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SRI International Event Commemorates 40th Anniversary of Seminal ... International Business Times - New York,NY,USA On that day in 1968 at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco,Engelbart and his team in SRI's Augmentation Research Center (ARC) ... See all stories on this topic

Logitech Ships Billionth Mouse MarketWatch - USA "Logitech's product innovations support Engelbart's vision of human-computer tools for interactive and collaborative work." In celebration of its billionth ... See all stories on this topic

See Press Clippings - for a complete listing of past articles, video interviews, and books featuring Doug Engelbart's work that we have tracked from the press.1a

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Media Contacts re: the 40th anniversary of Doug's 1968 demo:

Dina Basin SRI International	Ellie Javadi SRI International
(650) 859-3845	(650) 859-4874
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See SRI's Press Release for this exciting celebratory event.

Here are the links most commonly requested by journalists: 2a

• About Doug Engelbart - a short bio on Doug Engelbart, plus a 5 page biographical sketch A Lifetime Pursuit highlights his vision and accomplishments in biographical story form. See also Patents, Awards, Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography.
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• Photos - see History in Pix and our Project Gallery; please credit the individual photographer, or if none given, the Doug Engelbart Institute. For print quality photos, please contact Mary at the Doug Engelbart Institute.
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• Top Picks - please do your homework! These selected readings are hand-picked representative pieces about Doug and his vision and accomplishments. See also our Library Topic Index where you may find factual information to support your chosen topic area.
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• Key Distinctions: Engelbart's bootstrapping vision - Engelbart is best known for inventing the mouse and other tools; however his greatest innovations have been in the vision and strategy he devised for bootstrapping the innovation, creating a very fast sort of turbo charged learning curve in his lab out of which emerged unprecedented levels of insight and innovation. Please also see our Projects section for a glimpse of current and future projects we have been busy with, if for no other reason than to appreciate that Engelbart's work is not about the past! He has always pointed to the future...
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• Setting the Record Straight - unfortunately many of the press coming before you did not do their homework or check their assertions and have printed incorrect information, which in turn was being picked up by the next wave of journalists and taken as fact. Please help us shift this process and ensure quality and integrity of the press by taking the time to review all of the above links.
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Contacting Us: Please familiarize yourself with the above matierial before you contact the Doug Engelbart Institute and/or write your piece. (We spend considerable energy responding to requests from the press, and would very much appreciate this consideration in return.)2b

• Contact Info - how to contact us and locate our offices.
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Projects - a work in progress.3a

Library - our online library has links to written, audio, video in the form of papers, presentations, demos, workshops, panel discussions, topic summaries, etc.3b

Store - purchase Engelbart writings and DVD at our online store.3c