Tech News: Was Your Grandmother a Hacker?

First Computer Programmers Inspire Documentary

This is just an awesome story. During World War II, the Army asked six women to program ENIAC, the first electronic digital computer (more info about ENIAC here, here, and here). According to the news article, these women were not recognized for their work until now. I can’t wait to see the documentary about these women.

Vendor News: Good News for History Buffs

EBSCO Publishing and ABC-CLIO Reach Historic Agreement
http://support.epnet.com/support_news/detail.php?id=366&t=h

EBSCO Publishing and ABC-CLIO have formed an alliance. “EBSCO has acquired two of ABC-CLIO’s renowned databases, Historical Abstracts (HA) and America: History and Life (AHL), and will distribute eight additional award-winning history databases in addition to ABC-CLIO’s online history eBook collection, History Reference Online.”