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  Finite State Machine: How It Has Affected Your Gaming For Over 40 Years

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the latest tech trends, and it definitely is one of the technologies with the highest revolutionizing power. However, as we&rsquo...

  By: Claudio Buttice | Data Analyst, Contributor

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  Software

  What Makes Unix Special?

  Ever since Unix burst onto the scene in the early '70s, observers in the computer world have been quick to write it off as a quirky operating system designed by and...

  By: David Delony | Contributor

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  Personal Tech

  An Introduction to Application Software

  Whether creating a presentation for work, searching for a mate or just wanting to find out where to buy a box of Girl Scout cookies, there’s probably an app out...

  By: Tara Struyk

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  Enterprise

  The Past, Present and Future of Autonomic Computing

  IBM started the move toward autonomic computing in 2001. IBM engineers saw the need to develop smart systems that could monitor, repair and manage themselves to a high...

  By: Ken Hess

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  Software

  Ubuntu on Windows: What's the Big Deal?

  When Microsoft and Canonical announced that Ubuntu would run on top of Windows 10 in late March of 2016, many Linux fans could be forgiven for thinking that this was an...

  By: David Delony | Contributor

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  Technology Trends

  Choosing a Virtualization Platform

  Once a decision to virtualize IT services has been made, successful implementation is determined by whether the virtualized system reflects an organization's needs and...

  By: Techopedia Staff

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  Personal Tech

  5 Technological Innovations that Seek to Enable the Disabled

  The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 established a broad spectrum of rights for disabled persons in the United States. It provided measures to ensure them equal...

  By: Colyn Emery

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  Software

  Windows Survival Guide for Linux/Unix Users

  Let’s face it, Linux and Unix are great operating systems, but many users have to live in the real world, and living in the real world often means using a certain...

  By: David Delony | Contributor

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  Software

  File Managers to Fit Your Every Need

  If you have a computer, you work with files, no matter how much the emergence of cloud computing tries to hide the fact. Google Drive and Dropbox, after all, are nothing...

  By: David Delony | Contributor

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  A Beginner's Guide to Getting Started in Linux

  Whether you want to start a career in IT, whether you hate Microsoft or whether you’re simply curious, it’s never been easier to get started with Linux. This article...

  By: David Delony | Contributor

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  CP/M: The Story of the OS That Almost Succeeded Over Windows

  If you’re reading this, chances are you’re using a PC. It’s probably also running Windows, or maybe you’re using Mac OS X or Linux. If one fateful day in 1980 had played...

  By: David Delony | Contributor

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  Software

  A Closer Look at FreeBSD

  Despite its age, it still pops up in places you wouldn't expect. If you use an Apple device, chat on WhatsApp or watch a movie on Netflix, you're interacting with...

  By: David Delony | Contributor