Dear colleagues, I am happy to announce the latest issue of IEEE Annals of the History of Computing is now available online. Entitled ‘Communication and Commerce’, it is a regular issue comprising research articles and department pieces on a variety of topics. You can find the issue in the CDSL<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/01> or Xplore<https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=10927656&punumber=85>. Please find the table of contents below. [MAHC_47_1_cover.jpg] Research article Netnews: The Origin Story<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/01/10588955/1YpRfZQ8jS0> by Steven M. Bellovin<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Steven%20M.&surname=Bellovin> Research article A Compelling Image: The Tower of Babel and the Proliferation of Programming Languages During the 1960s<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/01/10662894/1ZUNFMzPPbO> by David Nofre<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=David&surname=Nofre> Research article Mechanical Numeracy: Thinking With the Soroban Abacus in Modern Japan<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/01/10689568/20tjcM1lYOc> by Mark Yu-Shan Chen<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Mark%20Yu-Shan&surname=Chen> Researcha article Presence of IBM Data Processing Equipment in Latin America, 1920s–1980s, and Insights for Historians<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/01/10805091/22KNV9YGmHK> by James W. Cortada<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=James%20W.&surname=Cortada> Department: Anecdotes Big Baggy Shorts: Recovering Data From Canada’s Telidon System<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/01/10927689/2558cwd9Gwg> by John Durno<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=John&surname=Durno>, John Aycock<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=John&surname=Aycock>, Alexandra Tenney<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Alexandra&surname=Tenney> Department: Think Piece In Defense of Model-Makers: Adding a New Point to the Computer Conservation Continuum<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/01/10927679/2558c3tpz3i> by Guy Fedorkow<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Guy&surname=Fedorkow>, Jochen Viehoff<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Jochen&surname=Viehoff>, David Woitkowski<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=David&surname=Woitkowski> Department: Events And Sightings A Special Year at the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/01/10927608/2558cmiC7UA> by David Woitkowski<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=David&surname=Woitkowski> Best, Dr. Troy Kaighin Astarte (they/them / nhw) I often dictate messages due to motor disability; please forgive any oddities resulting. Lecturer, Computer Science / Darlithydd, Cyfrifiadureg Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe Editor-in-Chief / Prif Olygydd, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing For students: my drop in hours are on the Intranet<https://fse-intranet.swan.ac.uk/intranet/staff_officehours?selected_staff_id=203842> (office CoFo 407) I fyfyrwyr: mae fy oriau swyddfa ar y fewnrwyd. Meeting booking: via Office Booking<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/8e101a47e22e4af793d033901758d0e4@Swansea.ac.uk/meetingtype/SVRwCe7HMUGxuT6WGxi68g2?anonymous&ep=mlink>. Zoom office: https://swanseauniversity.zoom.us/my/t.k.astarte Every email has a cost to the climate. Please think before sending short emails. Mae gan bob e-bost gost i’r hinsawdd. Meddyliwch cyn i chi anfon e-byst byr. Yes, I have switched my default message font. Do you like it?