ENIAC: 10 things you should know about the original modern super computer 65 years later

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Sixty five years ago today, the first newspaper accounts of the Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer hit newsstands.

From the Feb. 15, 1946 New York Times, a page one headline reads: ‘Electronic Computer Flashes Answers, May Speed Engineering’ and its true power is being said to have introduced the modern computer.

Below, we share 10 things about the ENIAC that you really ought to know.

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Jarvus: dev firm co-founded by 22-year-old Drexel dropout, former hacker, whiz kid

Northern Liberties information services development company Jarvus partners (from left) John Fazio, Matt Monihan, Chris Alfano outside their headquarters on Third Street north of Poplar

Updated: 10/13/10 @ 12:50 p.m. with high school details

John Fazio sometimes avoids his personal biography — “it’s a bit too colorful,” he says.

While teenagers, Fazio worked with Chris Alfano at competitive video-gaming center CyberZone in the Neshaminy Mall. They got to know each other and, during their first year at Drexel in 2006, raised $120,000 in private funding to build upon the CyberZone concept. But, they needed more capital than they could raise in six months to meet their bigger vision for a team-oriented video gaming center — not unlike Howie’s Game Shack in California and Arizona.

So, instead, the pair decided they’d quit school and make the money themselves.

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Local DeVry locations join in national open house for tech jobs

Kelley Taptich, senior director of admissions at DeVry University’s Fort Washington Campus, gave a presentation on career-focused degree programs offered at DeVry University that prepare students for in-demand career fields at the University's National Open House event held in Fort Washington, Pa., on August 7th.

These days, it seems it’s all about those growing career opportunities.

On Saturday, Devry University locations in Fort Washington and Center City were part of a national open house program focused on healthcare technology and information services careers, industries where job growth is projected.

In Fort Washington, the school offered 50 students and adult learners the chance to meet with faculty and staff around its college of engineering and information sciences program, organizers say.

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