known in the UK), is a British computer scientist who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web. First proposed in March 1989 and later implemented on Christmas Day, 1990 with the assistance of Robert Cailliau Read More

Doctor Martin Cooper invented the modern cell phone. He invented the technology responsible for the cell phone when he was the Director of Research and Development at Motorola. Dr. Martin Cooper is also known as the first person to make a call on a cell phone. His revolutionary call took place in April of 1973 in New York. He is currently the CEO of an antenna corporation. The Cell Phone’s Ancestors The modern cell phone originated with Martin Cooper. However, in order to completely understand the invention of the cell Read More

No one person invented electricity, but its modern day use is the result of the work of inventors, scientists, and researchers who toiled over the subject for millennia. In order to fully understand electricity in our modern world, one has to first understand the pioneers who date back to as early as the ancient Greeks, and contemplate their work to harness the natural power of electricity and turn it into something useful to the average person. The Role of Thales of Miletus The history of electricity begins not with electricity Read More

The question of who came about with the computer is a problematic question. There are so many claims of who invented the computer. However, it may be understood that various contributions led to the creation of the computer. There are some people who will consider the conception of the whole idea about inventing a computer as an invention. If this has to be taken into account, there are claims that the initiator of the computer was done in 1782 by J. H. Smith, although this conception never materialized. This conception Read More

In order to understand the history of satellite television, you first have to go all the way back to the 1950's during the space race between the USA and Russia. The first satellite to orbit the earth was Sputnik, launched by the Russians in 1957. It was 6 years later until the first communications satellite was launched. This satellite was developed by both large corporations and government entities. It was called Syncom II and flew in an orbit circling 22,300 miles over the Atlantic Ocean. Using this satellite, the first Read More

Cell phone technology  is based on radio technology that was developed from the 1940’s onward. For instance, the beginning of cell phones can be traced to the innovation in taxi cabs, police cars, and other service vehicles where two way radios allowed taxi drivers or police officers to communicate with one another or with a central base. Early cell phone communication technology can even be traced back to individuals with special radios that patch into a phone line via live operator to make a phone call. The Swedish police used Read More