In September 2008, Acadia moved to a student-owned notebook computer version of the Acadia Advantage, now named Acadia Advantage 2. 0.

In 2008, an i-breviary was launched, which combines the ancient breviaries with the latest computer technology.

Caltech received $ 144 million in federal funding for the physical sciences, $ 40. 8 million for the life sciences, $ 33. 5 million for engineering, $ 14. 4 million for environmental sciences, $ 7. 16 million for computer sciences, and $ 1. 97 million for mathematical sciences in 2008.

In the April – June, 2008, issue of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, computer scientists describe a potential new way to combat internet worms.

The original film was redone in 2008, updating the computer graphics and re-recording the sound in 6. 1 surround sound, though some members of the cast had to be changed.

* 1923 – Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist ( d. 2008 )

Joseph Weizenbaum ( 8 January 1923, Berlin-5 March 2008, Ludwigsfelde-Gröben near Berlin ) was a German-American author and professor emeritus of computer science at MIT.

* 1960 – Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author ( d. 2008 )

This item is part of a computer museum, and was populated with LEDs in 2008 for demonstration purposes only.

In 2008, phonautograph recordings made by Scott were played back as sound by American audio historians, who used optical scanning and computer processing to convert the traced waveforms into digital audio files.

* IBM v. Papermaster ( No. 08-9078, 2008 U. S. Dist ): Mark Papermaster moving from IBM to Apple computer in 2008.

* During the decade, Windows 2000 And Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 And Windows vista And Microsoft Office 2008 And Then Windows 7 become the ubiquitous industry standards in personal computer software until the end of the decade, when Apple began to slowly gain market share.

* The 2008 Canadian film Control Alt Delete is about a computer programmer at the end of 1999 struggling to fix bugs at his company related to the year 2000 problem.

LLNL is home to many unique facilities and a number of the most powerful computer systems in the world, according to the TOP500 list, including Blue Gene / L, the world's fastest computer from 2004 until Los Alamos National Laboratory's IBM Roadrunner supercomputer surpassed it in 2008.

The IBM System i is IBM's previous generation of midrange computer systems for IBM i users, and was subsequently replaced by the IBM Power Systems in April 2008.

According to BLS, " computer applications software engineers and computer systems software engineers are projected to be among the fastest growing occupations from 2008 to 2018 ".

* the Israel Prize, in 2008, for computer sciences.

In 2008, Weaver was featured as the voice of the ship's computer in the Pixar and Disney release, WALL • E.

In October 2008 Rybka was rated top in the CCRL, CEGT, CSS, SSDF, and WBEC rating lists and has won many recent official computer chess tournaments such as CCT 8 and 9, the 2006 Dutch Open Computer Championship, the 16th IPCCC, and the 15th World Computer Chess Championship.

* Saga ( 2008 video game ), an MMORTS computer game developed by Silverlode Interactive

On October 6, 2008, a fire, which started from a computer printer, burned a section of his home.

In 2008, he was elected a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Engineering for " fundamental contributions to computer science, including the development of LCF, ML, CCS, and the pi-calculus.

* He was the all-time leading run scorer in Test cricket, a record he attained on 26 November 2005 until surpassed by Sachin Tendulkar on 17 October 2008.

* Introduction of instant replay in the event of a disputed home run call ( 2008 )

In June 2008, EDuke32 became the only Duke Nukem 3D port to compile and run natively on 64-bit Linux systems without the use of a 32-bit compatibility environment thanks to significant porting contributions from the DOSBox team.

From 2008 to 2012, the company was run through a holding company of NRDC, Hudson's Bay Trading Company, which was dissolved on 23 January 2012.

On June 24, 2008 Heinz took the decision to withdraw the advertisement, which was initially supposed to run for five weeks.

The 2008 – 09 Manchester display, titled " Lindow Man: A Bog Body Mystery Exhibition at the Manchester Museum ", won the category " Best Archaeological Innovation " in the 2010 British Archaeological Awards, run by the Council for British Archaeology.

The same production opened in the US at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2008, moving to Broadway ( Lyceum Theatre ) after a sold-out run.

Since 2006, the Vikings have been known especially for their strong run defense (# 1 in the NFL in 2006, 2007, and 2008 ; they are the first NFL team to accomplish this since the AFL – NFL merger in 1970 ), anchored by the Williams Wall consisting of defensive tackle Kevin Williams and nose tackle Pat Williams ( no relation ).

The Round Britain Powerboat has been run on 3 previous occasions-1969, 1984 and 2008, the previous winners were Timo Mäkinen, Fabio Buzzi and Vassilis Pateras.

The most popular Italian prime-time drama series Incantesimo ( Enchantment ), that run from 1998 until 2008, has been transformed into daytime soap opera in its final two years, airing 5 days-a-week on Rai 1.

In July 2008, Dean announced that she intends to run for mayor again, in the November 2008 election.

In 2008, with Israel's then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, being pressured to resign due to corruption charges, Mofaz announced that he would run for the leadership of the Kadima party.

During the All-Star festivities at Yankee Stadium, Hamilton crushed a first round home run record in the 2008 Home Run Derby with 28.

The first Presidential election to include neither the incumbent President nor the incumbent Vice President on a major party ticket since 1952 came in 2008 when President George W. Bush had already served two terms and Vice President Cheney chose not to run.

Because of constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive presidential term in 2008.

In 2008, Fringe debuted to high ratings and critical acclaim during its first season on Tuesdays ; though its viewership declined through its run, the series has developed a large loyal fanbase / cult following that had turned the show into a cult television show.

Until September 2008, it was run by his descendants ; in November 2008 the building reopened as a visitor center focusing on the history of the Grand Canyon Village community.

In The Guardian dated 6 September 2008, Bunny May, a contributor to the letters page, claims that he ( along with John Junkin and David Clime ) invented the game in 1970, in an actors ' club off Shaftesbury Avenue called " Gerry's " ( which was run at the time by Gerald Campion ), in order to infuriate and bemuse patrons whom they found boring or boorish.

In February 2008, a Facebook group formed by law professor John Palfrey encouraged him to run for Congress from California's 12th congressional district, the seat vacated by the death of U. S. Representative Tom Lantos.

The cathedral was run by Archbishop Bernardin Gantin ( died 2008 ) from 1960 to 1971.

Villeneuve racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in early 2008. In a subsequent interview with Autosport magazine, Villeneuve's manager Craig Pollock confirmed that Villeneuve's Formula One career was over It was announced on August 24, 2007 that Villeneuve would run the remaining seven races in the Craftsman Truck Series driving a Toyota Tundra for Bill Davis Racing and undertake a full-time Sprint Cup schedule in 2008.

However, Ventura announced on Larry King Live on July 14, 2008 that he would not run ; Ventura's decision not to join the race was partly rooted from a fear of a potential lack of privacy for his family, a concern that contributed to his refusal to seek a second term as governor.