Day in Tech History

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November 12, 2002: Gary McKinnon Indicted

November 12, 2024 • 7 mins

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2002 – Gary McKinnon has been in the news ever since his arrest. Back in 2002, he hacked into networks run by NASA, the Pentagon, along with other military bases around the US. He claims he was on a hunt to find evidence that the US has b...

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November 11, 2005: Sony suspended CD copy protection

November 11, 2024 • 7 mins

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November 10, 1983: Microsoft Windows 1.0

November 10, 2024 • 10 mins

Windows 1.0

1983 – Windows 1.o was announced at the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York City. It was one of the most elaborate product introductions to date. Gates says Windows 1.0 will officially release in 1984, yet it didn’t release until June, 1985. 198...

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November 9, 2004: Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Released

November 9, 2024 • 9 mins

Mozilla Foundation

2004 – Mozilla launches the web browser that would finally give Internet Explorer a run for it’s money. Firefox 1.0 web browser was created by Mozilla, who broke free from the Netscape Navigator browser to develop in Open Source. The Geck...

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November 8, 1993: Windows for Workgroups 3.11

November 8, 2024 • 8 mins

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1993 – Microsoft release...

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November 7, 2000: Pets.com Closes

November 7, 2024 • 9 mins

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November 6, 1995: Voodoo 3D Accelerator

November 6, 2024 • 7 mins

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1995 – 3DFX releases the much antic...

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November 5,1999: Microsoft Found a Monopoly

November 5, 2024 • 6 mins

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November 4, 1984: Dell Computers Launches

November 4, 2024 • 4 mins

1984 – Michael Dell launches his new business of IBM compatible PC’s from his dorm in Austin, TX. The idea was to sell a philosophy over a product. The philosophy was to sell direct to customize to the shopper. Of course, Dell’s award winni...

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November 3, 1999: REAL Networks Admits to Data Collection

November 3, 2024 • 6 mins

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November 2, 1931: DuPont DuPrene (Neoprene) Introduced

November 2, 2024 • 5 mins

1931 – E.I. DuPont announces to ...

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November 1, 1995: Intel Pentium Pro Announced

November 1, 2024 • 8 mins

Intel announced in 1995 the next gener...

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October 31st, 2008: Bitcoin Paper Authored

October 31, 2024 • 6 mins

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October 30, 1938: War of the Worlds – the Fake One

October 30, 2024 • 6 mins

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October 29, 2013: William Lowe Passes

October 29, 2024 • 5 mins

IBM RAMAC

2013: If you grew up in the 80’s, you knew what an IBM PC was. Even in the 90’s and 00’s, the PC was what you had in the corner of the house to do homework on, surf the internet, work out expenses and more. William C. Lowe was the man ...

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October 28, 1955: Happy Birthday Bill Gates

October 28, 2024 • 5 mins

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October 27, 1999: Dell PC Sales Hit #1

October 27, 2024 • 5 mins

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October 26, 1998: First Computer by Thought

October 26, 2024 • 5 mins

Subliminal-Brain

1998 – ...

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October 25, 1984: Osbourne Vixen, Encore Computers

October 25, 2024 • 6 mins

Osbourne Vixen Computer

1984– The Osbourne Vixen de...

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October 24, 1995: FCC Coins Term “Internet”

October 24, 2024 • 6 mins

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Episodes

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November 10, 1983: Microsoft Windows 1.0

November 9, 2004: Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Released

November 8, 1993: Windows for Workgroups 3.11

November 7, 2000: Pets.com Closes

November 6, 1995: Voodoo 3D Accelerator

November 5,1999: Microsoft Found a Monopoly

November 4, 1984: Dell Computers Launches

November 3, 1999: REAL Networks Admits to Data Collection

November 2, 1931: DuPont DuPrene (Neoprene) Introduced

November 1, 1995: Intel Pentium Pro Announced

October 31st, 2008: Bitcoin Paper Authored

October 30, 1938: War of the Worlds – the Fake One

October 29, 2013: William Lowe Passes

October 28, 1955: Happy Birthday Bill Gates

October 27, 1999: Dell PC Sales Hit #1

October 26, 1998: First Computer by Thought

October 25, 1984: Osbourne Vixen, Encore Computers

October 24, 1995: FCC Coins Term “Internet”

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November 12, 2002: Gary McKinnon Indicted

November 11, 2005: Sony suspended CD copy protection