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Orange County Computers Hit with Virus

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 18, 2019 | News Around Town

****UPDATE: Orange County provided residents with an update Tuesday afternoon.**** Orange County computers were shut down for most of Monday after being hit by an encryption virus. County officials detected the virus on the...

Twenty Chapel Hill Public Housing Residents Take Home Free Desktop Computers

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Sep 20, 2017 | News Around Town, Uncategorized

Twenty residents were met with applause at the Chapel Hill Public Library on Tuesday, presented with a certificate and congratulated by Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger and Council Member Michael Parker. Each student received a...

My First PC Weighed 25 Pounds

Posted by Jeff Danner | Feb 2, 2014 | Common Science

My children like to make comparisons between the technology I had growing up and what they have today. In the course of a recent conversation on this topic, it occurred to me that, having been born in 1966, I have lived through...

UNC Students Have New Option When Purchasing Laptops

Posted by Staff | Apr 20, 2013 | UNC

CHAPEL HILL-UNC began selling MacBook Pros through its Student Stores more than two years ago. Lenovo’s ThinkPad, which was the only option for students previously, soon saw its sales dip with the competition from Apple. For...

Progress of Technology

Posted by Staff | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized

If you read my column a couple of weeks ago, you’ll remember that I talked about the history of the personal computer, extending back into the 1970’s. But I’m only 10, so most of the things I talked about, I...