New to "Blogging"

Alight I am new to the blogging scene so lets keep this in mind before we hack away at the posts.  This is a class blog for Emerging Issues in Information Security and Assurance with a flavor of The History of Computing and Security.  This week we watched a video Modern Marvels: Creation of the Computer.  The video was very informative and discussed the lineage of the computers as we know them.  The video also discussed that during periods of war that the technology advancements were greatly increased due to the fact that the military was a pioneering force when it came to the research and development departments.  The great “Space Race” also impacted the advancement.  After Russia successfully launched a man into orbit we Americans continued to modify known or create new computer equipment in the hopes to be the land Astronauts on the moon.  The video also discussed the creation of Apple computers and its founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak but only hinted about the invention of Microsoft and Bill Gates.  Possibly due to the fact that Microsoft is a software company rather than a computer manufacturer.  The video runs just over 48 minutes and covers a lot of information for those of us that are interested in this kind of history.