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Tales from the Encrypt

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Dec 15, 1997

Safeguarding computer information from unprivileged eyes isn't a new concept. Encryption devices were invented by the Ancient Greeks and Thomas Jefferson.  Read story

Tallying Up

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Jun 15, 2000

A look at the medieval precursor to the credit card.  Read story

The Ties That Bound

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Jun 15, 1995

This story looks at the long history of long distance networking, a concept that predates the Greeks.  Read story

Castles in the Air

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Mar 1, 1999

Today's firewall software is comparable to the security systems of ancient castles--it assesses the characteristics of an individual, and then grants or deni...  Read story

Collision Course

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Mar 15, 1996

A primer on how train wrecks of the past paved the way for safe data transfer today.  Read story

MEMS the Word

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Nov 15, 2000

MEMS, which is short for micro-electro-mechanical systems, may be almost too small to see, but they could play a big role in the future.  Read story

Ports of Call

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Mar 15, 1998

Serial and parallel ports, the holes that transmit data from inside a PC to the outside world, were invented in the nineteenth century. Morse's patented tele...  Read story

Just the Fax

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Sep 15, 1998

Believe it or not, today's fax machine isn't a new technology. The first faxes traveled electronically over telegraph wires more than a century ago.  Read story

Taking Stock

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Sep 15, 1999

Nowadays, fraudulent online stock-trading schemes are common. But even before the first electric telegraph, two bankers committed the equivalent of modern-da...  Read story

The New-Economy Almanac

By Elyse M. Friedman |  May 15, 1997

A statistical and informational snapshot of today's businesses and how they are operating in the new economy.  Read story

And the Credit Goes to?

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Sep 15, 2000

It's not the inventor toiling in his lab who becomes famous. It's the one who makes the biggest splash.  Read story

America's Favorite Hometown Businesses

By Leigh Buchanan |  Jul 1, 2002

When it comes to businesses that are charming, idiosyncratic, and lovable, Main Street still has a monopoly. To celebrate America's great unsung small compan...  Read story

Inside-Out Marketing

By Susan Greco |  Jan 1, 1998

Mogens Smed, CEO of Smed International Inc., presents his company's chaotic, overcrowded headquarters to customers as a working showroom of the office furnit...  Read story

Dov Charney, Like It or Not

By Josh Dean |  Sep 1, 2005

The founder of red-hot American Apparel has the simplest possible business strategy: He does and says exactly what he wants to.  Read story

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