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The cover photo of Beatles album, Abbey Road, was taken by photographer Iain Macmillan on 8th August 1969. The iconic photo features the four band members on a zebra crossing.
The Beatles last album, Let It Be, was released on 8th May 1970, a month after the group had officially disbanded.
How do I view a deleted web page?
Is there a way to view a deleted web page - one that is no longer available? Yes there is and the solution is quite simple. [more...]
Credit for creating the modern computer mouse with an optical encoder, single ball and two buttons goes to Jean-Daniel Nicoud of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland. This was a major improvement over original computer mouse created by Douglas Engelbart. Jean-Daniel Nicoud was assisted by André Guignard during the design process. The "Guignard mouse" was ready in 1977 and picked up by Logitech who saw the potential in the device. In 1980s, they started to get the computer peripheral manufactured from another Swiss company, Dubois Depraz SA. With the proliferation of GUI-based operating systems, the mouse soon became extremely popular. By the end of 2008, Logitech announced that they had sold 1 billion of these. [more...]
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